Dr. Erika Wilson

Professor

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Biography

Erika K. Wilson is a professor at NYU School of Law, where she directs the Critical Lawyering Civil Rights Clinic. Her work explores innovative litigation and advocacy strategies addressing racial and social inequality. An award-winning scholar and teacher, her scholarship focuses on education law and policy, the intersection of race with state and local government law, and issues of school inequality. Wilson's work has been published in prestigious journals, including the Harvard Law Review, Columbia Law Review, and Yale Law Journal Forum. Prior to her role at NYU, she was the Wade Edwards Distinguished Scholar and held the Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair in Public Policy at the University of North Carolina School of Law. In her early career, she practiced complex civil litigation and antitrust law as an associate at Arnold & Porter LLP.

Research Interests

Courses

Critical Race Lawyering Civil Rights Clinic

Requirements for New York University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from accredited institution Strong background in biological, chemical, physical, or mathematical sciences
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Specialization Notes

Open Program in Biomedical Sciences (Vilcek Institute) covers departments like Biochemistry, Pathology, Neuroscience, Microbiology, etc.