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Kim Taylor-Thompson teaches courses related to criminal law and community criminal defense. Her teaching and scholarship focus on the impact of race and gender on public policy—particularly in the fields of criminal and juvenile justice policy—and on preparing lawyers to meet the demands of practicing on behalf of subordinated communities. Taylor-Thompson founded the Criminal Justice Program at the Brennan Center for Justice and is a member of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience, where she engages in interdisciplinary research examining how the immature brain functioning of adolescents influences judgment and criminal behavior. In 2018, she received the NYU Distinguished Teaching Award for her excellence in teaching. Before her time at the law school, Taylor-Thompson served as Chief Executive Officer at Duke Corporate Education and consulted with top teams from Fortune 500 companies and governments on issues related to strategy execution in complex environments. Prior to entering academia, she spent a decade at the DC Public Defender Service. Taylor-Thompson holds a JD from Yale Law School and a BA from Brown University.
NYU School of Law • New York, NY
Teaching and scholarship focus on criminal law, community criminal defense, and public policy affecting subordinated communities.
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