Brett Dignam is Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney at Yale Law School. She has represented state and federal prisoners for more than twenty years. With her students, she has successfully assisted inmates in bringing a wide variety of claims, including medical claims, claims of sexual assault, felon disenfranchisement, challenges to sex offender classification, and cross-gender pat searches. The clinics she directs at Yale Law School represent inmates in habeas, individual, and class actions and have brought successful claims in federal court under Bivens, Section 1983, the Voting Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Violence Against Women Act. Professor Dignam has a J.D. from the University of Southern California.

Education
J.D., University of Southern California, 1983
M.A., U.C./Los Angeles, 1975
B.A., Mt. Holyoke, 1972

Courses Taught
Complex Federal Litigation
Ethics in Clinical Practice
Prison Legal Services
Supreme Court Advocacy