Sarah French Russell

Sarah French Russell is an Associate Research Scholar in Law, a Clinical Lecturer in Law, and Director of the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School. She joined Yale Law School in 2007 from the Federal Public Defender’s Office in New Haven where, as an Assistant Federal Defender, she represented indigent clients in federal court at the trial and appellate levels. Ms. Russell clerked for Chief Judge Michael B. Mukasey in the Southern District of New York and for Judge Chester J. Straub on the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She earned her B.A., magna cum laude, from Yale College and her J.D. from Yale Law School. Her research and teaching interests include criminal law and procedure, sentencing, prisoners’ rights, gender and equality, and problems of access to justice.


Education
J.D., Yale, 2002
B.A., Yale, 1998

Courses Taught
Complex Federal Litigation
Detention
Federalism and Social Movements: Public Interest Advocacy in Cities and States
Horizons in Clinical Education: Practicing the Theory of Social Change
Imprisoned
Prison Legal Services
Sentencing