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James Forman Jr. (born James Robert Lumumba Forman; June 22, 1967) is an American legal scholar currently on leave from serving as the J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He is the author of Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America , which won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction , and a ...
5 de abr. de 2024 · James Forman Jr. J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law. Education. J.D., Yale Law School, 1992. A.B., Brown University, 1988. Curriculum Vitae. Courses Taught. Criminal Law. Inside Out—Issues in Criminal Justice (joint seminar for YLS students and incarcerated men and women) Access to Law School.
A Washington Post Best-Seller. James Forman, Jr. is a leading critic of mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of color. In Locking Up Our Own, he seeks to understand the war on crime that began in the 1970s and why it was supported by many African American leaders in the nation’s urban centers.
About The Author. James Forman Jr. is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He attended public schools in Detroit and New York City before graduating from the Atlanta Public Schools. After attending Brown University and Yale Law School, he worked as a law clerk for Judge William Norris of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Sandra ...
21 de may. de 2021 · James Forman Jr. is a professor of law at Yale Law School and the author “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America,” for which he received a Pulitzer Prize. In the book,...
James Forman Jr. is a professor of law at Yale Law School. He has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, numerous law reviews, and other publications. A former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, he spent six years as a public defender in Washington, D.C., where he cofounded the Maya Angelou Public Charter School.
Back to News. James Forman Jr. Elected to American Philosophical Society. May 24, 2023. J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law James Forman Jr. ’92 was elected to the American Philosophical Society (APS) for his accomplishments in social sciences, according to an announcement from the Society on May 15. James Forman Jr.
