Danielle Hamilton

Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Law
Interim Director, Carter G. Phillips Center for Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy

Biography

Danielle Hamilton joined Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in 2023 as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Interim Director of the Carter G. Phillips Center for Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Center. Most recently, she was a partner at Loevy & Loevy, a plaintiff's civil rights law firm, where she represented clients in a wide range of cases including wrongful convictions, excessive force, sexual assault by law enforcement, and protestors of police brutality in June of 2020. Prior to that, Professor Hamilton was a law clerk to the Honorable Barrington D. Parker, Jr. on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She also litigated civil rights cases as a Johnnie L. Cochran Fellow at Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP in New York City and worked on juvenile legal system reform at the Illinois Justice Project.

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Areas of Expertise

  • Appellate Advocacy
  • Civil Procedure
  • Civil Rights
  • Appellate Procedure

Courses

Education

  • B.A. cum laude, Princeton University
  • J.D., Harvard Law School

Prior Appointments

  • Attorney, 2017-2023, Loevy & Loevy
  • Law Clerk, 2016-2017, Hon. Barrington D. Parker, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • Johnnie L. Cochran Civil Rights Fellow, 2014-2016, Neufeld Scheck & Brustin LLP

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