Danielle Hamilton
Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Law
Interim Director, Appellate Advocacy Center
Biography
Danielle Hamilton joined Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in 2023 as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Interim Director of the 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.
Areas of Expertise
- Appellate Advocacy
- Civil Procedure
- Civil Rights
- Appellate Procedure
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