Barbara A. Fedders

Clinical Assistant Professor of Law

Education

J.D. (cum laude), New York University Law School (1997)
B.A. (magna cum laude), University of Dayton (1987)

Before joining the UNC School of Law faculty in January 2008, Barbara Fedders was a clinical instructor at the Harvard Law School Criminal Justice Institute for four years. Prior to that, she worked for the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services as a Soros Justice Fellow and staff attorney. As a law student, she was a Root-Tilden-Snow scholar, and she co-founded the NYU Prisoners' Rights and Education Project. She is a member of the advisory boards of the Prison Policy Initiative, the Equity Project, and Carolina Student Legal Services. Her research interests include children in conflict with the law, criminal procedure, and critical race theory.

Curriculum Vitae

Report: Potential Legal Impact of the Proposed Same-Sex Marriage Amendment to the North Carolina Constitution

Selected Publications

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Losing Hold of the Guiding Hand:� Ineffective Assistance of Counsel in Juvenile Delinquency Representation, 14 LEWIS & CLARK L. REV. 771 (2010). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, SSRN, Hein]
Race and Market Values in Domestic Infant Adoption, 88 N.C. L. REV. 1687 (2010). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, SSRN, Hein]
Coming Out for Kids: Recognizing, Respecting, and Representing LGBTQ Youth, 6 NEV. L. J. 774 (2006). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Hein]
The Defense Attorney's Perspective on Youth Violence, in SECURING OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE: NEW APPROACHES TO JUVENILE JUSTICE AND YOUTH VIOLENCE (with R. Hertz & S. Weymouth, 2002). [HV9104 .S37 2002]
Lobbying for Mandatory-Arrest Policies: Race, Class, and the Politics of the Battered Women's Movement, 23 N.Y.U. REV. L. & SOC. CHANGE 281 (1997). [Westlaw, Hein]