Sharon A. Meadows

Professor and Director of the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic

Biography
Scholarship
Service
Media

Professor Sharon A. Meadows is the director of the Criminal Juvenile Justice Clinics. She was appointed by Chief Judge Robert Peckham of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California as the compliance monitor for a Title VII Consent Decree in the construction industry. In 1994, she assisted in the establishment of a Criminal/Juvenile Law Clinic at the University of the West Cape in South Africa, and returned to South Africa in 1998 and 2002 to assist in the establishment of a pilot public defender system.

Education

BA, Cornell University
MA, Cornell University
JD, University of Michigan

Prior Experience

Assistant Federal Public Defender, Northern District of California
Chief Counsel, Bayview-Hunters Point Community Defender
Trial Attorney, San Francisco Public Defender
Staff Attorney, Romines, Tooby, Eichner & Sorenson

Title	Outlets	Date
"University of San Francisco School of Law Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic"	San Francisco Attorney	08/23/09
"Behind the closed doors of the juvenile system"	San Francisco Chronicle	08/30/08
"Murder case raises issues of recanting"	The Recorder	07/14/08

Books

Law Review and Journal Articles

"Implementing the Right to Counsel in Post-Apartheid South Africa," 29 George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics 453 (1995). SSRN

Book Contributions

Opinion Pieces and Blog Posts

Other Publications

Briefs

Court Citation of Research

Presentations

Presenter, National Conference of Women's Bar Associations Leader Summit "Transforming Law, Transforming Lives," San Francisco (August 2010).
Presenter, "Representing Delinquency Clients in a Repressive Climate," Juvenile Justice Summit, Houtson
Presenter, "The Criminalization of Poverty," Society of American Law Teachers Conference, "Vulnerable Populations and Economic Realities," San Francisco, Calif. (March 2010).
Presenter, "The State of Juvenile Justice," National Defender Summit, (2002).
Presenter, "The State of Juvenile Justice in 2002," Suffolk Law School Juvenile Justice Forum, Boston, Mass. (2002).

Testimony and Hearings

Written Testimony and Commentary

Advisor or Consultant

Counsel

Symposia Organization

Professional Membership

President, First District Appellate Project (2009 to present)
Member, Pacific Juvenile Defender Center
Member, S.F. Bar Association Criminal Justice Advisory Council

Fellowships

Other Service

Liaison, University of San Francisco and the San Francisco Youth Commission
Invited Participant, Open Society Institute's National Crack the Disparity Lobby Day, Washington, D.C. (Member of ACLU Drug Law Reform Project delegation lobbying members of Congress about federal sentencing disparities, April 2009)