Shannon Ellis
- Lecturer
Shannon Ellis co-teaches the Civil Rights Clinic at the Law School. In November 2017, she received the Powell Fellowship in Legal Services for a project with the Legal Aid Justice Center designed to provide civil advocacy on behalf of vulnerable court-involved or incarcerated individuals. Her work at LAJC focuses on civil rights and children’s advocacy, including preserving the right of incarcerated women to adequate healthcare through the Scott v. Clarke class action case and representing incarcerated youth eligible for sentence review hearings.
Before joining LAJC, Shannon practiced family law in Charlottesville and provided pro bono representation for LAJC’s Special Immigrant Juvenile project.
Education
- J.D.University of Virginia School of Law2015
- B.A.University of Virginia2012
Faculty in the News
James E. Ryan, UVA President James Ryan - Should Universities Be More Like Corporations? (American Enterprise Institute)
Cale Jaffe, Georgetown’s Decision to Divest from Fossil Fuels Has Uncertain Implications for Harvard, Experts Say (The Harvard Crimson)
Douglas Laycock, Pronouns Prompt Fight Over Transgender, Religious Rights at Work (Bloomberg Law)
Joe Fore, Four Steps to More Concise Writing (Virginia Lawyer)
