Deirdre M. Enright
- Professor of Law, General Faculty
- Director, Center for Criminal Justice
- Director, Project for Informed Reform
Deirdre Enright is director of the Law School’s Project for Informed Reform and Center for Criminal Justice. She previously was the founding director of the Innocence Project at UVA Law. Before joining the Law School, Enright worked at the Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, where she represented clients and consulted on cases in all stages of capital litigation, with primary focus on federal and state post-conviction proceedings and Supreme Court certiorari review. After graduating from the University of Virginia Law School in 1992, Enright worked as a staff attorney at the Mississippi Capital Defense Resource Center.
Education
- J.D.University of Virginia School of Law1992
- B.A.Northwestern University1982
IN THE NEWS
04/03/2023
10/13/2022
Opinion | Adnan Syed’s Case Gives Maryland a Black Eye and a Teachable Moment (The Washington Post)
09/20/2022
Adnan Syed Conviction Lifted by Judge in 1999 Murder of Hae Min Lee (The Bharat Express News)
01/12/2022
09/20/2021
06/25/2021
Opinion: Virginia Should Use DNA, Not Posters, To Solve a Cold-Case Murder (The Washington Post)
11/24/2020
Virginia Falls Short in Compensating the Wrongfully Imprisoned, Study Finds (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
06/30/2020
04/13/2020
Groundbreaking New Law in Virginia Removes Barrier to Proving Innocence (Innocence Project)
02/22/2020
09/28/2018
08/04/2018
Woman Claims Innocence in "Shaken Baby Syndrome" Case Set To Be Paroled Then Deported (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
08/04/2018
08/02/2018
05/30/2018
04/10/2018
Virginia Court of Appeals Arguments in Bank Robbery, Innocence Case (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
12/15/2017
2017 Seton Lecture: Ms. Deirdre Enright of UVA's Innocence Project Clinic (Portsmouth Abbey School)
11/12/2016
04/25/2016
02/22/2016
02/13/2015
Breaking Down The Serial Podcast: Attorneys Dissect Adnan Syed's Case (Legal Talk Network)
12/24/2014
12/22/2014
Law Students Identified Another Possible Suspect In The 'Serial' Murder Case (Business Insider)
02/12/2014
Louisa man falsely convicted of rape is exonerated with UVa legal team's help (The Daily Progress)
02/12/2014
Edgar Coker's name to be taken off Va. sex offender list years after false accusation (The Washington Post)
05/01/2012
Va. AG Backs Writ of Actual Innocence for James City County Man (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
04/14/2012
UVa's Innocence Project Having a Busy -- and Possibly Banner -- Year (The Daily Progress)