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 Law
    1992
  • B.A.
    Northwestern University
    1982

Op-Eds, Blogs, Shorter Works

DNA, Not Posters, Might Solve a Cold Case, Washington Post C4 (June 27, 2021).
Virginia Must Bolster Access to Police Investigations (with Jennifer L. Givens), Norfolk Virginian-Pilot 23A (February 28, 2021).
Virginia Needs Real Justice for the Wrongly Convicted (with Shawn Armbrust & Jennifer L. Givens), Richmond Times-Dispatch (February 23, 2020).
"Miracle" Conviction or One More Mistake? (with Matthew L. Engle), Washington Post (November 27, 2010).

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Speaking of Injustice: A Night With Virginia’s Wrongfully Convicted

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