Alexis Hoag-Fordjour
@ahoagfordjour.bsky.social
Prof & Co-Dir Center for Criminal Justice @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social; @deathpenaltyinfo.bsky.social & @abolitionistlawcenter.org Boards; @legaldefensefund.bsky.social & FPD alum. https://www.brooklaw.edu/Contact-Us/Hoag-Fordjour-Alexis
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<p><i>This Article introduces a provocative thought experiment: state funded counsel as a universal mandate for all people facing criminal charges. Said an
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Universal Public Defense, forthcoming HarvardCRCL, vol. 60 (2025). It asks how mandated UPD, where everyone is req’d to receive a state funded defender regardless of income, might change the criminal adjudication system. Comments & feedback welcome: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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🕐 Join us today at 1:00 p.m. ET for the Annual SCOTUS Preview moderated by @mjsdc.bsky.social and joined by panelists Carlos A. Ball, @ahoagfordjour.bsky.social, Pamela S. Karlan, and Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia.
ACS National Supreme Court Preview 2025-2026
Join ACS for our Annual National Supreme Court Preview, featuring a diverse group of constitutional and legal experts offering their insights into what we
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Today @ 1pm ET!
Join us virtually on Monday, Sept 29 @ 1pm ET for the @acslaw.bsky.social’s National Annual Supreme Court Preview. Register at the link: www.ali.org/news/article...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Join us virtually on Monday, Sept 29 @ 1pm ET for the @acslaw.bsky.social’s National Annual Supreme Court Preview. Register at the link: www.ali.org/news/article...
Honored to carry the legacy of NYC's first Black mayor as the inaugural David Dinkins '56 Professor @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social. Mayor Dinkins brought dignity & unity to our city during difficult times. Having an endowed chair in his name sends a powerful message about the values BLS champions
July 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Honored to carry the legacy of NYC's first Black mayor as the inaugural David Dinkins '56 Professor @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social. Mayor Dinkins brought dignity & unity to our city during difficult times. Having an endowed chair in his name sends a powerful message about the values BLS champions
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Powerful words from J. Sotomayor dissenting today in #Skrmetti: "By retreating from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims. In sadness, I dissent." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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June 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Powerful words from J. Sotomayor dissenting today in #Skrmetti: "By retreating from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims. In sadness, I dissent." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Great opportunity for a 3L or judicial law clerk!
CAC is looking for our next Kendall Fellow to start Fall of 2026 to support our work to advance the progressive promise of the Constitution. Learn more about this internally funded fellowship for recent law school graduates: www.theusconstitution.org/douglas-t-ke...
June 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Great opportunity for a 3L or judicial law clerk!
Filed today! Next term #SCOTUS will determine whether a def’s 6A rt to counsel is violated when a trial court prohibits the def & counsel from discussing def’s testimony during a 24 hr recess at a critical stage of trial. We argue that it is @myconstitution.bsky.social @brooklawschool.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Filed today! Next term #SCOTUS will determine whether a def’s 6A rt to counsel is violated when a trial court prohibits the def & counsel from discussing def’s testimony during a 24 hr recess at a critical stage of trial. We argue that it is @myconstitution.bsky.social @brooklawschool.bsky.social
Calling all public interest summer interns & clerks: join @myconstitution.bsky.social on Tu 6/17 @ 12:30 ET for a virtual training on "Textual Healing: Progressive Lawyering and Text & History Approaches." Register at the link:
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What does it mean to be a progressive text-and-history legal organization? How can text and history be used to advance progressive interests? What is the proper use of history to illuminate constituti...
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June 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Calling all public interest summer interns & clerks: join @myconstitution.bsky.social on Tu 6/17 @ 12:30 ET for a virtual training on "Textual Healing: Progressive Lawyering and Text & History Approaches." Register at the link:
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Grateful to share “Divided Loyalties: A Taxonomy of Defense Counsel’s Self-Interests,” for LSA’s Racial Equality Scholarship panel. Thank you Fred Smith for the generative feedback & @yuvrajjoshi.bsky.social for organizing us: @jamelia.bsky.social, Ngozi Okidegbe, Daniel Harawa, & Susan Sturm 🙏🏾
May 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Grateful to share “Divided Loyalties: A Taxonomy of Defense Counsel’s Self-Interests,” for LSA’s Racial Equality Scholarship panel. Thank you Fred Smith for the generative feedback & @yuvrajjoshi.bsky.social for organizing us: @jamelia.bsky.social, Ngozi Okidegbe, Daniel Harawa, & Susan Sturm 🙏🏾
Looking forward to being in conversation about racial equality scholarship next week in Chicago 🙏🏾
✨ #LSA2025 Save the Date! ✨
On Saturday, May 24, 10:00 AM Chicago, please join our panel on racial equality scholarship. Featuring new work by Professors Jamelia Morgan, Ngozi Okidegbe, Daniel Harawa, Alexis Hoag-Fordjour, and yours truly, and commentary by Professors Susan Sturm and Fred Smith!
On Saturday, May 24, 10:00 AM Chicago, please join our panel on racial equality scholarship. Featuring new work by Professors Jamelia Morgan, Ngozi Okidegbe, Daniel Harawa, Alexis Hoag-Fordjour, and yours truly, and commentary by Professors Susan Sturm and Fred Smith!
May 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Looking forward to being in conversation about racial equality scholarship next week in Chicago 🙏🏾
Client Counseling in Post-Conviction. Now out in hard copy! BU Law Review, Vol. 104 www.bu.edu/bulawreview/...
April 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Client Counseling in Post-Conviction. Now out in hard copy! BU Law Review, Vol. 104 www.bu.edu/bulawreview/...
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President Trump’s attacks on the legal profession, judges, and the rule of law are inconsistent with our nation’s values. CAC joins more than 1,000 lawyers and organizations calling on AG Bondi to oppose federal government attacks on the US legal system. democracyforward.org/action/open-...
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Stand Up for the Legal Profession — and the Rule of Law Lawyers, judges, and legal advocates share a commitment to the United States Constitution, the rule of law, and the role of the legal system in ...
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April 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
President Trump’s attacks on the legal profession, judges, and the rule of law are inconsistent with our nation’s values. CAC joins more than 1,000 lawyers and organizations calling on AG Bondi to oppose federal government attacks on the US legal system. democracyforward.org/action/open-...
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Exciting opportunity to work w/ the Racial Profiling-Biased Policing (RPBP) Unit at the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). If you're interested in working on issues of discriminatory policing check out the full details at the link:
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Investigating Attorney – Racial Profiling and Biased Policing
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April 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Exciting opportunity to work w/ the Racial Profiling-Biased Policing (RPBP) Unit at the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). If you're interested in working on issues of discriminatory policing check out the full details at the link:
cityjobs.nyc.gov/job/investig...
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Thank you @hofstralaw.bsky.social faculty for the fantastic feedback on my new project examining the 6A right to conflict free counsel & indigent defense, & for reminding me that conflict issues are increasingly present in the private sector given Trump’s crusade against big law.
April 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thank you @hofstralaw.bsky.social faculty for the fantastic feedback on my new project examining the 6A right to conflict free counsel & indigent defense, & for reminding me that conflict issues are increasingly present in the private sector given Trump’s crusade against big law.
Join me April 23 @ 6pm for a convo on Racial Equity in Global Justice Systems: Addressing Disparities & Strengthening Accountability @ the NYC Bar Association, a UN Side Event. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Join me April 23 @ 6pm for a convo on Racial Equity in Global Justice Systems: Addressing Disparities & Strengthening Accountability @ the NYC Bar Association, a UN Side Event. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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SAVE THE DATE: CAC's Home Stretch at the Supreme Court event is coming up on May 1! Join our all-star panel of constitutional law experts as they break down an eventful term at #SCOTUS. www.theusconstitution.org/events/12th-...
March 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
SAVE THE DATE: CAC's Home Stretch at the Supreme Court event is coming up on May 1! Join our all-star panel of constitutional law experts as they break down an eventful term at #SCOTUS. www.theusconstitution.org/events/12th-...
Now in hard copy! Back to the Future: (Re)constructing Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, relying on Reconstruction & 14th Amendment to envision a new IAC standard @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social
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March 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Now in hard copy! Back to the Future: (Re)constructing Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, relying on Reconstruction & 14th Amendment to envision a new IAC standard @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social
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Exciting opportunity to join the litigation team @myconstitution.bsky.social as Sr Appellate Counsel or Appellate Counsel, depending on experience. Primary responsibility: research & draft amicus briefs for SCOTUS & lower fed court filings. Details:
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About CAC The Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) is dedicated to fulfilling the inherently progressive promise of the Constitution’s text, history, and values. As a nonprofit law firm and thi...
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March 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Exciting opportunity to join the litigation team @myconstitution.bsky.social as Sr Appellate Counsel or Appellate Counsel, depending on experience. Primary responsibility: research & draft amicus briefs for SCOTUS & lower fed court filings. Details:
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Join us Fri, Mar. 14 at 3pm ET for a spirited convo, "Unpacking the Role of the Federal Government in Advancing (& Hindering) the Movement for Racial Justice: Past & Present." Hosted by SALT. Register: msu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Join us Fri, Mar. 14 at 3pm ET for a spirited convo, "Unpacking the Role of the Federal Government in Advancing (& Hindering) the Movement for Racial Justice: Past & Present." Hosted by SALT. Register: msu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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If the Court were to adopt Texas’s position, it would “actually have major implications for how we understand standing,” as Justice Jackson put it. Read @mbeckercohen.bsky.social's full reaction to today's oral argument: www.theusconstitution.org/news/release...
February 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If the Court were to adopt Texas’s position, it would “actually have major implications for how we understand standing,” as Justice Jackson put it. Read @mbeckercohen.bsky.social's full reaction to today's oral argument: www.theusconstitution.org/news/release...
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Today, I spoke w/Professor @ahoagfordjour.bsky.social to discuss
1) A better way to evaluate ineffective assistance of counsel
2) If we should and how we could have universal public defense
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1) A better way to evaluate ineffective assistance of counsel
2) If we should and how we could have universal public defense
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327 | Should we Have Universal Public Defense w/Alexis Hoag-Fordjour
Public Defenseless · Episode
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February 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Today, I spoke w/Professor @ahoagfordjour.bsky.social to discuss
1) A better way to evaluate ineffective assistance of counsel
2) If we should and how we could have universal public defense
open.spotify.com/episode/6Qd4...
1) A better way to evaluate ineffective assistance of counsel
2) If we should and how we could have universal public defense
open.spotify.com/episode/6Qd4...
Tune into @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social for a convo about “Universal Public Defense,” a provocative thought experiment, forthcoming in Harvard CR-CL L Rev: open.spotify.com/episode/6Qd4...
February 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Tune into @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social for a convo about “Universal Public Defense,” a provocative thought experiment, forthcoming in Harvard CR-CL L Rev: open.spotify.com/episode/6Qd4...
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@ahoagfordjour.bsky.social of BU Law recently published a practical piece for public defenders, “Client Counseling in Post-Conviction,” available in @bulaw.bsky.social 's December 2024 book! Check it out here: https://buff.ly/419bKWE
February 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
@ahoagfordjour.bsky.social of BU Law recently published a practical piece for public defenders, “Client Counseling in Post-Conviction,” available in @bulaw.bsky.social 's December 2024 book! Check it out here: https://buff.ly/419bKWE
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Check out the latest work from CAC's Scholar-in-Residence, @ahoagfordjour.bsky.social!
Check out my response, "Client Counseling in Post-Conviction," in @bulaw.bsky.social's Law Review, Vol. 104, engaging with @apetrigh.bsky.social's article "Counseling Oppression." www.bu.edu/bulawreview/...
February 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Check out the latest work from CAC's Scholar-in-Residence, @ahoagfordjour.bsky.social!
BU Law Review, Vol. 104 www.bu.edu/bulawreview/...
February 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
BU Law Review, Vol. 104 www.bu.edu/bulawreview/...