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Alexis Karteron is a Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, directing the Civil Rights in the Criminal Legal System Clinic. She specializes in civil rights litigation, constitutional law, and policing practices. Her work focuses on incarcerated individuals' rights and criminal justice supervision reforms. Karteron holds a JD from Stanford Law School (2004) and an AB from Harvard University (2001). Prior roles include legal counsel at NAACP LDF and NYCLU, challenging NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policies, and serving as Associate Staff Secretary in the White House (2009–2010).
Research interests include constitutional law’s impact on criminal legal systems, school policing, stop-and-frisk, and probation/parole supervision. She teaches courses such as the ACLU Reading Group and oversees clinical programs emphasizing systemic advocacy for marginalized communities.
Karteron received the 2020 M. Shanara Gilbert Award from the American Association of Law Schools. She serves on boards of ACLU, ACLU of New Jersey, and Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York. Her publications address disability rights in probation, family separation policies, and racial disparities in parole decisions.
Clinical programs under her direction aim to train lawyers in structural advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, and ethical lawyering while advancing civil liberties and equity goals. Grantees and initiatives include the NYU Clinical Law Program and partnerships supporting systemic legal reform.
