Carlotta Lepingwell

Carlotta Lepingwell is a Clinical Associate Professor of Law at Tulane Law School, where she serves as Interim Director of the Criminal Justice Clinic. She supervises student attorneys in representing defendants across all stages of criminal cases, with expertise in criminal litigation, advocacy for criminalized survivors, and challenging faulty science in legal contexts.

• Education: J.D. from University of Ottawa – Faculty of Law (2008), B.A. from McGill University.
• Key Roles: Director of Criminal Litigation Intersession, founding member of the Women’s Prison Project (WPP), and consultant on legislative reform.

Her research focuses on:

• Expert evidence and forensic science in criminal litigation
• Legal representation of survivors of abuse who face criminalization
• Training programs in trial skills and capital post-conviction litigation

Carlotta previously held leadership roles at the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs in Texas, including establishing its first training program, and has extensive experience as a public defender in Massachusetts, New York, and Louisiana.