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Catherine Hancock serves as Professor of Constitutional Law at Tulane University Law School, joining the faculty after a clerkship with Judge James L. Oakes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Her teaching portfolio includes Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, Federal Courts, and Law & Gender, with additional instruction in Comparative Criminal Procedure through Tulane's international programs in France and Toronto.
Her research critically examines First Amendment boundaries in defamation and hate speech contexts, while her Constitutional Criminal Procedure work investigates police interrogation tactics, search protocols, privacy rights frameworks, and capital punishment jurisprudence. These scholarly pursuits are reflected in co-authored casebooks published by Aspen, LexisNexis, and West.
Her distinguished recognition includes:
- Sumter Marks Award for scholarly achievement (2002)
- C. J. Morrow Research Professorship of Law (2004-2005)
- Three-time recipient of the Felix Frankfurter Distinguished Teaching Award (1992, 1998, 2005)
Professor Hancock maintains a strong commitment to public service through pro bono representation, notably dedicating eight years as co-counsel for a death row inmate culminating in a 1990 U.S. Supreme Court argument. Her professional activities demonstrate integration of theoretical scholarship with practical legal advocacy.
