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Janet C. Hoeffel is the Catherine D. Pierson Professor of Law at Tulane Law School, where she has been a faculty member since 1999. Her expertise spans criminal law, procedure, death penalty law, and evidence, informed by six years as a public defender in Washington, D.C., and litigation experience in Denver. She served as Vice Dean from 2009–2012 and received Tulane University’s highest teaching honor, the President’s Award for Excellence in Professional and Graduate Teaching (2017), and the Felix Frankfurter Award for Distinguished Teaching (2005, 2019).
Education:
- BA, Princeton University (1985)
- JD, Stanford University (1990)
Hoeffel’s research centers on constitutional and statutory gaps in pre-charge criminal justice, including critiques of prolonged detention without process, prosecutorial discretion, and the intersection of youth and capital punishment. Her work has been published in journals like the Iowa Law Review, George Washington Law Review, and Chicago-Kent Law Review.
Scientific Awards:
- Felix Frankfurter Award for Distinguished Teaching (2005, 2019)
- President’s Award for Excellence in Professional and Graduate Teaching (2017)
- Invited to 2013 Innovation Summit on law student assessment
Hoeffel has served on the Louisiana Public Defender Board, Innocence Project, Capital Appeals Project, and Promise of Justice Initiative. She frequently acts as an expert witness and media commentator on criminal justice issues.
