Julia Simon-Kerr

Julia Simon-Kerr is the Evangeline Starr Professor of Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law and the Maurice R. Greenberg Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School for the fall term. She has taught at UConn for over 13 years and is recognized for her contributions to legal education and scholarship.

Her educational background includes a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. from Wesleyan University.

• J.D., Yale Law School, 2008
• B.A., Wesleyan University, 2002

Julia Simon-Kerr is a leading scholar in evidence law, with a focus on credibility and lying within legal contexts. Her research sits at the intersection of evidence theory and critical legal perspectives and has influenced legal reform. Her teaching and research interests span civil procedure, criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence, and immigration law, reflecting a broad and impactful engagement with core areas of legal study.

Her scholarly work, while not detailed in specific publications here, centers on foundational issues in evidence and procedure, contributing to both doctrinal and theoretical legal discourse.

• Multiple commendations for distinguished teaching

She has clerked for Judge Kermit V. Lipez on the First Circuit Court of Appeals and for Justice Jaynee LaVecchia on the Supreme Court of New Jersey. At Yale Law School, she served as an executive editor for the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities. No specific information about advising students or research grants is provided in the text.

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