Ieshaah Murphy is an Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Defense and Racial Justice Clinic at the University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law (“UDC Law”). Prior to joining UDC Law, Ieshaah was a Senior Staff Attorney at the ACLU of Maryland and a Trial Attorney at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS). While at PDS, Ieshaah supervised other lawyers and represented hundreds of indigent children and adults charged with serious offenses. Ieshaah frequently trains lawyers and law students on various topics related to criminal defense and trial advocacy. She has served as teaching faculty for the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop, the Deborah T. Creek Criminal Practice Institute (CPI), the Wisconsin State Public Defender Trial Skills Academy, and several other defender training programs. Ieshaah is a founding member of the Black Public Defender Association (BPDA), where she develops and leads race equity trainings at defender offices around the country. Ieshaah earned her B.A. in Sociology from Spelman College and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.