Kristin Henning

Kristin Henning is a professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where she is the Blume Professor of Law and the director of the university's Juvenile Justice Clinic. She is best known for her work in juvenile defense and for her book, The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth. Henning also works with the National Juvenile Defender Center.

Kristin Henning
Born
Kristin Nicole Henning
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipAmerican
Occupations
Board member of
  • Center for Children's Law and Policy
  • Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center (Director)
  • American Law Institute's Restatement on Children and the Law (Adviser)
Awards
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineLegal scholarship
InstitutionsGeorgetown University Law Center
Main interestscriminal law, juvenile justice, family law, criminal procedure
Websitehttps://www.rageofinnocence.com/

Early life and education

Henning was born and raised in North Carolina. In 1992, Henning graduated from Duke University and received a Bachelor of Arts in English and African-American Studies. She then attended Yale Law School, where she received a juris doctor in 1995. In 2002, Henning earned a master of laws from Georgetown University Law Center.

Career

In 1995, Henning was a Stuart-Stiller Fellow in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Clinic at the Georgetown University Law Center. After her fellowship, Henning began working at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.[1] While working for the Public Defender Service, Henning helped organize a Juvenile Unit that was designed to meet the multi-disciplinary needs of children in the juvenile legal system and served as the lead attorney for the Juvenile Unit from 1998 until 2001.[2]

In 2001, Henning began working at the Georgetown University Law Center. In 2013, the National Juvenile Defender Center awarded Henning the Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. Award for Excellence in Juvenile Defense.[2] At the Law Center, Henning is the Blume Professor of Law and the director of the university's Juvenile Justice Clinic.[3][4] Henning served as the Law Center's Associate Dean for Clinics and Experiential Learning from 2017 to 2020. In 2020, amid the Black Lives Matter movement, Henning started Ambassadors for Racial Justice, a year-long program for defenders committed to challenging racial inequities in the juvenile legal system.[5] In 2021, Henning was awarded the Leadership Prize from the Juvenile Law Center.[2]

On September 28, 2021, Henning released her book The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth.[2][6]

Publications

Books
  • The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth (Pantheon Books, September 28, 2021)

References
  1. "Professor Kristin Henning: Exposing What Black Children Endure". Georgetown Law. September 28, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  2. Donahue, Joe (November 1, 2021). "How America criminalizes Black youth". WAMC Northeast Public Radio. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  3. ""The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth"". Public Radio Tulsa. October 26, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  4. Weiffering, Helen; Long, Colleen; Fassett, Camile (October 20, 2021). "Tiny wrists in cuffs: How police use force against children". Associated Press. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  5. Cook, Linda (June 14, 2021). "Free online seminar will address unequal treatment for youth". QuadCities. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  6. Miller, Stuart (September 27, 2021). "How can we stop treating children of color like criminals? One step at a time, a lawyer says". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
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