Claire Griggs

Adivitional Positions at AU

Associate Director of SPA Special Undergraduate Programs

Degrees

JD American University Washington College of Law BA Northwestern University

Bio

Claire Griggs is a faculty member in the Department of Justice, Law and Criminology in the School of Public Affairs. Professor Griggs serves as the Faculty Advisor to the SPA Leadership Program and the Politics, Policy and Law (PPL) Scholars Program. Prior to joining the faculty in SPA, she worked for the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project at the Washington College of Law, which seeks to engage and educate high school students about their constitutional rights and responsibilities. Professor Griggs has also worked for the New York law firm of Kaufman, Borgeest & Ryan in the areas of insurance, malpractice, and employment law. Her current research and publication areas focus on issues of juvenile justice, women''s bodily rights, and Eighth Amendment issues. Her work has been published in the American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law.

Spring 2018

HNRS-398 Honors Challenge Course

SPA-201 PPL Scholars Lab II

SPA-220 The American Constitution

SPA-362 Leadership Development Lab II

SPA-362 Leadership Development Lab II

SPA-362 Leadership Development Lab II

Fall 2018

CORE-107 Complex Problems Seminar: Juvenile (in)justicejustice")

JLC-101 Introduction to Law

JLC-413 Topics in Law & Social Science: Law and Popular Culture