You are here: Â鶹´«Ã½ School of Public Affairs Faculty Claire Griggs

Back to top

Photograph of Claire Griggs

Claire Griggs Senior Professorial Lecturer Justice, Law & Criminology

Additional Positions at AU
Director, Politics, Policy & Law Scholars Program
Degrees
JD, Washington College of Law, Â鶹´«Ã½
<br />
<br />
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 Director of 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law.
See Also
SPA Department of Justice, Law and Criminology
SPA Politics, Policy and Law (PPL) Scholars Program
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.

Teaching

Summer 2024

  • JLC-689 Counterterrorism Law & Policy

  • SPA-220 The Â鶹´«Ã½ Constitution

Fall 2024

  • JLC-101 Introduction to Law

  • JLC-435 Gender and the Law

  • JLC-689 Counterterrorism Law & Policy

  • SPA-101 PPL Scholars Lab I

  • SPA-220 The Â鶹´«Ã½ Constitution

Spring 2025

  • JLC-101 Introduction to Law

  • JLC-689 Counterterrorism Law & Policy

  • SPA-075 Changemakers Series: Comm Org/Returning Citizens

  • SPA-489 Politics, Pol & Law Capstone