Samantha received her undergraduate degree in Politics from Princeton University in 1999, and went on to earn her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2002. Following a clerkship with the late Judge Jay C. Waldman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, she was a litigation associate at Pepper Hamilton LLP before joining FIRE in 2005.
Samantha received her undergraduate degree in Politics from Princeton University in 1999, and went on to earn her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2002. Following a clerkship with the late Judge Jay C. Waldman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, she was a litigation associate at Pepper Hamilton LLP before joining FIRE in 2005.
Recent Writing
- Harvard Law professor faces backlash for defending Harvey Weinstein, February 20, 2019
- Court: Exclusion of evidence, biased training, lack of cross-examination, low evidentiary standard may have violated student’s due process rights, January 17, 2019
- In blow to free speech, Fourth Circuit reinstates lawsuit against University of Mary Washington, December 19, 2018
- Report: Despite student’s successful lawsuit, due process concerns remain at SUNY Buffalo, November 13, 2018
- Sarah Lawrence’s shame: Professor who wrote op-ed urging greater viewpoint diversity finds himself the target of vandalism, anonymous accusations, November 6, 2018
- Report: U. of Michigan revising sexual misconduct policy to comply with court ruling requiring cross-examination, October 26, 2018
- Appellate court: UCSB denied accused student ‘even a semblance of due process’, October 12, 2018
- Due process legal update: Judge holds that ‘preponderance of evidence’ standard may be unconstitutional in campus sexual misconduct proceedings, September 28, 2018
- Federal appellate court: denial of cross-examination violates due process, September 7, 2018
- Due process legal update: UC Santa Barbara found in contempt of court, August 17, 2018
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