Morris, Courtenay Erin

Courtenay earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 2002. In 1994, she graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts in Russian language and literature in 1994.

Courtenay Morris is a professional attorney who has practiced law across a wide range of fields, from international human rights law and overseas contracting to representing underprivileged, minority clients in criminal cases in the United States. She ran a multi-million dollar criminal justice reform program for the U.S. Department of State in Nairobi, Kenya. Before that, she taught police officers, lawyers and judges as a law enforcement and trial advocacy expert for the U.S. Department of Justice, also in Kenya.

Her area of research is international human rights law and overseas contracting to represent underprivileged, minority clients in criminal cases in the United States. She ran a multi-million dollar criminal justice reform program for the U.S. Department of State in Nairobi, Kenya.

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