Tyler Dougherty joins the Advocacy Clinic as its first Clinical Teaching Fellow. Prior to joining the College of Law, Dougherty was a clinical attorney and adjunct professor in the Rutgers Criminal & Youth Justice Clinic in Newark, New Jersey. At Rutgers, she represented young people at various stages of the juvenile and criminal legal systems. In addition to representing clients, Dougherty worked on several youth-focused policy campaigns, appellate and state supreme court amicus advocacy, and partnerships with incarcerated youth to develop their own legislative proposals. She is particularly interested in building power with the communities most targeted by state systems of control.

• Education & Experience

J.D., Rutgers Law School-Newark
B.A., Johns Hopkins University