Alexis Hoag-Fordjour facts for kids
Alexis Hoag-Fordjour is a professor and lawyer from the United States. She was born in 1982 in Southern California. Her family comes from Tanzania, and she is part of the Chagga people. She works at Brooklyn Law School as a professor of law. She also helps lead the Center for Criminal Justice there.
Early Life and Education
Alexis Hoag-Fordjour went to Yale University for her first college degree. After that, she studied law at NYU School of Law. She earned a special law degree called a Juris Doctor.
Career as a Lawyer
For more than ten years, Alexis Hoag-Fordjour worked as a lawyer. She focused on civil rights. Civil rights are the basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person.
- She worked at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.. This group works to protect the civil rights of all people, especially African Americans.
- She also worked for the Office of the Federal Public Defender. This office provides lawyers for people who cannot afford one, especially in serious federal cases.
Later, she taught at Columbia University. She helped start a program there about civil and political rights. She also worked for a judge named John T. Nixon in Tennessee.
Current Work and Recognition
In 2021, Alexis Hoag-Fordjour became a member of the American Law Institute. This is a group of top legal experts who work to make laws clearer and better.
In 2024, she was chosen as the first "scholar-in-residence" for the Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC). This group works to make sure the U.S. Constitution is followed correctly.
Personal Life
In July 2022, Alexis Hoag-Fordjour married Derek Fordjour. They had their wedding in Manhattan.
