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Jin Hee Lee joined LDF’s Criminal Justice Practice in July 2008. As Assistant Counsel, Ms. Lee is engaged in advocacy to address racial biases in the criminal justice system. Her work includes capital cases in state and federal post-conviction proceedings, efforts to abolish juvenile life without parole sentences, and civil litigation challenging discriminatory police practices in public housing.
Prior to joining LDF, Ms. Lee was a Staff Attorney at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, where she combined lawyering with community organizing to address the disinvestment of healthcare resources in New York City’s communities of color. She was also an Associate at Morrison & Foerster LLP, litigating both complex commercial matters and civil rights cases.
In 1995, Ms. Lee graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service with a concentration in African Studies, and was a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship. She is a 2000 graduate of Columbia Law School, where she was Executive Editor of A Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual, published by the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. She also served as law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Martha Vázquez in the District of New Mexico.