Mide Odunsi serves as an Equal Justice Works Fellow sponsored by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP at LDF. Her fellowship project aims to combat the dual harms of curriculum censorship and discipline disparities in the deep South. Prior to joining LDF, Mide served as a law clerk to the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Mide received her J.D. from Stanford Law School, where she co-led the Clean Slate Pro Bono Project and served as a Development Editor of the Stanford Law Review. During law school, Mide completed internships with LDF, the Texas Fair Defense Project, and the ACLU of Northern California.
Prior to law school, Mide was a legislative assistant at the Center for Law and Social Policy. She graduated with honors from Northwestern University.
