Kaitlin McCormick-Huhn

Biography

Professor Kaitlin McCormick-Huhn joins California Western’s faculty after serving as an Assistant Federal Public Defender. Her practice focused on representing individuals in federal habeas corpus proceedings, including individuals sentenced to death and individuals in immigration detention. Before joining the FPD, she clerked at the Nevada Supreme Court. Professor McCormick-Huhn has a J.D. and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She has published on topics related to bias and stereotypes, intersectionality, and emotion—topics she now explores in various legal domains, such as criminal law. Her most recent article was published in University of Richmond Law Review.