Renagh O'Leary
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law (LAIP)
Education
J.D., Yale Law School
B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Biography
Renagh O’Leary is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School. She teaches in the Legal Assistance to Incarcerated People (LAIP) clinic and writes in the areas of criminal law and criminal procedure. Her scholarship has appeared in the Iowa Law Review and the Wisconsin Law Review. Her article Compassionate Release and Decarceration in the States was honored by the Association of American Law Schools as the runner-up in the Criminal Justice Section's 2022 junior scholars paper competition.
Before joining the UW Law School, O'Leary was a trial attorney at the Bronx Defenders, a public defender’s office committed to an innovative model of holistic representation. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was a Comments Editor for the Yale Law Journal and received the C. LaRue Munson Prize for her clinical work. She received her B.A. in political science, with highest honors, from the University of Michigan.
Scholarship & Publications
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Activities
Renagh O'Leary presented "Beyond Burnout: Teaching Engagement" and "Compassionate Release and Decarceration in the States" at the AALS Conference on Clinical Education in April.
News & Media
Friday, Jan 7, 2022Renagh O'Leary's scholarship honored by the Association of American Law Schools
Wednesday, Nov 4, 2020Renagh O'Leary wins state bar's Legal Innovator award for compassionate release work
Wisconsin LawyerTuesday, Sep 29, 2020Renagh O'Leary makes the case for compassionate release
Thursday, May 14, 2020Renagh O'Leary discusses compassionate release for prisoners at risk of COVID-19 exposure
Des Moines RegisterWednesday, Sep 18, 2019Renagh O'Leary named to 'Up and Coming Lawyers' list
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