Biography
Carolyn Ramsey teaches courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, domestic violence, gender issues, and legal history. She graduated from Stanford Law School with Distinction and clerked for Chief Judge Marilyn Hall Patel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and Judge Paul J. Kelly, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. In addition to her law degree, Professor Ramsey received graduate training as a social historian at Stanford University. This background stimulates her interest in the relationship between law and social norms. She publishes widely on historical and modern aspects of criminal law, criminal procedure, and gender issues and is writing a book about the history of criminal justice responses to intimate-partner violence. She gave the 37th Annual Austin W. Scott, Jr., Lecture on “Intimate-Partner Violence and State Intervention: A New Historical Perspective.” She is a past recipient of the Jules Milstein Faculty Scholarship Award for excellence in published writing and the 2018 Gilbert Goldstein Research Fellowship to support her work on domestic abuse. Beyond her academic achievements, Professor Ramsey has served as the Reporter for the Tenth Circuit Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions Committee. She also advises students about applying for judicial clerkships and engages in a variety of national and University service.
