Professor of Law
University of Richmond

Julie McConnell is a professor of law and has been the director of the University of Richmond’s Children’s Defense Clinic since 2011. She has represented children and families for more than 25 years and specializes in holistic trauma-informed representation and client-centered practice. She and her students represent disadvantaged youth and adults. She has previously served as an assistant public defender and child abuse and domestic violence prosecutor. McConnell is co-editor of the book Juvenile Law and Practice in Virginia and consults as a juvenile legal system expert in Virginia criminal cases and with the International Institute of Justice and the Rule of Law in Valetta, Malta. Professor McConnell is currently chair of the Virginia Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice and Prevention and the Virginia Bar Association Commission on the Needs of Children. She also serves on the boards of the Mid-Atlantic Gault Center and Housing Opportunities Made Equal.

• McConnell nomination packet