Faculty Directory
  • Adjunct Faculty

Deborah L. Harris

Titles

  • Adjunct Faculty

Degrees

  • LLM, Georgetown University Law Center
  • JD, University of North Carolina School of Law
  • BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Biography

Previously, Harris supervised an office of 42 prosecutors responsible for the prosecution of environmental and wildlife crimes nationwide. She coordinated national legislative, policy, and training efforts in the criminal enforcement program, and co-chaired the Department’s Environmental Crimes Policy Committee. She has worked in the Environmental Crimes Section since November 1999. Prior to that, she was a staff attorney for the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. Harris received her LLM in trial advocacy from the Georgetown University Law Center, her JD degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law, and her BA degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Expertise

  • Environmental Law
  • Environmental Litigation

Departments

  • Summer Session

Courses Taught

  • Prosecuting Environmental Crimes