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James Forman Jr. (born James Robert Lumumba Forman; June 22, 1967) is an American legal scholar currently on leave from serving as the J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He is the author of Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America , which won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction , and a co-founder ...
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- James Robert Lumumba Forman, June 22, 1967 (age 56), New York City, New York, U.S.
Apr 5, 2024 · James Forman Jr. J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law. Education. J.D., Yale Law School, 1992. A.B., Brown University, 1988. Curriculum Vitae. Courses Taught. Criminal Law. Inside Out—Issues in Criminal Justice (joint seminar for YLS students and incarcerated men and women) Access to Law School.
Apr 11, 2017 · By James Forman Jr. Illustrated. 306 pages. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. $27. James Forman Jr. divides his superb and shattering first book, “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in...
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James Forman Jr. is a leading critic of mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of color. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction for his book Locking Up Our Own, which explores the history and consequences of the war on crime in black America.
James Forman Jr. is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and the author of the best-selling book Locking Up Our Own, which exposes the racial and economic disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Learn about his background, his work, and his views on criminal justice reform.
An examination of the historical roots of contemporary criminal justice in the U.S., based on vast experience and deep knowledge of the legal system, and its often-devastating consequences for citizens and communities of color. James Forman Jr. accepts the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction from Columbia University President Lee Bollinger.
Nov 20, 2018 · When James Forman Jr., a former Georgetown Law and current Yale Law faculty member, was working as a public defender in Washington, D.C., in the 1990s, he represented a 15-year-old client named Brandon who had pled guilty to gun and marijuana possession.
