Rachel Barkow
Co-Founder, Federal Expungement Initiative
New York University, School of Law · New York
Barkow served on the U.S. Sentencing Commission and studies criminal law, sentencing, and clemency at NYU.
About Rachel Barkow
Rachel Barkow is the Charles Seligson Professor of Law at NYU and Faculty Director of the Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law. She served on the U.S. Sentencing Commission (2013 to 2019) and has advised on criminal justice policy for the Manhattan DA’s office. Her scholarship focuses on criminal law, sentencing, and clemency, with books and articles featured in media outlets. She clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia and holds degrees from Northwestern and Harvard Law.
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