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Anne Traum | |
| Associate Professor of Law | ||
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Phone: 702-895-2403 Email: anne.traum@unlv.edu | ||
| Education: A.B., Brown University, 1991 J.D., University of California, Hastings College of Law, 1996 |
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| Professor Traum joined the Boyd School of Law in 2008. After graduation from law school, Professor Traum clerked for Judge Stanwood R. Duval in the Eastern District of Louisiana. She then joined the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice through the Attorney General’s Honors Program. From 2000 to 2002 she served as a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office in Las Vegas where she represented federal agencies in litigation involving federal lands, natural resources and federal tort claims. From 2002 to 2008, Professor Traum was an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Las Vegas, representing indigent defendants on direct appeal from federal convictions and state prisoners pursuing habeas relief in federal court. She has argued more than 25 cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Her research focuses on courts’ role in safeguarding access to habeas corpus relief. She will teach Criminal Adjudication and will develop a federal appellate clinic. |
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Areas of Expertise: Appellate Law Clinical Education Criminal Law |
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