Daniel Scott Harawa
Associate Professor of Law and Director, Appellate Clinic
Daniel Harawa’s research focuses on the ways in which race intersects with criminal law and procedure. He is interested in how doctrines and institutional practices perpetuate a racial hierarchy within the criminal legal system. Building from his extensive practical experience, his research contemplates novel innovations to limit the influence of race in the criminal legal process.
Professor Harawa also directs the appellate clinic, which handles criminal, civil rights, and habeas cases before federal courts of appeals across the country. Professor Harawa regularly provides commentary on pressing criminal justice and civil rights issues, with his popular writings appearing in the Washington Post, Politico, Slate, SCOTUSblog, The St. Louis American, and The Appeal.
- Education
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
- B.A., University of Richmond
- Courses
- Criminal Law
- Evidence
- Appellate Clinic
- Areas of Expertise
- Criminal Law & Procedure
- Civil Rights
- Constitutional Law
- Race & the Law
- Publications
Articles & Essays
- Lemonade: A Racial Justice Reframing of the Roberts Court’s Jurisprudence, 110 Calif. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2022)
- Antiracism in Action, 78 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1027 (2021) (with Brandon Hasbrouck) (invited essay)
- The False Promise of Peña-Rodriguez, 109 Calif. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2021)
- Black Redemption, 48 Fordham Urban L.J. 701 (2021) (invited essay)
- Sacrificing Secrecy, 55 Ga. L. Rev. 593 (2021)
- Manning v. Caldwell – A Harbinger?, 71 S.C. L. Rev. 759 (2021) (invited comment)
- How Much is Too Much? A Test to Protect Against Excessive Fines, 81 Ohio St. L.J. 65 (2020)
- “Social Media Thoughtcrimes,” 35 Pace L. Rev. 366 (2014) (invited symposium article)
- “The Post-TSA Airport: A Constitution-Free Zone?,” 41 Pepp. L. Rev. 1 (2013)
- “A Numbers Game: The Ethicality of Law School Reporting Practices,” 24 Geo. J. of Legal Ethics 607 (2011) (note)
Selected Commentary
- What’s an “Occasion”? Scope of the Armed Career Criminal Act Depends on the Answer, SCOTUSblog, Oct. 1, 2021
- Trials Without Justice, Inquest, Sept. 21, 2021 (reviewing Carissa Byrne Hessick’s Punishment Without Trial)
- Are Secret Juries Bad for Black People?, Calif. L. Rev. Online (Feb. 2021)
- Argument Analysis: Two Paths Forward in Lawsuit Alleging Unconstitutional Police Violence, SCOTUSblog, Nov. 10, 2020
- Case Preview: When Does a Statutory ‘Judgment Bar’ Prevent Lawsuits against Federal Officers for Constitutional Violations?, SCOTUSblog, Nov. 6, 2020
- Senate Bill Would Disempower Elected Prosecutor, Disenfranchise St. Louis Voters, St. Louis American, May 1, 2020 (with Kimberly Norwood)
- DC Must Protect its Inmates from Coronavirus, Washington Post, Apr. 8, 2020 (with Ben Miller)
- Democrats Should Stop Saying Some People Should Die in Prison, Slate, Jan. 22, 2020 (with Ben Miller).
- Why the Attorney General’s Concern about Crime Victims and their Families Rings Hollow, The Appeal, Jan. 6, 2020 (with Ben Miller)
- Why America Needs to Break its Addiction to Long Prison Sentences, Politico Magazine, Sept. 3, 2019 (with Ben Miller)
- The Supreme Court Must Rule that Juries Can’t Sentence a Man to Death Because He is Gay, Slate, Apr. 2, 2019
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