Resources for NC Superior Court Judges

Profiles

Faculty

	Name: Jessica Smith
	Title: Associate Professor of Public Law and Government
	Phone: 919.966.4105
	E-mail: smithj@sog.unc.edu
	Areas of Interest: Criminal law and procedure; judicial education; bail and pretrial release; evidence; post-conviction procedure

Jessie Smith joined the Institute of Government in 2000. Prior to that, she practiced law at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C. She also clerked for U.S. District Judge W. Earl Britt in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina and for Senior U.S. Circuit Judge J. Dickson Phillips Jr. in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. At the School of Government, Smith teaches and consults with judges and other public employees involved in the criminal justice system. She is the 2006 recipient of the Albert and Gladys Hall Coates Term Professorship for Teaching Excellence. Smith earned a BA, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania and a JD, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was managing editor of the Law Review.

	Name: Ann Anderson
	Title: Assistant Professor of Public Law and Government
	Phone: 919.962.0595
	E-mail: anderson@sog.unc.edu
	Areas of Interest: Civil procedure, courts, and administration of estates

Ann Anderson joined the School of Government faculty in 2007. Prior to that, she was an associate for six years with the law firm of Kennedy Covington in Raleigh and Durham, where she specialized in real-estate litigation and quasi-judicial proceedings. Anderson earned a BA in history with highest distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a law degree with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, where she was a member of the North Carolina Law Review

Staff

	Name: Jessica O'Sullivan
	Title: Program Manager
	Phone: 919.843.8981
	E-mail: sullivan@sog.unc.edu

Jessica O'Sullivan joined the School of Government in 2008. Prior to that, she was a foster care caseworker for the Ulster County (New York) Department of Social Services, and she worked in administrative and project support coordination and customer service. In her role as program manager, she works with Superior Court judges, District Court judges, clerks and assistant clerks of Superior Court, and district attorneys, as well as DSS attorneys and new social services board members.O'Sullivan earned a BA from the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz.

Other School of Government faculty who specialize in courts and criminal justice issues — including their areas of interest — are listed below: