Director and Co-founder, Child Advocacy Clinic and Assistant
Professor of Clinical Education. B.A., Manhattan College, M.A.,
Brooklyn College, J.D., City University of New York School of
Law.
Professor Hughes joined the St. John’s faculty in April,
2005. She came to St. John’s with a background in clinical
education having taught at Hofstra Law School’s Child Advocacy
Clinic for four years and in the Spring of 2004 at CUNY School of
Law’s Juvenile Defense Clinic.
Prior to clinical teaching, Professor Hughes served as a senior
staff attorney at the Juvenile Rights Division of The Legal Aid
Society of the City of New York as well as an advocate at Covenant
House Legal Services. She has also represented adult and
child-clients in New York State Family Court as a court appointed
attorney.
Professor Hughes has lectured and published in the areas of
juvenile justice, child welfare, parental rights, and
professionalism.