Prior to joining CUNY’s faculty, Nina was an Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering at New York University Law School. Before entering academia, Nina was a staff attorney in the Special Litigation Division of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS). In that capacity she litigated systemic criminal justice issues, including prosecutorial misconduct, jury representation, and the reliability of forensic evidence. Prior to PDS, she was a staff attorney and Zubrow Fellow at Juvenile Law Center, where she advocated on behalf of children in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems, and served as a law clerk for the Honorable Thomas L. Ambro, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.