Jody Armour | |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Law |
Institutions | University of Southern California |
Jody David Armour is an American academic. He is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at the University of Southern California,where he specializes in race issues in legal decision-making. [1]
Armour came to study law after his father was set up and imprisoned when Armour was 8 years old. [2]
Armour graduated from Harvard University and the UC Berkeley School of Law. [3]
He also teaches torts,criminal law,and criminal procedure. [4]
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