Jacqueline McMurtrie

Professor McMurtrie joined the UW School of Law in 1989 after a career as a public defender. She teaches Criminal Law and Procedure and Evidence and directs the Innocence Project Northwest Clinic (IPNW). Since its formation in 1997, IPNW has secured the release of eleven wrongly convicted inmates.

Professor McMurtrie received a "President's Award" from the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and a "Pro Bono Award" from the National Law Journal for her work with IPNW. She has been recognized as a Washington State "Super Lawyer" and selected by the students as a UW School of Law's Phillip A. Trautman Professor of the Year. She is a member of the bars of Washington state, the Western District and Eastern District of Washington, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.