Jacqueline McMurtrie
Jacqueline McMurtrie is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Law and the Director of the Innocence Project Northwest. She joined the faculty in 1989 after a career as a public defender. The Innocence Project Northwest, which she founded in 1997, has overturned the convictions of numerous wrongly convicted prisoners. Its recent successes include the exonerations of 4 clients who served a combined total of 47 years in prison for crimes they did not commit. Professor McMurtrie is a founding member of the Innocence Network, serves on its Board of Directors and co-chairs its Committee on Amicus Policies. She is also currently the Vice-Chair of the Washington State Bar Association Council on Public Defense. Professor McMurtrie's research and teaching interests revolve primarily around criminal law and appellate/post-conviction practice, with a particular emphasis on wrongful convictions. She obtained her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan.