Chrysanthemum Desir
Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law
(spring term)
Chrysanthemum Desir is a Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School and an Assistant Public Defender at the Juvenile Public Defender in Baltimore City. Their interest in indigent legal services comes from their experience both organizing for police accountability in New Haven and working in the city’s schools.
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Education & Curriculum Vitae
J.D., Yale Law School, 2018
B.A., Dartmouth College, 2010
Courses Taught
- Trans Justice: Seminar and Research Practicum
- Intervening in the Criminalization of Youth and Queer and Trans Individuals: Seminar and Practicum
Chrysanthemum Desir is a Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School and an Assistant Public Defender at the Juvenile Public Defender in Baltimore City. After graduating from the Law School in 2018, they worked in Baltimore’s Office of the Public Defender and Maryland’s FreeState Justice as a Justice Catalyst Fellow. Their interest in indigent legal services comes from their experience both organizing for police accountability in New Haven and working in the city’s schools. Desir developed and co-directed the Know Your Rights Project for young people through New Haven Public Schools and served as Project Teacher and Co-Director of the Marshall-Brennan program.