Attorney Carol Gray received her J.D. (law degree) from Northeastern School of Law and a Masters in Advocacy (L.L.M.) from Georgetown University Law Center where she was a Prettyman Fellow in their Criminal Justice Clinic.  She also obtained her PhD in Political Science from the University of Connecticut. Prior to attending law school, Gray was a staff investigator with the Federal Defender of Washington, D.C. and then the New Hampshire Public Defender. While in law school, she did internships with the Office of Public Advocacy in Anchorage, the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, a nonprofit representing those seeking political asylum on the Texas/Mexican border, and the Johannesburg Public Defender Office in South Africa as well as with a human rights law firm in Johannesburg. Attorney Gray became a public defender after completing law school, first with the New Hampshire Public Defender and later with the Committee for Public Counsel in Springfield, Massachusetts. She was also a National Association for Public Interest Law Fellow during which time she worked for the Georgia Resource Center that represents those on Georgia’s Death Row. Attorney Gray now serves as a reviewer for these fellowships through the Equal Justice Foundation.  In her later academic career, when Gray was a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar in Cairo  during Egypt’s Arab Spring, she obtained a diploma in International Human Rights Law from American University in Cairo. She was also a Fulbright Scholar in Montreal at Concordia University. Here at UAF, Professor Gray has or is scheduled to teach Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights; International Law and the Environment; Gender and Reproductive Law and Politics; Constitutional Law I (Federalism); and other law related courses as well as Introduction to American Politics.

Professor Gray is eager to answer your questions and help you with your journey on whatever law-related path you choose!