Prof. Exum to join Federal Sentencing Reporter editorial board

May 6, 2015

Professor Jelani Jefferson Exum has been invited to join the editorial board of the Federal Sentencing Reporter. Thejournal explores in detail sentencing law, practice, and theory.

In her new role, Exum will pick a topic for one FSR issue each year and oversee production of that issue. 

“Professor Exum has established herself as one of the top researchers and theorists in the highly important field of criminal sentencing,” said Daniel J. Steinbock, dean of the College of Law. “This appointment to the editorial board of a major journal in the field confirms her status as one of the leaders of the next generation of sentencing scholars.” 

Two of Professor Exum’s articles have previously been published in the Federal Sentencing Reporter: “Reflections of a First-Time Expert Witness” in December 2013, and “What’s Happening With Child Pornography Sentencing?” in December 2011. Professor Exum also guest-edited the December 2011 issue on child pornography. 

Professor Exum mainly writes in the area of sentencing law and policy, but her research interests also include comparative criminal law and procedure and the impact of race on criminal justice. Before joining academia, Professor Exum served as a law clerk for James L. Dennis, U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Eldon E. Fallon, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Exum is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard College. 

Published five times annually, each issue of the Federal Sentencing Reporter features articles, cases, and other primary materials written by judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys, probation officers, scholars, and members of sentencing commissions. The journal is published for the Vera Institute of Justice by the University of California Press.