Mairin Fogarty


Mairin received her J.D. from The UCLA School of Law, where she participated in the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy. Following graduation, Mairin worked as a public defender in Miami, Florida. During law school, Mairin spent a semester externing with the Equal Justice Initiative, participated in the Criminal Defense Clinic, and was a comments editor with the UCLA Law Review. Mairin spent her law school summers interning with the Tennessee Office of the Post-Conviction Defender and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. Prior to law school, Mairin worked for several years teaching high school social studies at a public school in Washington, D.C. Mairin received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Chicago, and a master’s degree in Teaching from American University.