Clinical Teaching Fellow
Criminal Defense and Advocacy Clinic
jkerr@ubalt.edu
410.837.5388
John and Frances Angelos Law Center, Room 434
Administrative Assistant: Stephanie Pinkney Lee
410.837.5705
John and Frances Angelos Law Center, Room 412
Education
Bar Vocational Course, Nottingham Law School, United Kingdom
LL.M., Human Rights Law, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
LL.B., Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland
Curriculum Vitae
Areas of Expertise
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Trial Advocacy
Kerr joined the University of Baltimore Law faculty in January 2023. Previously, he was an assistant public defender in the Maryland Office of the Public Defender from 2013 to 2022, where he represented indigent clients at trial in both misdemeanor and felony cases, on charges ranging from traffic offenses to first-degree murder.
Kerr was educated in the United Kingdom and prior to moving to the United States he qualified and practiced as barrister specializing in criminal law. He graduated with an LL.B. in Law with Politics from Queen’s University of Belfast and has earned an LL.M. in Human Rights Law from the University of Nottingham.