Professor of the Practice; Director, Innocence Project Clinic
Erica J. Suter is director of the Innocence Project Clinic. The Innocence Project is a unique and collaborative position with the Maryland Office of the Public Defender and University of Baltimore School of Law.
Within Baltimore Law, Suter has the rank of Professor of the Practice and runs the Innocence Project Clinic, teaching and supervising student attorneys who handle cases and advocate for reform within the school’s clinical law program. With respect to OPD, Suter provides agency-wide support and strategic vision to innocence litigation.
Suter works with OPD’s attorneys and staff both on individual cases as well as on broad reform goals. In collaboration with the Forensics Division, Suter serves as a resource and provides trainings to OPD attorneys and staff on relevant social science research (including coercive interrogation tactics, unreliable eyewitness identification practices), incorporating scientific research (including DNA testing) into legal arguments, and strategic ways to address newly discovered evidence. She collaborates extensively with the Post-Conviction Defenders Division.
Suter joins OPD and Baltimore Law from private practice, where she has been widely recognized as an accomplished appellate and post-conviction criminal defense attorney. In addition to her private practice, Suter has experience working with students enrolled in the Making an Exoneree class at Georgetown University, and as an adjunct professor at UDC’s David A. Clarke School of Law.
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About Erica J. Suter
Erica J. Suter is director of the Innocence Project Clinic. The Innocence Project is a unique and collaborative position with the Maryland Office of the Public Defender and University of Baltimore School of Law.
Within Baltimore Law, Suter has the rank of Professor of the Practice and runs the Innocence Project Clinic, teaching and supervising student attorneys who handle cases and advocate for reform within the school’s clinical law program. With respect to OPD, Suter provides agency-wide support and strategic vision to innocence litigation.
Suter works with OPD’s attorneys and staff both on individual cases as well as on broad reform goals. In collaboration with the Forensics Division, Suter serves as a resource and provides trainings to OPD attorneys and staff on relevant social science research (including coercive interrogation tactics, unreliable eyewitness identification practices), incorporating scientific research (including DNA testing) into legal arguments, and strategic ways to address newly discovered evidence. She collaborates extensively with the Post-Conviction Defenders Division.
Suter joins OPD and Baltimore Law from private practice, where she has been widely recognized as an accomplished appellate and post-conviction criminal defense attorney. In addition to her private practice, Suter has experience working with students enrolled in the Making an Exoneree class at Georgetown University, and as an adjunct professor at UDC’s David A. Clarke School of Law.
| Present | Professor of the Practice; Director, Innocence Project Clinic, University of Baltimore School of Law ‐ School of Law | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
| J.D., Georgetown University Law Center | ||
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| B.A., cum laude, Bates College | ||
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| M.A., University of Chicago | ||
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Contact Information
410.837.6543
John and Frances Angelos Law Center
Administrative Assistant:
410.837.6798
John and Frances Angelos Law Center, Room 433
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