Deborah Archer

Advisory Board

Deborah N. Archer is the President of the American Civil Liberties Union and a leading expert in civil rights, civil liberties, and racial justice. She is also the Margaret B. Hoppin Professor of Clinical Law and Faculty Director of the Community Equity Lab at NYU School of Law. She is an award-winning teacher and legal scholar whose articles have appeared in leading law reviews, and she has also offered commentary for numerous media outlets.

Ms. Archer is a graduate of Yale Law School, where she was awarded the Charles G. Albom Prize, and Smith College. She previously worked as an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., where she litigated in the areas of voting rights, employment discrimination, and school desegregation. Ms. Archer is also a former chair of the American Association of Law School's Section on Civil Rights and the Section on Minority Groups. She previously served as Chair of the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board, the nation’s oldest and largest police oversight agency. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Smith College.