Deirdre M. Enright

  • Director of Investigation, Innocence Project Clinic
  • Associate Professor of Law, General Faculty

Deirdre Enright is director of investigation for the Law School's Innocence Project Clinic. Enright previously worked at the Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, where she represented clients and consulted on cases in all stages of capital litigation, with primary focus on federal and state post-conviction proceedings and Supreme Court certiorari review. After graduating from the University of Virginia Law School in 1992, Enright worked as a staff attorney at the Mississippi Capital Defense Resource Center.

 

 

Education

  • J.D.
    University of Virginia School of Law
    1992
  • B.A.
    Northwestern University
    1982
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IN THE NEWS

04/10/2018
Virginia Court of Appeals Arguments in Bank Robbery, Innocence Case (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
12/15/2017
2017 Seton Lecture: Ms. Deirdre Enright of UVA's Innocence Project Clinic (Portsmouth Abbey School)
07/15/2017
Wrongful Convictions; Making Whiteness (WPVC)
04/25/2017
More Than 1,000 People In State Prisons May Be Innocent (WVTF)
04/17/2017
UVA Group is Working Towards Ending Wrongful Convictions in Virginia (WVTF)
01/25/2017
Innocence Project Casts Doubt on Stevens' 1986 Murder Conviction (Rappahannock Record)
12/14/2016
Innocence Project Questions Fentress Murder Conviction (Staunton News Leader)
11/12/2016
Needle-In-A-Haystack Hunt for Evidence in Old Virginia Murder Case Required Endurance, Luck (The Daily Progress)
06/07/2016
Law Stars (Law Stars)
04/25/2016
McAuliffe Order to Enfranchise Felons Applies to Sentences Completed on, Before April 22 (The Cavalier Daily)
04/25/2016
Lawyers Challenge Evidence of Shaken Baby Syndrome (WVTF)
03/09/2016
Serial's Secret Sauce? Indulging in Ambiguity (SF Weekly)
03/06/2016
UVA Law Program Uncovers Evidence in 1990 Rape Case (The Daily Progress)
02/22/2016
Virginia Beach Judge Allows Re-Testing of Evidence in Brutal 1990 Rape of Girl (Virginian-Pilot)
01/10/2016
Can True Crime Stories Interfere With Old Cases? (Rhode Island Public Radio)
01/06/2016
'Making a Muderer' in the Age of Social Media (Complex)
12/05/2015
Straight Talk: Deirdre Enright (Charlottesville Podcasting Network)
07/16/2015
When Prosecutors Believe the Unbelievable (Slate)
07/04/2015
The Innocence Project (With Good Reason)
02/13/2015
Breaking Down The Serial Podcast: Attorneys Dissect Adnan Syed's Case (Legal Talk Network)
02/09/2015
DNA Could Offer Another Avenue for Serial's Syed (WVTF)
01/14/2015
Serial Update: Maryland Appeals Court to Rule on Adnan Syed's Case (Time)
01/05/2015
Serial's Deirdre Enright (Inside Charlottesville)
12/29/2014
'Serial' Case Goes on For U.Va. Law's Innocence Project (UVA Today)
12/24/2014
Investigators Know A Lot More About The 'Serial' Murder Case Than We Heard On The Podcast (Business Insider)
12/22/2014
Law Students Identified Another Possible Suspect In The 'Serial' Murder Case (Business Insider)
12/19/2014
The Innocence Project Tells Serial Fans What Might Happen Next (TIME)
12/16/2014
'UVa Law Clinic an Integral Part of Podcast Sensation 'Serial' (The Daily Progress)
12/08/2014
Season One: Episode 12: Finale: What We Know (Serial)
11/13/2014
Why Is Justin Wolfe Still in Prison? (Slate)
11/06/2014
Serial Takes a Step Back and Gets Some Experts Involved (Slate)
11/06/2014
Episode 7: The Opposite of the Prosecution (Serial)
09/30/2014
A Closer Look at the DNA Link Between the Graham & Harrington Cases (WVTF)
03/24/2014
The Innocence Project (WVTF)
02/17/2014
Edgar Coker is adjusting to exoneration (The Free-Lance Star)
02/17/2014
Man cleared of rape charges speaks out (The Daily Progress)
02/12/2014
Edgar Coker's name to be taken off Va. sex offender list years after false accusation (The Washington Post)
02/12/2014
Judge vacates Mineral man's conviction in 2007 rape case (Richmond Times Dispatch)
02/12/2014
Louisa man falsely convicted of rape is exonerated with UVa legal team's help (The Daily Progress)
02/11/2014
Louisa man falsely convicted of rape is exonerated with UVa team's help
02/25/2013
Stafford Teen Will Get a Chance to Clear Name (The Free-Lance Star)
05/25/2012
Virginia Man Exonerated of 1978 Rape (Staunton News-Leader)
05/24/2012
Charles City Man Cleared in '78 Rape of W&M Student (The Virginian-Pilot)
05/24/2012
Va. Supreme Court Clears Charles City Co. Man in 1978 Rape (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
05/01/2012
Va. AG Backs Writ of Actual Innocence for James City County Man (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
04/14/2012
UVa's Innocence Project Having a Busy -- and Possibly Banner -- Year (The Daily Progress)
03/18/2012
Culpeper Sheriff Defends Conduct in Hash Case (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
03/13/2012
Hash Could Taste Freedom Wednesday (The Free-Lance Star)

AT UVA LAW

Innocence Clinic Wins Release of Man Convicted of Armed Robbery
UVA Law Innocence Project Client Released After 30 Years
Innocence Project Directors Explain Reasons for Wrongful Convictions
Pro Bono Clinic Fundraiser to Feature Panel of 5 Falsely Convicted
New Evidence Bolsters 2 Habeas Petitions Filed by Innocence Project at UVA Law
UVA Law's Top Stories of 2016
UVA Law's Innocence Project Finds DNA That May Exonerate Man
UVA Law's Criminal Law Faculty Help Shape National Conversation on Justice
Judge Agrees to Test DNA Evidence UVA Law Innocence Project Discovered
Law School Launches Innocence Clinic
The Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law

Faculty in the News

Risa L. Goluboff, Starbucks, LA Fitness and the Long, Racist History of America’s Loitering Laws (The Washington Post)

John C. Jeffries Jr., Senator Tim Kaine: Congressional War Powers (Miller Center of Public Affairs)

Brandon L. Garrett, Would Changing the Rules for Police Change the Outcomes? (Governing magazine)

Saikrishna Prakash, Legal Question Swirls Around Trump: What Constitutes Obstruction of Justice? (Christian Science Monitor)