About Njeri

As a former prosecutor, Njeri (pronounced Nah shuh ree) is a legal expert specializing in criminal law and procedure. She has more than 20 years of experience in the law and has worked as both a practitioner and an academic. She is a law professor at South Texas College of Law Houston and an opinion columnist for USA Today. She graduated from Harvard Law School and Spelman College. She is a subject matter expert on topics related to criminal justice reform, criminal law and procedure, race and diversity, labor and employment law, among others.

As Seen On

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

On Womanhood is available for purchase on Amazon – https://tinyurl.com/onwomanhood 

Meeting at the Table is available for purchase at https://downsouthpress.com/meeting-at-the-table/

Njeri has:

• Prosecuted hundreds of criminal cases, presented cases to the grand jury, and tried dozens of jury trials as an assistant district attorney.

• Reviewed and authorized search warrants and protective orders, provided magistrate warnings and presided over trials during her twelve year tenure as an associate judge for the City of Houston.

• Testified as an expert before the Judicial Proceedings Panel on Sexual Assault in the Military regarding crime victim compensation

• Published scholarly law review articles and with Maryland Law Review, Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, Loyola Law Review – Los Angeles among others.

• Published opinion writer. Serves as an Opinion Columnist with USA Today Board of Contributors. Serves as an Opinion Contributor for The Hill and BET.