Deborah N Archer is an American civil rights lawyer and law professor.
10 Facts About Deborah Archer
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Deborah Archer is Margaret B Hoppin Professor of Clinical Law at New York University School of Law.
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Deborah Archer directs and founded the Community Equity Initiative at NYU Law and directs the Law School's Civil Rights Clinic.
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The daughter of immigrants from Jamaica, Archer was raised in Windsor, Connecticut.
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Deborah Archer earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Smith College in 1993 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1996.
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In 2003, Deborah Archer joined the faculty of New York Law School, where she was the first dean of diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, and associate dean for academic affairs and student engagement.
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Deborah Archer led the school's Racial Justice Project and the Impact Center for Public Interest Law, which she co-founded.
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Deborah Archer is a member of the boards of the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Legal Aid Society, and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice.
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In 2016 and again in 2017, Deborah Archer served as acting chair of the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board, the body that investigates allegations of police misconduct.
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In 2016, Deborah Archer was honored by the New York Law Journal which cited her as one of its Top Women in Law.