Abbe Lyn Smith (born September 22, 1956) is an American criminal defense attorney and professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center. Smith is Director of the Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic and Co-Director of the E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship Program.

Abbe Smith is Director of the Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic, Co-Director of the E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship Program, and Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law at Georgetown University.

Abbe Smith Director of the Clinic, Co-Director of the E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship Program, and Professor of Law. She joined the Georgetown faculty in 1996.

Jan 19, 2017 · Smith first met Patsy Kelly Jarrett, then 29, in a New York prison in 1980 when Smith was a 24-year-old law student at New York University and Jarrett was serving a life sentence, convicted as an accomplice in the murder of a gas station attendant.

Feb 9, 2025 · Abbe Smith is Director of the Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic, Co‑Director of the E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship Program, and the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law at Georgetown University.

Law professor and criminal defense lawyer Abbe Smith knew that she would have the time of her life as a Fulbright Scholar in Melbourne, Australia, but her Fulbright experience exceeded her wildest dreams.

Abbe Smith, Georgetown University Law Center: 34 Followers, 3 Following, 60 Research papers. Research interests: Redress for Institutional Abuse of Children,…