Kristin Henning

Kristin Henning
Born	Kristin Nicole Henning
Nationality	American
Citizenship	American
Occupations	Professor of Law Author
Board member of	Center for Children's Law and Policy Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center (Director) American Law Institute's Restatement on Children and the Law (Adviser)
Awards	Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. Award for Excellence in Juvenile Defense (2013) Shanara Gilbert Award Juvenile Law Center's Leadership Prize (2021)
Academic background
Education	Duke University (BA) Yale University (JD) Georgetown University (LLM)
Academic work
Discipline	Legal scholarship
Institutions	Georgetown University Law Center
Main interests	criminal law, juvenile justice, family law, criminal procedure
Website	https://www.rageofinnocence.com/

Kristin Henning is a professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where she is the Blume Professor of Law and the director of the university's Juvenile Justice Clinic. She is best known for her work in juvenile defense and for her book, The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth. Henning also works with the National Juvenile Defender Center.