Samantha Lee (she/her/Sam) is a Clinical Supervisor in the Policy Advocacy Clinic. Sam started her legal career as a public defender representing parents against child abuse and neglect cases, and then shifted to local, state, and national policy work to end pregnancy criminalization and separate health care from criminal and family policing systems. She clerked for the Honorable Anne E. Thompson in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Sam received her law degree in 2016 from New York University and her B.A. in International Relations in 2011 from Stanford University. Prior to law school, she was a trial monitor at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia and worked in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
When not at work, Sam enjoys backpacking, hiking, and learning to make ceramics.
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law (2016)
B.A., Stanford University (2011)
Samantha Lee is teaching the following course in Spring 2026:
• 295.5X sec. 001 - Advanced Policy Advocacy Clinic
Courses During Other Semesters
| Semester | Course Num | Course Title |  Teaching Evaluations | Fall 2026 | 295.5P sec. 001 | Policy Advocacy Clinic | 295.5X sec. 001 | Advanced Policy Advocacy Clinic | Fall 2025 | 295.5P sec. 001 | Policy Advocacy Clinic | View Teaching Evaluation | 295.5X sec. 001 | Advanced Policy Advocacy Clinic |
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