Biographical Sketch
Professor Olesen has degrees in both law and criminology. Her work at Steptoe & Johnson included criminal defense and pro bono death penalty litigation. She worked in the U.S. Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Division on rights of institutionalized persons, and has taught for four years in the Federal and Appellate Clinic.

Education
B.S., Metropolitan State College; M.A. State University of New York at Albany; J.D. New York University

Current Semester Courses
Fed, Criminal, Appellate Clinc