Biographical Sketch
Prior to law teaching, Professor Lee practiced with Cooper, White & Cooper in San Francisco, California and was a member of the firm's criminal defense practice group. She also clerked for Judge Harold M. Fong, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.

Professor Lee started teaching law in 1993 at the University of San Diego School of Law, where she received the Thorsness Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 1996. In August 2001, she joined the GW Law faculty. Professor Lee teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law and criminal procedure.

She has authored numerous law review articles and two books, Murder and the Reasonable Man: Passion and Fear in the Criminal Courtroom (NYU Press 2003) and Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (West 2005) (with Angela Harris). Professor Lee was elected to membership in the American Law Institute in 2004, and served as chair of the AALS Criminal Justice Section in 2008.

Education
B.A., Stanford University; J.D., University of California, Berkeley

Current Semester Courses
Adjudicatory Criminal Pro.