Beth Caldwell
Beth Caldwell
Faculty Fellow
J.D., University of California, Los Angeles;
M.S.W., University of California, Los Angeles;
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
M.S.W., University of California, Los Angeles;
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Phone: (619) 961-4388
E-mail: bcaldwell@tjsl.edu
Professor Caldwell’s legal practice has focused on criminal defense. She worked as a public defender in Los Angeles County and subsequently practiced appellate law, representing juveniles in delinquency appeals. She has a Master’s degree in Social Welfare and previously served as the Director of Youth Development at Venice Community Housing Corporation. Prior to joining TJSL, Professor Caldwell taught Sociology of Juvenile Delinquency at Pepperdine University and Social Welfare Policy in the Master’s in Social Work program at Cal State Dominguez Hills
Her research areas include criminal law with an emphasis on its intersection with race, class, and gender. Her current research focuses on juvenile justice, incorporating legal theory with research regarding adolescent brain development. Her publications have appeared in law reviews and peer reviewed journals. Professor Caldwell has a strong interest in the development of criminal and juvenile justice systems in Latin America. As a Fulbright scholar, she conducted research in Mexico on the country’s shift from written to oral trials in 2009-2010. She has also served as a consultant with the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative in Ecuador, training law students in criminal trial advocacy skills.
Courses include:
Juvenile Justice, Legal Writing I
Scholarships
ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND ARTICLE-LENGTH WORKS
Appealing to Empathy: Counsel's Obligation to Present Mitigating Evidence for Juveniles in Adult Court, 64 Me. L. Rev. 391 (2012), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2101776
Addressing Intersectionality in the Lives of Women in Poverty: Incorporating Core Components of a Social Work Program into Legal Education, 20 Am. U. J. Gender & Soc. Pol'y & L. 823 (2012), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2130895
Twenty-Five to Life for Adolescent Mistakes: Juvenile Strikes as Cruel and Unusual Punishment, 46 U.S.F. L. Rev. 581 (2012), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2101751
Punishment v. Restoration: A Comparative Analysis of Juvenile Delinquency Law in the United States and Mexico, 20 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 105 (2011)
“Superpredators” and “Animals”: Images and California’s “Get Tough on Crime” Initiatives, 11 J. Inst. Just. & Int’l. Stud. 61 (2011) (with Ellen Caldwell)
Criminalizing Day-to-Day Life: A Socio-Legal Critique of Gang Injunctions, 37 Am J. Crim. L. 241 (2010)
Latinas’ Experiences in Relation to Gangs: Intersectionality of Race, Class, Gender & the State, 2 Geo. J. Modern Critical Race Persps. 10 (2010)
