Areas of Expertise
Legal Research, Writing, & Advocacy; Federal Appellate Practice; Federal Post-Conviction Appeals
Courses
Introduction to Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication (ILARC), Introduction to Legal Advocacy (ILA)
Biography
Chelsea Harris serves as an assistant professor of practice teaching Introduction to Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication and Introduction to Legal Advocacy.
Harris graduated cum laude from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She then attended Mercer University School of Law. At Mercer Law, Harris competed on the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition Moot Court Team and was a member of the Mercer Law Review. She also served as co-president of the Association of Women Law Students. She graduated Mercer Law magna cum laude in 2020.
After law school, Harris served as a term staff attorney for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, focusing on direct criminal appeals, state and federal post-conviction matters, and death penalty appeals, among other subject matters. She then worked at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, LLP as an associate in the Labor + Employment Practice Group. After a year of practice, Harris went back to the Eleventh Circuit and served as the in-chambers staff attorney and law clerk to the Honorable Nancy G. Abudu.