Katharine Tinto
Clinical Professor of Law
Director, Criminal Justice Clinic
Courtesy Faculty Appointment, Dept. of Criminology, Law & Society
Expertise:
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Defense, Crimmigration, Evidence
Background:
Professor Tinto teaches, practices, and researches in the areas of criminal law, criminal justice, the intersection of criminal law and immigration law, and indigent criminal defense. Her interests and experience also include federal compassionate release, clemency, policing reform, and reentry services. Before joining UCI Law in July 2016, Professor Tinto taught at Cardozo School of Law and NYU School of Law.
Prior to entering academia, Professor Tinto worked for over seven years as a public defender in Los Angeles County and prior to law school she was the founder of a family violence prevention program in the East Palo Alto Police Department. Professor Tinto attended NYU School of Law where she was a Root Tilden Kern Scholar. After graduating, she clerked for Judge Stephen Reinhardt on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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- Eda K. Tinto, The California Gang Database: Once in, Can You Ever Get Out?, The Verdict (Oct. 2020).
- Katie Tinto, The Dangers of Police-Created Crime, The Justice Collaborative Institute (Sept. 29, 2020).
- Eda K. Tinto, Reentry Services for the Removed, 70 Fla. L. Rev. F. 124 (2019) (invited response essay).
- Eda K. Tinto, Policing the Immigrant Identity, 68 Fla. L. Rev. (2016).
- Selected as a "Must Read" by Getting Scholarship into Court Project, NACDL
- Eda K. Tinto, Finding Rights Among the Wreckage, Crim. Justice Ethics (2016)(book review).
- Katharine Tinto, Fighting the Stash House Sting, The Champion (NACDL 2014).
- Andrew E. Taslitz, Lenese C. Herbert, Eda Katharine Tinto, SKILLS & VALUES: CRIMINAL LAW (2014).
- Eda K. Tinto, Undercover Policing, Overstated Culpability, 34 Cardozo L. Rev. 1401 (2013).
- October 23, 2023:
Speaker, Record Expungement, Project Kinship Reentry Conference - September 21, 2023:
Speaker, Disrupting Deportation – How to Effectively Vacate your Noncitizens Criminal Convictions for Immigration Purposes, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Webinar - September 21, 2023:
Speaker, Rights and Remedies, Project Rebound, Cal State Fullerton - March 31, 2023:
Panelist, University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class Symposia, Decarceration and the Role of Law School Clinics - August 17 & 24, 2022:
Panelist, Virtual Training Session on "Crimmigration," The Office of the State Public Defender’s Indigent Defense Improvement Division - March 26, 2021:
Panelist, Police Reform: From Prisons to the Streets, How Far We Have Come and How Far We Still Have to Go, Virtual Indiana Law Review Symposium “No Justice, No Peace: Finding Justice in American Policing,” Online - March 24, 2021:
Panelist, UC Campus Safety Symposium – Part 2: Reimagining Campus Safety & Dimensions of Change, Online - Feb. 18, 2021:
Panelist, Police Brutality, Diversity and Social Justice Forum Symposium, Chapman University Fowler School of Law, Online - July 24, 2020
Panelist, Criminal Justice Advocacy, Project Kinship 2020 Trauma & Recovery Certificate Program - Oct. 28, 2019
Panelist, Current Issues in the Criminal Justice System, Prison Education Club, UCI, Irvine, CA - April 16, 2020
Speaker, Restorative Justice and Alternatives to Incarceration, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA - Dec. 6, 2019
Speaker, The Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions, Neighborhood Legal Services of LA County, Los Angeles, CA - Dec. 6, 2018
Trainer/Presenter, Motions to Vacate: The What, Where, When, and Hows of California Post-Conviction Relief, Immigration Legal Resource Center, Webinar - Oct. 10, 2018
Trainer/Presenter, Never Say Die: Post-Conviction Relief in Removal Proceedings, Removal Defense Project, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA - Sept. 20, 2018
Panelist, Excessive Force and Police Brutality from the Minority Perspective, Thurgood Marshall Bar Association, Orange, CA - Sept. 18, 2018
Presenter, Criminal Defense and the Justice System, UC Irvine History Project, Irvine, CA - May 1, 2016
Panelist, “Out of the Ivory Tower and into the Community!” Academic Writing for Social Justice, concurrent session, AALS Clinical Conference, Baltimore, MD - Dec. 4, 2014
Moderator, “Broken Windows, Shattered Lives,” Symposium: Misdemeanor Practice in the Era of Broken Windows and Saturation Policing, Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY - Sept. 27, 2014
“Policing the Immigrant Identity,” Clinical Law Review Writers’ Workshop, NYU School of Law, New York, NY
- Daily Journal: LA DA Gascón to recommend resentencing of Menendez brothers*
- UC Irvine Law Professor Katie Tinto and Criminal Justice Clinic Secure Release from Prison for Client
- Daily Journal: The incarcerated deserve a second look*
- Daily Journal: UC Irvine Law clinic helps release inmate 7 years early
- UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto and Criminal Justice Clinic Secure Release from Prison for Client
- Public Counsel Recognizes UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto as a 2023 Pro Bono Honoree
- UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto Appointed to Judicial Council of California’s Advisory Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions
- UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto and Criminal Justice Clinic Secure Release from Prison for Client
- Fox11: OC DA vows to charge some burglary suspects with hate crimes
- Student Press Law Center: SPLC secures pro bono help for student journalist assaulted and arrested while covering protest
- Orange Coast Magazine: May 2023 Issue
- Los Angeles Times: A California lawyer cashed in on criminal justice reform by fanning the hopes of inmates’ families
- Los Angeles Times: His ads call him ‘California’s top-ranked habeas attorney.’ Where’s the evidence?
- UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto and Criminal Justice Clinic Secure Client’s Release from Prison
- Daily Journal: UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto and School of Social Ecology Professor Keramet Reiter co-authored a column in the Daily Journal concerning UCU’s LIFTED prison education and reentry project
- Los Angeles Times: Newsom told 123 California prisoners they could get out early. Many remain behind bars
- UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto and Criminal Justice Clinic Secure Release from Prison for Client
- The Press-Enterprise: Criticism of judge in the killing of a Riverside County deputy not so clear, legal experts say
- UCI Law: UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto and Criminal Justice Clinic Secure Release from Prison for Client
- New Yorker: Prof. Tinto highlighted for her clemency and stash-house stings work
- Daily Journal: Prof. Tinto quoted on California AG’s decision to charge former L.A. police officer
- Daily News: UCI Law clinic students and Prof. Hoffman, Prof. Tinto, and Prof. Partow highlighted for involvement in examination of fatal use of force by L.A. Police
- Orange County Register: Prof. Tinto quoted on delay in criminal proceedings in Orange County mass shooting case
- Chicago Tribune: Prof. Tinto quoted on increase in judicial reviews for compassionate release
- Vice: Prof. Tinto quoted on UCI Law clinics’ involvement in lawsuit against Orange County D.A. over DNA database
- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law: Prof. Tinto join law professors in statement opposing Florida Anti-Protest Bill HB1
- Los Angeles Times: Prof. Tinto quoted on money bail, the criminal justice system, and uptick in donations to bail funds following Black Lives Matter protests
- Los Angeles Times: Prof. Tinto comments on her new article “The Dangers of Police-Created Crime” and issues associated with undercover policing
- USA Today: Prof. Tinto writes op-ed on issues associated with undercover stings
- The Justice Collaborative Institute: Prof. Tinto: The Dangers of Police-Created Crime
- Los Angeles Times: Prof. Tinto and UCI Law students Julienne Pasichow and Harrison Weimer quoted on Criminal Justice Clinic compassionate release case
- Keys Weekly: Prof. Tinto quoted on securing compassionate release for UCI Law Criminal Justice Clinic client Dickie Lynn
- The Key West Citizen: Prof. Tinto quoted on securing compassionate release for UCI Law Criminal Justice Clinic client