Jesse
McCoy

Jesse McCoy
Supervising Attorney, Civil Justice Clinic, Duke University

J. Hamilton McCoy is a Senior Lecturing Fellow and Supervising Attorney for Duke University School of Law’s Civil Justice Clinic. In that capacity he teaches two seminar courses: Civil Justice Clinic and Social Justice Lawyering, respectively.  Prof. McCoy also mentors students in developing and improving basic civil litigation skills, and oversees their handling of cases for indigent clients who are often unable to obtain adequate representation in the traditional civil justice system through the clinic’s partnership with Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC). In addition, Prof. McCoy operates within Durham County’s Eviction Diversion Program, charged with objective of reducing the number of eviction judgments in Durham County, North Carolina. He received a B.A. from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and a J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law.