Professor Quo Mieko Judkins has joined UDC Law as an Associate Professor and the Director of the Criminal Defense and Racial Justice: Defense Clinic. Originally from San Francisco, California, Professor Judkins has cultivated a rich and diverse career path that informs her role in legal education. After graduating from Smith College School for Social Work, she moved to Washington, D.C., where she practiced as a licensed social worker specializing in clinical therapy for children, teenagers, and young adults within the neglect and foster care systems. In 2006, Professor Judkins graduated from Penn State Law School and returned to D.C., embarking on a dedicated tenure as a trial attorney at the Public Defender Service (PDS) for the District of Columbia until 2013. 

Following her public service at PDS, Professor Judkins became an adjunct professor at D.C. Law Students for Court, now known as Rising for Justice, where she shared her expertise with aspiring attorneys. Her commitment to justice extended to founding the Judkins Firm, a law firm dedicated to advocating for clients facing criminal charges. Recently, Professor Judkins co-led the Howard University School of Law Criminal Justice Clinic from 2022 to 2024. With her breadth of experience and passion for social justice, Professor Judkins is thrilled to join the UDC Law community and contribute to its longstanding tradition of excellence and service to the D.C. community.

Professor Kenneth Kellner has joined UDC Law as an Adjunct Professor. Professor Kellner has more than 36 years of professional experience litigating, investigating, and counseling in the areas of litigation, public integrity, and ethics. Kellner recently retired as Senior Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice. Previously, he served as Deputy Chief Counsel and Director of Investigations for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ethics, Chief Counsel to the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Assistant General Counsel for the Federal Election Commission.

In 2023, Kellner was detailed to the Office of the Vice President of the United States, where he served as Ethics Counsel. Mr. Kellner attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and is also a member of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar. He has held faculty positions with several other law schools and colleges and is one of the founding faculty members of the Georgetown University Law Center's Prisons and Justice Initiative.

Professor Ngozi Ndulue has joined UDC Law as an Associate Professor and Director of the Criminal Defense and Racial Justice: Appellate and Post-Conviction Criminal Defense Clinic. Before joining UDC law, Professor Ngozi served in several non-profit leadership roles focused on racial justice, the criminal legal system, and indigent defense. 

Most recently, Professor Ngozi was the Innocence Project’s first Special Advisor on Race and Wrongful Conviction. In this role, she provided leadership and expertise on racial justice, equity, bias, and discrimination and its impact on the functioning of the criminal legal system and, particularly, wrongful conviction. Prior to joining the Innocence Project, Ngozi held leadership positions at the Death Penalty Information Center, the National NAACP, and the Ohio Justice & Policy Center. She also served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the Arizona Capital Habeas Unit from 2008-2011. Professor Ngozi has a law degree from Yale Law School and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati.

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