Jessie Hill’s teaching and scholarship focus on constitutional law, civil rights, reproductive rights, and law and religion. Her articles have been published in the Michigan Law Review, Duke Law Journal, Georgetown Law Journal, and Texas Law Review, among others. She has also appeared in numerous local and national press outlets, including CNN, the New York Times, Ms. Magazine, and NPR.
She is the founding director of the Reproductive Rights Law Initiative at the School of Law, which provides education and legal support relating to reproductive rights. Her work was recently profiled in the Case Law-Med magazine. She is a recipient of the university’s Distinguished Research Award. She has also been appointed a Nootbaar Fellow in Law and Religion at Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law. In 2023, she received both the Black Law Students Association Faculty Award and the Champion for Women Award from the Cuyahoga Democratic Women’s Caucus, and she has been recognized by the ACLU of Ohio for her reproductive rights advocacy.
Professor Hill joined the faculty in 2003 after practicing First Amendment and civil rights law with the firm of Berkman, Gordon, Murray & DeVan in Cleveland. Before entering private practice, Professor Hill worked at the Reproductive Freedom Project of the National ACLU office in New York. She also served as law clerk to the Honorable Karen Nelson Moore of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She received her JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and her AB, magna cum laude, from Brown University.
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Iron Con Law Professor
Case Western Student Chapter
Case Western Reserve School of Law Gund Hall11075 East Blvd
Cleveland, OH 44106
A State Constitutional Debate: Is the Right to Abortion Protected by the Ohio State Constitution?
Case Western Student Chapter
Case Western Reserve School of Law11075 East Blvd,
Cleveland, OH 44106
Abortion & the 14th Amendment: Perspectives on Grappling with Unenumerated Rights
Ohio State Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- Ohio State55 West 12th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Abortion Debate: Should Roe v. Wade Be Overturned?
Toledo Student Chapter
The University of Toledo College of Law1825 West Rocket Dr
Toledo, OH 43606
Free Exercise and Abortion
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization...
Free Exercise and Abortion
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization...
New Conscience Regulations from the Department of Health & Human Services: Do They Strike the Right Balance Between Conscience and the Medical Profession?
Religious Liberties Practice Group and Georgetown Student Chapter
The protection of conscience for health care providers has, in some arguments, been pitted against...
New Conscience Regulations from the Department of Health & Human Services: Do They Strike the Right Balance Between Conscience and the Medical Profession?
Religious Liberties Practice Group and Georgetown Student Chapter
The protection of conscience for health care providers has, in some arguments, been pitted against...