Sharon Fairley

UChicago Urban Network virtual event hosts (clockwise from top right): NPR reporter Juana Summers, former HUD Secretary Julián Castro, UChicago Crown School's Franklin Cosey-Gay, Law School's Sharon Fairley

In an unequal America, what should public safety look like?

Earl Dickerson

Remembering UChicago alum Earl Dickerson’s trailblazing legacy

Sharon Fairley

How Can We Achieve Real Police Reform? with Sharon Fairley (Ep. 50)

Legal scholar examines whether civilian oversight, policy changes could increase accountability

A protestor holds up signs during a demonstration against police brutality in New York City's Times Square.

Police oversight enters ‘watershed era’ of change amid cries for accountability

Sharon Fairley

Sharon Fairley

Title: Professor from Practice

Expertise: Criminal justice, Criminal prosecution, Public corruption, Policing and police reform

Departmental website: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/fairley