Tigran Eldred
Clinical Professor

Specialty Areas & Course Descriptions

Legal Clinic

Academic Credentials

B.A. 1986 Georgetown University
J.D. cum laude 1990 Fordham University School of Law

Professional Background

Tigran Eldred joined our clinical faculty June 2006. He most recently served as Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering at New York University Law School. Prior to NYU, he clerked for Chief Judge James L. Oakes of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In practice, he specialized in federal civil rights and criminal law, working at Sullivan & Cromwell, the Criminal Appeals Bureau of the Legal Aid Society, Federal Defenders in Brooklyn, and Appellate Advocates in New York City. From 1997-2000, he was National Outreach Director for the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (now Human Rights First), where he coordinated a national effort to promote the rights of political refugees and the International Criminal Court. Tigran Eldred graduated from Georgetown University in 1986 and Fordham University School of Law in 1990, where he served as Notes and Commentary Editor of the Fordham Law Review.

Professor Eldred’s research focuses on regulation of lawyers and clinical teaching. He is a member of the bars in Oregon, New York State and the US District Courts for the Southern and Eastern District of New York. He also serves on the board of the International Legal Foundation, which funds and staffs the only functioning public defender system in Afghanistan.