Emmanuel Hiram Arnaud

Biography

Emmanuel Hiram Arnaud is an Associate Professor of Law. His research focuses on the application of the federal constitution, criminal law and procedure in the territories of the United States, issues of criminal procedure broadly, and race and the law. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Columbia Law Review, Iowa Law Review, Fordham Law Review, and Cornell Law Review, among others.

Prior to joining Cardozo, Professor Arnaud worked as a fellowship attorney at Justice 360, where he assisted in post-conviction proceedings and conducted mitigation investigations throughout South Carolina in support of people who were on death row and people who were sentenced as juveniles to life without parole. He went on to work as a law clerk for Judge Nelson S. Román at the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, and for Judge Juan R. Torruella at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He also worked as an appellate public defender at the Center for Appellate Litigation and as a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. He was previously a Visiting Assistant Professor at Cornell Law School and an Assistant Professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law where he taught Criminal Law, Race and the Law, and a seminar on the U.S. Territories. He earned a B.A. from Columbia University and a J.D. from Cornell Law School.

Professor Arnaud serves on the executive committee of the AALS Criminal Procedure Section, is a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Puerto Rico Task Force, and the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on the U.S. Territories. He also serves as co-chair of the LatinoJustice Líderes Young Professionals Board.