Jennifer Smith is a professor at the Florida A&M University College of Law. Professor Smith teaches Federal Civil Procedure and several upper-level courses, including Marijuana Law & Policy.   She will be teaching Comparative Analysis of Global Marijuana Laws in a study abroad program in The Hague, Netherlands in July 2019. She continues to represent the underrepresented in pro bono work. She is a co-author of a legal book and is well-published in several law journals.  Professor Smith recently submitted a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court.  Before joining the College of Law in 2004, Professor Smith was a partner with Holland & Knight LLP, where she chaired the law firm’s South Florida Health Law Group. She practiced in both the Washington, D.C. and Miami offices. During that time, the Young Lawyers Division of the Washington Bar Association recognized her as “The Young Lawyer of the Year.” Prior to becoming a partner, she was recognized as an “extraordinary associate” by the law firm. While an associate, she took a leave from the law firm to volunteer as a human rights attorney with the Legal Resources Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. Before joining the firm, Professor Smith served as a federal judicial law clerk for former Chief Judge Joseph W. Hatchett on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.  She is admitted to practice in Florida, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the Supreme Court of the United States. She holds a B.S. from Hampton University and a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law.

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