Summary
Pamela Everett is a teaching associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice. She earned her undergraduate degree in criminal justice at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she was the top graduating senior in the College of Liberal Arts. She then earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego School of Law, where she wrote for the University of San Diego Law Review, earned first place honors in the Appellate Moot Court competition and the Best Brief/Best Oralist award for first-year law students.
Everett was an adjunct instructor of criminal justice at the University of Nevada, Reno, from 2007-2009 and then served as an assistant/associate professor of criminal justice at Wayne State College in Nebraska until 2014. During her tenure at Wayne State College, she focused her research and writing efforts on wrongful convictions and the mentally ill in the criminal justice system. She also served as an opinion columnist for the Wayne Stater and a features/opinion columnist for the Omaha World-Herald.
She’s been teaching and advising at the University of Nevada, Reno, since 2014 and teaches Introduction to the Administration of Justice, Criminal Law, Courts and The American Legal System, Constitutional Law, Wrongful Convictions, and the Mentally Ill and The Justice System.
She is a member of the California Bar Association and a volunteer attorney with Northern Nevada Legal Aid.
Education
- J.D., University of San Diego School of Law, 1995
- B.A. in criminal justice, University of Nevada, Reno, 1992