Keywords
D.C.; D.C. Circuit; D.C. Court of Appeals; history; administrative law; constitutional law; Courts; judges; jurisprudence; legal history
Abstract
Judge J. Michelle Childs serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Before her appointment, Judge Childs received a B.A. from the University of South Florida Honors College and a J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law. She also received Masters degrees from the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business and from Duke University School of Law, as well as an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of South Carolina. After working in private practice for eight years, Judge Childs received an appointment to serve as the Deputy Director for the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation’s Division of Labor and later an appointment to serve as a commissioner on the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission. In 2006, she was appointed to serve as a South Carolina state circuit court judge. In 2010, she was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina and in 2022 she was appointed to the D.C. Circuit.
Judge Childs visited Fordham University School of Law as the 2025 Distinguished Jurist in Residence. She presented her lecture titled A Distinctive Court: A Glimpse into the History and Significance of the D.C. Circuit on February 26, 2025. Her subsequent publication discusses the role of the D.C. Circuit, including its past, present, and future.
Recommended Citation
Judge J. Michelle Childs,
A Distinctive Court: A Glimpse into the History and Significance of the D.C. Circuit,
93 Fordham L. Rev. 1937
(2025).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol93/iss6/1
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