Justin Brooks is a Professor of Practice at University of San Diego School of Law, where he teaches criminal procedure, directs an LLM program in Comparative Law in Spanish, administers a national moot court program in Mexico, and coordinates the work of 35 innocence organizations in Latin America. He was the Founding Director of the California Innocence Project from 1999-2023, and under his direction, the project freed 40 innocent people from prison (including former NFL player Brian Banks). He has been recognized several times by the Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California, and in 2010 and 2012, California Lawyer Magazine honored him with the “Lawyer of the Year” award. He was named “International Lawyer of the Year” by the California Bar International Section in 2020 and in the same year was named “Champion of Justice” by the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys. He is the author of the only legal casebook devoted to the topic of wrongful convictions and the author of You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You’re Innocent.