Professor

Tiffany

Williams

Brewer

Tiffany Williams Brewer is a former New Jersey Administrative Law Judge and is currently an Associate Professor of Law at Howard University School of Law, teaching required courses in Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Legislation & Regulation and an innovative seminar entitled Black Women & the Law.  She is the Chair of the American Bar Association Litigation Section and also serves as an arbitrator and mediator with the American Arbitration Association and FINRA.  Throughout her career, she has served in high profile leadership roles in government including as immediate past Chair of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Deputy Chief Counsel to the NJ Governor, Chief Counsel to the Speaker of the NJ General Assembly, NJ Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, and Regulatory Officer at the NJ Civil Service Commission.  In private practice, she has served as a litigation associate at several large law firms in MA and NJ and started her career as a law clerk to the Honorable Frederick L. Brown in the Massachusetts Appeals Court.  During law school, Judge Brewer had the unique opportunity to serve as an intern at the White House for the Office of Legal Counsel. Prior to law school, she also served as the Special Assistant to U.S. Senator Bill Bradley.

A frequent lecturer abroad, she served as a visiting professor in India and Saudi Arabia, and trained lawyers and judges in the African Union and in the Middle East.  Judge Brewer's scholarly focus spans several areas of her professional expertise including, administrative law, criminal justice reform for women and girls, professional ethics and civility, lawyer wellness, and global women’s leadership. She is also a pastor and the nonprofit founder of the Esther Project and the Esther Institute for the Advancement of Women & Girls.