Professor Tiffany D. Atkins joined the College of Law in 2023. She teaches Civil Procedure, Family Law, Human Rights, Race and the Law, and Trusts & Estates. 

Professor Atkins writes at the intersection of international human rights, civil rights, and transitional justice. Her scholarship examines how international human rights frameworks can inform the understanding of and responses to longstanding legal and social harms in the United States. Her research focuses primarily on state responsibility, family regulation, racial equity, and the development of legal remedies for historical and contemporary injustice. Her scholarship invites readers to consider the possibilities and limitations of international human rights law as a framework for addressing injustice in the United States. 

Professor Atkins’ scholarship has been published—or is forthcoming—in the UCLA Law Review, Michigan Journal of Race & Law, Kentucky Law Journal, and Louisville Law Review. She has also contributed chapters to books published by Hein and Routledge. Her scholarship and expertise have been included in local and national media, including USA Today and WEKU. 

Before entering academia, Professor Atkins was a staff attorney with Legal Aid of North Carolina, where she represented clients in family law, public housing, unemployment, and educational justice matters throughout the Piedmont Triad. Professor Atkins received her J.D. from Elon University School of Law and her B.A. from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.