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

Professor Atkins writes at the intersection of race, equity, transitional justice, and international human rights; her scholarship explores the applicability of international human rights and transitional justice to redress harms within the United States, including police violence and racial disproportionality within the child welfare system. Professor Atkins’ work has been published in the Michigan Journal of Race and Law, the Kentucky Law Journal, and the Louisville Law Review. She has also contributed book chapters to texts published by Hein and Routledge. She lends her voice to local and national media outlets, such as USA Today and WEKU. 

Prior to teaching, Professor Atkins was a staff attorney with Legal Aid of North Carolina, where she litigated family law, public housing, unemployment, and educational justice cases throughout the Piedmont Triad. Atkins received her law degree from Elon University School of Law and obtained her B.A. from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.