Jenny Osborne is an associate attorney with Phillips Black, a non-profit, public interest organization dedicated to providing the highest standard of representation to individuals facing sentences of death and life without parole throughout the country. Prior to joining Phillips Black, Ms. Osborne was an assistant federal defender in the Delaware Capital Habeas Unit, representing state and federal death-sentenced inmates in post-conviction proceedings. Ms. Osborne is a 2011 graduate of UCLA School of Law, where she served as a senior editor on the UCLA Law Review. At UCLA, she participated in the Supreme Court Clinic, helping to draft the merits brief for the respondent in Missouri v. Frye, in which the Supreme Court held that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel extends to consideration of plea offers that expire or are rejected. After graduating from law school, Ms. Osborne clerked for the Honorable Kathryn Oberly on the D.C. Court of Appeals. Before attending law school, Ms. Osborne was a research associate in the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center, where she was the project coordinator for the Transition from Jail to Community Initiative and the Jail Reentry Roundtable Initiative.
