Mary Anne Franks
Associate Professor of Law
J.D. 2007 Harvard Law School
D.Phil 2004 Oxford University
M.Phil 2001 Oxford University
B.A. 1999 Loyola University
Telephone: 305-284-5345 | Office: G385
E-mail: mafranks@law.miami.edu
SSRN | Curriculum Vitae
Before joining the Miami Law faculty, Mary Anne Franks was a Bigelow Fellow and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2007. She received her D.Phil in 2004 and her M.Phil in 2001 from Oxford University, where she studied on a Rhodes Scholarship.
Before she began law teaching, Prof. Franks taught courses in social theory and philosophy at Harvard University, and also worked as a Senior Consultant for a negotiation consulting firm.
She currently teaches family law, criminal law, and criminal procedure. Her other research and teaching interests include cyberlaw, discrimination, free speech, and law and gender.
2-19-13
Professor Mary Anne Franks in "2 Investigators: Website Demands $250 To Remove 'Revenge Porn'" on CBS Chicago.
2-10-13
Professor Mary Anne Franks discusses revenge porn case in the article "Public humiliation over private photos" in the San Francisco Chronicle.
10-18-12
Professor Mary Anne Franks was quoted in The New Yorker on a story about British teenager Amanda Todd and cyberbullying. Read article