Jahne Brown

Jahne Brown will join Wang Hecker, LLP as a 2025-2026 Justice Catalyst Fellow, where she will litigate on behalf of incarcerated individuals to challenge systemic noncompliance with solitary confinement laws in New York's prisons and jails.

Jahne earned her J.D. from NYU School of Law in 2025 and her B.A. in History from the University of Chicago in 2020. As a law student, Jahne participated in the Juvenile Defense Clinic, the Civil Rights in the Criminal Legal System Clinic, and she served as an Executive Editor of the NYU Law Review. After her fellowship, she will clerk on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Fellowship type: Justice Catalyst

Organization: Wang Hecker, LLP

Project name: Litigating to End the Use of Solitary Confinement in New York Prisons and Jails