Jared M. Trujilo

Jared M. Trujillo (he/him) is an Associate Professor of Law at CUNY Law School, where he teaches Constitutional Law and courses focused on abolition and the criminal legal system. Before this role he served as Senior Policy Counsel at the ACLU of New York, and he was the president of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (UAW 2325). He has helped draft and amend several bills that have become law, lobbied elected officials, testified for and against legislative efforts, and directly worked with impacted community members to educate the public and elected officials on criminal legal system issues, content moderation, LGBTQ+ issues, and the family regulation system. He is a former sex worker, and he serves as a steering committee member of Decrim NY, a group that works to decriminalize sex work.

In addition to his work at CUNY, Jared is one of the co-chairs of the LGBTQ+ Rights Committee of the New York City Bar Association, a board member of the New York State Defense Attorney Association, and he is Policy Counsel of Equality New York.