Jodie

Roure, PhD, JD

Jodie G. Roure, JD, PhD

Jodie G. Roure, JD, PhD, has been at John Jay College since 2000 and is an Associate Professor in the Latin American and Latinx Studies Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, where she has taught since 2002. She was a Special End Mass Incarceration Campaign Fellow with the American Civil Liberties Union. Following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Dr. Roure led Doctors for Maria Relief, coordinating humanitarian and medical relief efforts throughout Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean. In October 2017, the initiative brought together more than 25 physicians, nurses, and volunteers from across the United States to provide medical care, food, and essential supplies to communities affected by the hurricanes.

From 2012 to 2013, Dr. Roure served as a Scholar in Residence at the InterAmerican University School of Law in Puerto Rico, where she collaborated with the Puerto Rico Judicial System on a study examining the processing of domestic violence cases. Her teaching and research include domestic violence and gender rights, criminal justice, international human rights, international criminal justice, and Latin American and Latinx Studies. She also co-lectured at the University of Puerto Rico during this period.

Dr. Roure is the Founder, Project Investigator, and Director of the CUNY BMI Rising Scholars of Justice Program at John Jay College, formerly the Ronald H. Brown Law School Prep Program, and serves as Director of the University of Houston Law Center Pre-Law Pipeline Program at John Jay College. For more than 20 years, she has guided hundreds of students through the law school and graduate school admissions process, helping them secure millions of dollars in scholarship funding. She has collaborated with law schools across the country, including the University at Buffalo School of Law, St. John's University School of Law, Western New England University School of Law, and others to develop pre-law pipeline initiatives. She also participates in summer law school programs and provides year-round mentoring and advising. The CUNY BMI Rising Scholars of Justice Program offers legal internships, mentoring, and comprehensive support throughout the law school application process. In 2020, 13 students in the program were accepted to more than 45 law schools with a combined $4.5 million in scholarship awards. These outcomes have continued to rise and she has served thousands of students over the past two decades.

Dr. Roure's research focuses on international human rights, particularly violence against women and girls. Her work examines these issues in Brazil, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and the United States and serves as the foundation for a book currently in progress. She is also an expert witness and consultant in this field. Her work has been featured on CNN, CNN en Español, Telemundo, PBS, Brut, Eyewitness News NYC, and numerous national and international media outlets.

She also researches legal education, educational access, and comparative legal and social systems in the United States and internationally. Dr. Roure frequently presents at the United Nations. Her presentations have included the UN Commission on the Status of Women (Sessions 57, 59, 61, 62, and 63), the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, moderating a panel during the 68th United Nations General Assembly on state responsibility for addressing violence against women, and educational training at the International Criminal Court on gender-based prosecution and prison project studies.

Selected Publications

Roure, J. The Reemergence of Barriers During Crises & Natural Disasters: Gender-Based Violence Spikes Among Women & LGBTQ+ Persons During Confinement. Seton Hall Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, Vol. XXI, No. 2 (2020).

Roure, J. G. Immigrant Women, Domestic Violence, and Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico: Compounding the Violence for the Most Vulnerable. Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, Vol. 20, Issue 3 (2019).

Roure, J. G. Gender Justice in Puerto Rico: Domestic Violence, Legal Reform and International Human Rights. Human Rights Quarterly (2011).

Roure, J. G. Domestic Violence in Brazil: Examining Obstacles and Approaches to Promote Legislative Reform. Columbia Human Rights Law Review (2009).

Roure, J. Achieving Education Access in the Legal Profession. Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review (2009).

Roure, J. The NCLB, Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Educational Access: Creating a High School to Law/Graduate School Pipeline. In M. Dyson (Ed.), Our Promise: Achieving Educational Access for America's Children. Carolina Academic Press.

Roure, J. G. Review of Latinos and American Law: Landmark Supreme Court Cases. Centro: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, XX(1).

Roure, J. G. Domestic Violence in Latin America: Implementing International Human Rights Law and Principles. (Work in Progress).

Dr. Roure earned a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Spanish from Douglass College, Rutgers University. She served as an intern at the Supreme Court of the United States hired by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and earned her Juris Doctor from Western New England University School of Law, where she serves on the Dean's Advisory Council. She also studied International Human Rights Law at the University of Costa Rica School of Law in San José, Costa Rica, where she spent time with the Bri Bri Indigenous community.

She earned her PhD in Transnational Studies, with concentrations in Intercultural Studies and International Human Rights, from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, where she also serves on the Dean's Advisory Council. Her doctoral dissertation is titled International Human Rights Law as a Resource in Combating Domestic Violence: Transcending Legal, Social and Cultural Obstacles in Brazil and the United States.

Dr. Roure has received numerous national honors recognizing her contributions to legal education, public service, and international human rights. She received the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission Pipeline to Equity in Legal Education and the Profession Award, the University of Notre Dame Law School Graciela Olivarez Award, the Latino Judges Association Honorable Frank Torres Award, and the Western New England University School of Law Distinguished Alumni Award.

Prior to joining John Jay College, Dr. Roure worked for the Administrative Office of the New Jersey State Judiciary, the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, and Rutgers University–New Brunswick.