Seth Packrone
Assistant Professor of Law
Office 415G
Specialization(s)
Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Disability Law, Education Law
Professional Biography
Seth Packrone is an assistant professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Seth teaches and writes about issues in the areas of disability law, education law, impact litigation, and civil procedure. Seth’s published work has appeared in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, and he has presented on disability-related issues across the country.
Before joining DU, Seth litigated systemic and class-action lawsuits on behalf of young people with disabilities as a Senior Attorney with the Legal Advocacy Team at the National Center for Youth Law. Seth has also litigated systemic lawsuits as a Staff Attorney with the Impact Litigation Practice at The Bronx Defenders and Disability Rights Advocates. In 2021, Seth co-taught the Disability and Civil Rights Clinic as an Adjunct Clinical Professor at Brooklyn Law School.
Seth received a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School, a B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard College, and an M. Phil in Perspectives on Inclusive and Special Education from the University of Cambridge as a Harvard-Cambridge Scholar. Prior to law school, Seth taught English in Malatya, Turkey as a Fulbright grantee.
Degree(s)
- J.D. cum laude, Harvard Law School
- M.Phil in Perspectives on Inclusive and Special Education, University of Cambridge
- B.A. magna cum laude, Harvard College
Featured Publications
Educational Death Sentences: Addressing the Plight of Students with Disabilities, 59 HARV. CR-CL. L. REV. 103 (2024).