Kailey Lei

About Kailey Lei

I’m interested in criminal justice reform, legal accountability, and public policy, with a focus on how laws and institutions impact disadvantaged communities. Specifically, wrongful convictions, prosecutorial decision making, and policy reformations that promote social justice and equal due process.

Experience

1. Case Manager

   Youth For Innocence

   Aug 2023 — Present

   Executive Outreach Director (Aug 2023-Aug 2024) and Case Manager for Exoneration Case (Present)Part of early founding teamDraft case summaries, investigative memos, and public-facing educational materials for advocacy and outreachConduct research on police misconduct, false confessions, forensic failures, and systemic bias in the criminal legal system and wrote blogsSupport exoneration efforts by collaborating with pro bono attorneys to review wrongful conviction cases and identify legal and procedural errors (court document recovery/collection, reporter transcript notes, case document review)Draft case summaries, investigative memos, and public-facing educational materials for advocacy and outreach*starting new YFI chapter at Rice University

Education

• Rice University

  Bachelor's degree, Political Science and Government and Social Policy Analysis

• University of Oxford

  Summer School, International Law and Forensic Linguistics

• Harvard University

  Secondary School