Heather Murray

Heather Murray is the Managing Attorney of the Local Journalism Project at Cornell Law School’s First Amendment Clinic. In addition to co-teaching the clinic, she represents local media organizations and individual journalists in litigation involving freedom of information, access to court proceedings, libel and other newsgathering and First Amendment matters. She previously was a litigation associate in the New York offices of two international law firms. While there, she co-founded a housing clinic aiming to keep low-income women from being evicted and represented pro bono clients seeking asylum. Prior to her legal career, she worked as a local journalist for newspapers in Westchester and New York City. She is a graduate of Cornell Law School and of Duke University. She joined the Forestdale Board in 2017 to make a long-term commitment to helping improve the prospects of disadvantaged children in New York City.