Jenny R Chou

Jenny Chou is a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence for Professional Development. She works with the law school's Career Development Office to broaden opportunities and promote skills for graduates' long term success, and provides individual advising for students and alumni. Jenny also teaches a seminar course on Food Law.

Jenny was previously a partner with the law firm of Wiggin and Dana in New Haven, where she practiced litigation and white-collar defense and investigations, and served as chair of the firm's summer hiring committee. Prior to Wiggin and Dana, Jenny was an associate at WilmerHale in Washington, D.C. and a law clerk for the Honorable Mary A. McLaughlin on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Jenny is a graduate of Yale Law School and Harvard College, from which she received an A.B. in History and Literature.

Jenny serves on the boards of New Haven Legal Assistance Association and the Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and is a James W. Cooper Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation. She is also a mentor and active participant with Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity, and previously served on the board of Connecticut Foodshare.