Bio

Carlie Ware Horne is a Lecturer and Clinical Supervising Attorney at the Stanford Law School Criminal Defense Clinic. She received a B.A. from Yale College in American Studies, and a J.D. from U.C. Berkeley School of Law. She joins the academic staff at Stanford after two decades of litigation in civil rights, social justice, and indigent criminal defense.

She served as law clerk to the Honorable Claudia Wilken on the United States District Court, Northern District of California.Carlie received the Relman Civil Rights Fellowship from Relman Colfax PLLC in Washington, D.C., where she litigated civil rights claims in housing and public accommodations. She served as the Marvin M. Karpatkin Fellow at the ACLU Racial Justice Project, and then continued litigating civil rights and racial justice issues as a staff attorney at the ACLU Drug Law Reform Project.

Carlie served for fourteen years as a Santa Clara County Deputy Public Defender, where she represented adult and juvenile clients at all stages of defense in criminal cases. She designed and established the Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Pre-Arraignment Representation unit, providing early representation to indigent community members after arrest but before the first court date (arraignment) when they would otherwise first meet an attorney. She draws upon that experience to argue, in her Article, Pre Arraignment Promise, 66 B.C. L. REV. 1523 (2025) that widespread implementation of early representation programs has the power to expand the Sixth Amendment constitutional right to counsel. She is the author of a chapter on litigating Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure Motions, in the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice manual, published by the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California and Regents of the University of California.

Academic Appointments

  • Lecturer, Stanford Law School

Honors & Awards

  • Wasserstein Public Interest Fellow, Harvard Law School (2018)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Faculty Co-Sponsor, Stanford Jail and Prison Education Program (2023 - Present)

Contact

  • Academic
    carlie@law.stanford.edu
    Department: Law Clinics Position: Clinical Supervising Attorney and Lecturer in Law, Criminal Defense Clinic
    • 555 NATHAN ABBOTT WAY
    • 559 Nathan Abbott Way
    • STANFORD,  California  94305 

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 8610

2025-26 Courses

All Publications

  • Pre-Arraignment Promise Boston College Law Review 66 B.C. L. REV. 1523 (2025) Horne, C. W. 2025
  • Essay: A Newcomer's Reflections on 1L Orientation: Inclusive, Innovative and Empowering Horne, C. W. Stanford Lawyer Magazine. Online Features. 2023
  • Search and Seizure Motions California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice Horne, C. W. The Regents of the University of California. 2017