Cassie Hazelip is an Associate Professor of Law who will design and teach a new law clinic focused on upholding the dignity and autonomy of people with disabilities. She researches the government's regulation of families and individuals via the family policing system and involuntary psychiatric commitment. 

Professor Hazelip joined academia as a clinical teaching fellow at Yale Law School in the Mental Health Justice Clinic. Before that she was a public defender with the Family Defense Practice at The Bronx Defenders, representing parents in cases where the government sought to remove their children. She has also worked with incarcerated individuals seeking parole. Prior to law school, Professor Hazelip worked with people experiencing street homelessness through Charlotte, North Carolina's Housing First initiative and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Community Health Improvement Project in rural Zambia. 

She earned her J.D. from the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law and holds B.A.s with distinction in International Studies and in Political Science, with Highest Honors, from the University of Michigan.