Jamie R. Abrams teaches courses in Legal Research & Writing, Torts, Family Law, Legislation, and Gender and the Law. She directs the Legal Rhetoric Program that introduces first-year law students to legal research, writing, analysis, advocacy, and citation. Her scholarly research focuses on reproductive and birthing decision-making, gendered violence, and legal education pedagogy.

She has published numerous books, chapters, and articles in these subject areas. She is the recent author of Inclusive Socratic Teaching: Why Law Schools Need It and How to Achieve It with the University of California  Press (2024) and Elrod, Oldham, and Abrams, Family Law: Cases, Comments, and Questions with West Academic (2023). She has previously authored Tort Law Simulations:  Bridge to Practice Series (2020 West Academic) and Family Law Simulations:  Bridge to Practice Series (2021 West Academic) (co-author Jessica Dixon  Weaver). She has appeared in media outlets such as the N.Y. Times,  Washington Post, N.P.R., and NBC's Today Show.

Professor Abrams has also been recognized for her innovations in teaching and pedagogy. Blackboard, Inc. awarded her the Catalyst Award for Innovations in Teaching & Learning (2021) for her design of an inter-disciplinary dental malpractice deposition simulation along with dental faculty collaborators. She was awarded the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law’s Teacher of the Year Award in 2016 and the University of Louisville’s Presidential Multicultural Teaching Award in 2014 for her demonstrated commitment to teaching, research, and service that integrate diverse perspectives. She also received the 2011 Innovations in Teaching Award from the American University Washington College of Law for her work spearheading an integrated curriculum skills simulation for 1Ls.

She is also active and engaged in her community. She co-founded the Brandeis Human Rights Advocacy Program at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, which works actively with other nonprofits and stakeholders in the community to advance the human rights of immigrants, refugees and noncitizens. During her time with the program, it won two separate bar association grants and an “Exemplary Project” award recognition for the C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award (2017) from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. She was also awarded the Mussey-Gillett Shining Star Award from the District of Columbia’s Women’s Bar Association for her work co-authoring reports on the status of women and women of color in the legal profession as part of the WBA’s nationally recognized Initiative on Advancement and Retention of Women.

Professor Abrams previously taught at the University of Louisville (2012-2022), Hofstra University School of Law (2010-2012), and the American University Washington College of Law (2008-2010). She has also been a visiting professor at the University of Turku in Finland teaching State Regulation of the Family and a visiting scholar at the University of Leeds researching the relationship between parental decision-making and reproductive decision-making.

Before entering law teaching, she worked as a Litigation Associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP where she specialized in complex civil litigation matters. She began her career at Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. specializing in white collar criminal defense and environmental law.