Poppi Ritacco, JD, LLM is the Administration of Justice and Legal Studies, Coordinator / Urban Studies for the University Of Pittsburgh. After studying Philosophy as an undergraduate and earning a J.D. from Harvard, Poppi worked as a criminal prosecutor in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. She also gained experience teaching criminal and constitutional law to law enforcement as an Attorney Advisor for the Department of Homeland Security at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (“FLETC”) in Glynco, Georgia. Poppi also has worked in the domestic violence unit of N.H. Legal Aid. Most recently, Poppi earned a Criminal Law LL.M. at the University of Buffalo School of Law.
Interview by Lou Kettering, University of Pittsburgh Class of 2020.
