Debra Ireland
Executive Director, Delta Institute for AI & the Law; Adjunct Professor
Email direland@memphis.edu Fax Office Law School, Office 346
About Professor Ireland
Education
J.D., St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas; B.A., Communication Arts, Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania
Admitted
Tennessee, Texas, Pennsylvania; Western District of Tennessee; United States Supreme Court.
Experience
2022-2025, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Criminal Division, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property SEction; 2010-2022, Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Tennessee, Memphis Division, Coordinator Project Safe Childhood Section and Computer, High Tech, and Intellectual Property prosecutor; 2008-2010, Prosecutor, Chester County (Pennsylvania), District Attorney's Office; 2004-2010, Prosecutor, Bexar County District Attorney's Office, San Antonio, Texas, Family Justice/Victim Protection Unit;
Teaching Interests
Education Law & Policy, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property, Remedies, Law & Documentary Studies
Selected Presentations & Publications
- Effectively Engaging with Victim Companies in Intellectual Property Cases, Anand Patel, Debra Ireland, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE JOURNAL OF FEDERAL LAW AND PRACTICE, CYBERLAW: THREATS AND SOLUTIONS, Volume 73, Number 1, March 2025.
- The Price of Education: What Local Control is Costing American Children, THE Q SCHOLAR, ST. MARY’S LAW REVIEW ON MINORITY ISSUES, Spring 2004.
- Department of Justice, International Computer and Intellectual Property (ICHIP) training for prosecutors and investigators on prevention of intellectual property crimes related to microprocessor technology, Mexico City, Mexico
- ICHIP training for law enforement, investigating intellectual property crimes, Budapest,
Hungary
2022U.S. Patent and Trademark Office intellectual property crime training for judiciary and attorneys, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - ICHIP training for prosecutors, electronic evidence, Dar es Salam, Tanzania
- ICHIP training for prosecutors, electronic evidence, Livingstone, Zambia
- Department of Justice’s Office of Prosecutorial Development and Training, electronic evidence for prosecutors and investigators, Accra, Ghana