Rate My Professor Julie Lantrip

Julie Lantrip is a Professor of Government and Pre-Law Advisor at Tarrant County College Northwest Campus in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Political Science faculty. She earned her Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. Before entering academia, Dr. Lantrip practiced immigration and international human rights law, clerked for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in San José, Costa Rica, and helped found the Opening Doors Immigration Clinic in Denton, Texas. At Tarrant County College, she instructs introductory government courses, including those on constitutional law, and supports pre-law students through advising, moot court coaching, honors courses, and organization of documentary film festivals and pre-law events featuring lawyers and judges.

In recognition of her teaching excellence, Lantrip received the 2014 Tarrant County College Chancellor’s Award for Exemplary Teaching at the Northwest Campus and was honored as a Campus Teaching Award winner by the American Political Science Association. Her teaching approach fosters a conversational, soft Socratic environment, integrating real-world examples, current events, and discussions to engage non-traditional, low-income, and first-generation students, supplemented by extra study sessions. She serves as an At-Large Member on the Southwest Association of Pre-Law Advisors (SWAPLA) Board and authored the article “Your Socially Distant but Not Forgotten Pre-Law Advisor” in the March 2021 Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) JD Report, offering guidance for pre-law students during the pandemic. Lantrip has also coordinated civil rights roundtables, voter engagement initiatives, and pre-law transfer panels.