Education
- JD, cum laude, Wake Forest University School of Law, 2010
- BA, Davidson College, 2007
Eleanor Morales is responsible for directing the Veterans Legal Clinic. Professor Morales joined the Army Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps in 2010, upon graduation from Wake Forest School of Law. During her time on active duty, she served as a legal assistance attorney, criminal prosecutor, and administrative law attorney. Professor Morales also deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, where she served as an operational law attorney in support of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. forces.
In 2015, Professor Morales transitioned to the Army Reserves where she currently serves as an Army judge advocate in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In … Read more »
Eleanor Morales is responsible for directing the Veterans Legal Clinic. Professor Morales joined the Army Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps in 2010, upon graduation from Wake Forest School of Law. During her time on active duty, she served as a legal assistance attorney, criminal prosecutor, and administrative law attorney. Professor Morales also deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, where she served as an operational law attorney in support of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. forces.
In 2015, Professor Morales transitioned to the Army Reserves where she currently serves as an Army judge advocate in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In 2018, Professor Morales was awarded the General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award, an honor that is presented to fewer than 30 Army junior officers each year. She has most recently worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Department of Justice (DOJ) for five years. In that role, she was awarded the Department of Justice Director's Award for Superior Performance as a criminal Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) in 2019.
Under Professor Morales' guidance and supervision, the Wake Law Veterans Legal Clinic received the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Award for Excellence In a Public Interest Case or Project in 2024. The CLEA Award recognizes clinical work that effectively calls attention to and significantly redresses a high-priority need of underserved or low-income residents or communities and makes a notable contribution to the advancement of civil rights, civil liberties, human rights or legal services for the underrepresented. The award was given in honor of the work the Veterans Legal Clinic did to secure a Purple Heart, an Honorable discharge, comprehensive VA healthcare, and tax-free VA disability compensation for Private James Brown, a veteran who was unjustly denied these benefits for over 70 years.
Morales' scholarship analyzes the intersection of military justice and veterans disability law. Her work has been published in the Connecticut Law Review and in the Army Lawyer. And Morales' work is forthcoming in the Duke Law Journal. She is also a fellow with the National Institute of Military Justice.
Articles