Molly E. Kalmus has been in the field of Criminal Justice for her entire career. She is a practicing criminal defense attorney in New York (Manhattan), New York, where she represents indigent defendants; she is currently a Senior Trial Attorney in her office’s DNA & Forensics Unit. Prior to her current role, she specialized in representing survivors/victims of human trafficking in the Queens County Human Trafficking Intervention Court and represented people charged with intimate-partner domestic violence crimes in the Queens County Domestic Violence Court. Ms. Kalmus is also an Adjunct Lecturer at City University of New York (CUNY) John Jay College of Criminal Justice (John Jay College), a position that she has held for over 15 years; since 2017, Ms. Kalmus instructs in the International Criminal Justice Bachelor’s Program, the Criminal Justice Master’s Program, and the International Crime & Justice Master’s Program. Ms. Kalmus has previously presented on a number of topics to both domestic and international legal professionals and practitioners. In addition, she has also presented on Diversity and Inclusion in New York City’s Criminal Courts to the Criminal Justice Studies and Sociology Department, in conjunction with the Diversity Action Committee, at Siena College, Loudonville, NY (October 2023); as a panelist on the Multidisciplinary Approaches to Human Trafficking Panel, presented to Ukrainian doctors, psychologists, and volunteers in New York, Germany, and Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War (April 2022). Ms. Kalmus holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Forensic Psychology from CUNY John Jay College, a Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law, and a Master’s of Philosophy in Criminal Justice from CUNY Graduate Center. She is also a Ph.D. Candidate in Criminal Justice at the CUNY Graduate Center/ John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Her dissertation research is on the recruitment and grooming tactics used during the course of human trafficking as observed in criminal courts.
