About Alecia

Alecia Hodges is a dynamic journalist and aspiring writer completing her J.D. at Tulane University Law School in Louisiana. She has honed her writing, editing, and reporting skills through a diverse array of experiences, including an Editorial Internship at Ms. Magazine in 2023, where she contributed to the online publication. As a Staff Writer for the Tulane University Crescent Magazine from 2019 to 2021, she played a pivotal role in the student-run publication's reporting on racial equality. 

Her legal research experience is robust, having served as a Legal Research Assistant for prominent Tulane Law professors, Robert St. Martin Westley and Vice-Dean Stacy Seicshnaydre, assisting with research on Black reparations and fair housing discrimination. Alecia has also worked under the Honorable Judge Dr. Nghana Lewis, focusing on legal research and writing about historical figures in the U.S. civil rights movement, Black women's health, and more. 

Alecia’s commitment to justice and public service is evident from her roles as a Law Clerk for the Tulane Legal Assistance Program, a File Clerk at Kean Miller LLP Attorneys at Law, and an inaugural intern for the 1st and 2nd Annual PEAJJES Conference at Tulane University, which focuses on access to justice and political economy. Additionally, she gained valuable government experience as an intern for a U.S. senator, where she supported constituent services and office operations.

In leadership, Alecia has been instrumental in various student organizations. She served as President and 1L Executive Board Member of the Tulane University Law School Women in Law Society, President and Founding Vice-President of the Tulane University Black Pre-Law Student Association, and held multiple roles in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Alecia’s academic excellence is underscored by her numerous writing awards, including the Virginia Gleaves Lazarus Memorial Award and the Zora Neale Hurston Prize for Student Scholarship in African Diaspora Studies. She has been recognized on the Tulane College Dean’s List and is a member of the Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society and former member of Tulane Law's Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property. She recently completed a directed legal research essay on solitary confinement and U.S. prison abolition during her studies at Tulane Law. 

Alecia holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science with a minor in Africana Studies from Tulane University, reflecting her longstanding dedication to exploring and addressing critical social issues through both her academic and professional endeavors.