Prior to joining Howard’s faculty, Crichton was a litigation associate at the international law firm of Clifford Chance Rogers and Wells LLP (now Clifford Chance LLP) and president of Crichton and Associates Inc., a literary agency that represents writers of quality fiction and nonfiction. Crichton has traveled extensively across the United States lecturing on publishing matters. She is an active member of the Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court. Crichton is a proud graduate of Howard University School of Law (J.D., cum laude), where she was managing editor of the Howard Law Journal, and the University of the West Indies (B.A., honors). She speaks Spanish and French.