Codrington is an expert in constitutional law, election law, race and the law and civil rights and civil liberties. He received his A.B. from Brown University, his J.D. from Stanford Law School and his M.P.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. He most recently was a member of the faculty of Brooklyn Law School, where he was a dean’s research scholar focusing on constitutional reform, election law and voting rights. Before that, he was a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and was also a fieldwork supervisor for the Brennan Center Advocacy Clinic at NYU.