Yilin Zhou

​Yilin is Research Director at the Justice Education Project, where she leads the organization’s research design, coordination, and cross-team integration across policing, courts, sentencing, and emerging technologies. A Master of Public Policy graduate of Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and a law graduate of East China University of Political Science and Law, her work centers on quantitative analysis, comparative legal systems, and evidence-based reform.​

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She has conducted legal research within the People’s Court of Shanghai Pudong New District, drafting civil judgments and analyzing financial contract disputes, and previously supported forensic review at the Shanghai Academy of Forensic Science. At JEP, she helps shape the organization’s research agenda on issues including algorithmic bias, juvenile justice, and sentencing reform, ensuring that youth-driven projects meet rigorous methodological and policy standards.