Ann Shalleck
Carrington Shields Scholar
Director, Women and the Law Program
Professor Shalleck is a Professor of Law at WCL and the Carrington Shields Scholar. She founded and directs the Women and the Law Program and Women and International Law Program. She teaches the Women & the Law Clinic, Family Law, Feminist Theory and a seminar on Legal Theory and Legal Pedagogy. She writes and lectures widely about gender and the law, clinical education, gender and international law, and family law. She is active in national and international efforts to reshape the law school curriculum and legal pedagogy. She has served in many capacities for the Association of American Law Schools and was a member of the Board of the Society of American Law Teachers. Professor Shalleck was a member of the DC Task Force on Gender Bias in the Courts. Her writing focuses on clinical education, feminist theory, family law and child neglect.
Email: shalleck@wcl.american.edu
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Daniela Kraiem
Associate Director, Women and the Law Program
Daniela Kraiem is the Associate Director of the Women and the Law Program and a Practitioner-in-Residence. She teaches Gender Perspectives Across the World, a course in which students have the opportunity to write publishable quality papers on subjects relating to gender and international or comparative law. Prior to joining WCL, she represented labor unions and employees as an associate at the law firm of McCarthy, Johnson and Miller. She started her legal career as a staff attorney at the non-profit Child Care Law Center, where she specialized in workforce development, supporting women-owned small businesses, and increasing the availability of high quality child care for all children.
Email: kraiem@wcl.american.edu |
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Angie McCarthy
Program Coordinator, Women and the Law Program
Angie holds an MPhil from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland in International Peace Studies with a focus on Women, Peace and Security and a BA in International Studies with a Minor in Women’s Studies from Manhattanville College in New York. Prior to coming to WCL she has worked and volunteered with several women’s organizations both domestically and abroad including the NGO Committee on the Status of Women at the United Nations and the New Women’s Movement in South Africa.
Email: angiem@wcl.american.edu |
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