Drake Hagner
Practitioner In Residence
WCL | WCL Faculty
Degrees
J.D., Georgetown University Law School B.A., Vassar College
Bio
Drake Hagner is a Practitioner-in-Residence in the Gender Justice Clinic at American University Washington College of Law, where she co-teaches the clinic seminar and supervises students handling civil legal matters including health law, public benefits, and family law.
Previously, she served as Visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Law and Director of the Health Rights Law Clinic at George Washington University Law School, partnering with a community mental health provider to address patients’ unmet civil legal needs.
An expert in Medicaid and safety-net public benefits programs such as unemployment insurance, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Drake’s research focuses on procedural due process and the disconnect between legal protections and beneficiaries’ real-world experiences.
Drake has fifteen years’ experience representing low-income clients. She was a Supervising Attorney in the Public Benefits Unit at Legal Aid DC where she began her legal services career as an Equal Justice Works fellow. She previously taught Legal Ethics at AUWCL.
She is a graduate of Vassar College and Georgetown Law.
