Biography

Name: Sarah Paoletti

Professional Title : Practice Associate Professor

Affiliation : University of Pennsylvania

Country : United States

Title of Presentation : Redefining Human Rights Lawyering Through the Lens of Critical Theory: Role of Transnational Partnerships in our Pedagogy and Practice

Short Bio : Sarah Paoletti directs the Transnational Legal Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, in which students engage in direct representation of individual and organizational clients in a range of immigration and human rights matters. Before founding the Transnational Legal Clinic at Penn, Sarah was a Practitioner-in-Residence in the International Human Rights Law Clinic at American University from 2003-2006. She is co-chair of the International Committee of the AALS Clinical Section.