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.