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Chai R. Feldblum, Director
Chai Rachel Feldblum is a Professor of Law and Director of the Federal Legislation Clinic at GeorgetownUniversityLawCenter in Washington, D.C., where she coined the phrase and teaches the role of the “legislative lawyer.” Professor Feldblum graduated from HarvardLawSchool in 1985, clerked for Judge Frank M. Coffin on the First Circuit Court of Appeals and for Justice Harry A. Blackmun on the U.S. Supreme Court. She served as the lead lawyer drafting the Americans with Disabilities Act from 1988-1990 and joined the GeorgetownUniversityLawCenter faculty in 1991. A leading lawyer, scholar and speaker on gay and lesbian rights, disability rights, and health and welfare issues, Professor Feldblum has been actively involved in federal civil rights and social welfare legislative issues since 1988. Her efforts have included opposing or shaping legislative and regulatory initiatives on gay rights, AIDS, disability, and health care; serving as the lead drafter of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and most recently, helping to develop employment policy changes to advance workplace flexibility. Professor Feldblum’s latest articles are Rectifying the Tilt: Equality Lessons from Religion, Disability, Sexual Orientation and Transgender, published in the University of Maine Law review as the Tenth Annual Coffin Lecture, and The Art of Legislative Lawyering and the Six Circles of Legislative Advocacy. |
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James F. Flug, Visiting Professor & Acting Director
James F. Flug is Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Acting Director of the Federal Legislation Clinic at Georgetown Law Center for 2008.
During 2006-07, he was a Fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics, and Lecturer on Law, Covington & Burling Distinguished Visitor, and Senior Heyman Fellow in Residence, Office of Public Interest Advising, at Harvard Law School, teaching “Constitutional Lawyering in the U.S. Senate,” and a clinical course in “The Government Lawyer.”
A 1963 graduate of Harvard Law School, he clerked for D.C. Circuit Chief Judge David Bazelon, was Legal Assistant to Assistant Attorney General (Tax) Louis Oberdorfer, Confidential Assistant to Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, and Legislative Assistant and Chief Counsel to Senator Edward Kennedy (1967-73 & 2003-06). As Executive Director of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association, he was a leader in the passage of the 1974 Legal Services Corporation Act, and as Director/Counsel of “Energy Action,” he led legislative and administrative efforts on natural gas deregulation, oil company divestiture, offshore oil leasing, and the Fairness Doctrine. For over 20 years, he was a “private public-interest” lawyer and lobbyist, representing the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry on the historic 1984 Hatch-Waxman Drug Price Competition Act, and serving as special counsel to many states in administrative, judicial, and legislative proceedings to recover billions of dollars of oil overcharges. In 1974, then-Chairman Antonin Scalia appointed Flug to the U.S. Administrative Conference.
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Marcy Karin, Adjunct Professor
Marcy Karin is Legislative Counsel for Workplace Flexibility 2010 and an Adjunct Professor of Law. Previously, she served as a Supervising Attorney and Teaching Fellow at the Federal Legislation and Administrative Clinic. She received her J.D. from Stanford Law School, her L.LM from Georgetown University Law Center, and graduated from American University, summa cum laude, with a double major in Gender Studies and Justice. Prior to coming to Georgetown, Marcy was an Employment and Government Relations Associate at Arent Fox PLLC in Washington, DC. She was also a member of the firm's pro bono committee and received the Albert E. Arent Pro Bono Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Public Interest for her work with groups who attempt to eradicate domestic violence and her support of D.C. Public High Schools through the Street Law Clinic. During law school, Marcy was Vice President of the Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation, a member of the managing board of the Stanford Law Review, and a member of the Stanford Law and Policy Review. She was a 2003 recipient of the Burton Award for Legal Achievement. |
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Emily Benfer, Fellow
Emily A. Benfer is a Supervising Attorney / Teaching Fellow at the Federal Legislation and Administrative Clinic for the 2008-2010 academic years. Prior to joining the Clinic, she represented preschool aged children with special education needs in a class action against the District of Columbia and completed an Arnold & Porter Equal Justice Works Fellowship at the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. During her fellowship, Emily drafted and successfully advocated for passage of local legislation to improve access to education for children who are homeless. Emily received her B.A. from Providence College, cum laude, and J.D. from Indiana University, cum laude. Before law school, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Zimbabwe, Belize and Thailand. She is a member of the Washington Council of Lawyers Board of Directors and a volunteer for the Homeless Children’s Playtime Project. |
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Michael Teter, Fellow
Michael Teter is a Supervising Attorney / Teaching Fellow at the Federal Legislation and Administrative Clinic. His research interests focus on how political processes affect the administration of justice. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2002 and graduated from Pomona College in 1999 with a degree in Politics. Prior to joining the Clinic, he was an litigation associate at Perkins Coie LLP in Seattle, Washington, where he was recognized for his commitment to pro bono work. Michael continues to represent one of his pro bono clients who is incarcerated in California and seeking habeas relief. Before Perkins Coie, he worked on political campaigns in Wisconsin, Iowa, Washington State, and California. Michael is a marathon runner, who gets his endurance training by joining his wife, Anna, in trying to keep up with his two young children, Atticus and Milana.
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Loretta C. Moss, Executive Assistant
Loretta C. Moss has been the Clinic's Executive Assistant and Office Manager since 1996. From 1970 to 1974, Ms. Moss was the Law Center's first Assistant Coordinator for the Clerkship Committee chaired by Professor Sherman Cohn. From 1974 to 1977, Ms. Moss was a legal secretary for the law firm Fulbright & Jaworski. From 1977 to 1980, Ms. Moss returned to the Law Center to work for the National Street Law Institute. In 1980, Ms. Moss began working as the secretary to the Director of the National Caucus & Center on Black Aged, Inc. In 1981, Ms. Moss was promoted to Administrative Assistant and Program Coordinator for the agency's Victim Witness Assistance Program where she facilitated all phases of chapter development and victim witness services. Ms. Moss returned to the Law Center in 1982 as an Administrative Assistant working with the Assistant Dean to coordinate the Law Center graduation ceremony, the United Way/CHA Campaign, and the faculty retreat. From 1989 to 1996, Ms. Moss was the Executive Assistant for the D.C. Street Law Project where she supervised work study students and facilitated student interaction with the Director, Fellows and mentor law firms. Ms. Moss attended Compton Junior College in Los Angeles, CA (1963-64) and Wiley College in Marshall, TX (1964-66). She received her business training from Draughn's Business College in Wichita Falls, TX (1969-70). |
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