Sarah AlShawwaf

B.A., cum laude, Georgetown University; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center. Professor AlShawwaf is a lawyer in the World Bank's Legal Department, focusing on operational work in the Middle East and North Africa region. Prior to the World Bank, she was an associate with the law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, where her practice involved advising governments on matters that raise issues of public international law and U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act matters. Professor AlShawwaf has co-authored two essays published in The International Lawyer on the legal developments in Saudi Arabia. She is a board member of the Washington Foreign Law Society and a member of the American Society of International Law. She holds a certificate in Refugee and Humanitarian Emergencies from Georgetown University Law Center. She is fluent in Arabic and conversational in Spanish.