aa2253@georgetown.edu

Country
Spain

Education
LL.M. in National Security Law, Georgetown University Law Center (Thomas Bradbury Chetwood, S.J. Prize, Distinction & Dean’s List graduate, “La Caixa” Fellow); Double Masters in Legal Practice and Corporate Law, Universidad de Navarra (Promotion of Excellence Scholar); LL.B., Universidad de Navarra (“Honors Program” Mention of Excellence graduate)

Faculty Advisor
Milton Regan

Areas of Study
Outer-Space Law, National Security, International Humanitarian Law

Almudena’s scholarly interest lies in the intersection between outer space law and security & defense. In her S.J.D. project, she explores the role that dual-use space technology —assets useful for both military and civil & commercial purposes— plays in transforming outer space into a weaponized domain, focusing on the legal implications this has for the different actors in space and with the goal of preventing space from becoming a theater of conflict.

Almudena received her LL.M. in National Security Law from Georgetown University, where she was the recipient of Georgetown’s Thomas Bradbury Chetwood, S.J. Prize for the most distinguished academic performance in the program. Almudena holds an LL.B. and a Double Masters from the University of Navarra and she is admitted to practice law in Spain. Prior to her studies at Georgetown, she was a practicing attorney at Spanish law firm Uría Menéndez, where she specialized in international arbitration and litigation.

Concurrently with her S.J.D. research, Almudena works as an Associate Researcher at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) focusing on space security and missiles.

SSRN Profile: 4416423