Rachel Camp is a Co-Director of the Domestic Violence Clinic and a Professor from Practice at Georgetown University Law Center. She joined Georgetown’s faculty in 2011 and became co-director in 2013. Prior to joining Georgetown, from 2008-2011, Professor Camp served as a Clinical Teaching Fellow at the University of Baltimore School of Law. During her time both as a fellow and at Georgetown, she has represented, and has supervised law students representing, hundreds of survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) in civil protection order and family law cases. In addition to direct legal representation, Professor Camp has also supervised law students on community education and systemic legal reform projects aimed at increasing access to justice for survivors. Professor Camp currently serves on the D.C. Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board and is on the Board of Directors for the D.C. Affordable Law Firm.
Professor Camp teaches and writes on clinical pedagogy and has published articles on a range of topics relating to best methods for teaching and supervising law students. Her scholarship also explores the intersection of IPV, shame, and litigation. Pursuing Accountability for Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: The Peril (and Utility?) of Shame, 98 Boston Univ. L. Rev. 1677 (2018), examines how formal and informal methods of shaming those who harm lead to counterproductive outcomes for reducing violence in intimate relationships. From Experiencing Abuse to Seeking Protection: Examining the Shame of Intimate Partner Violence, 13 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 103 (2022), considers how shame can shape a survivor’s help-seeking experience. In addition to her scholarship, Professor Camp provides trainings to a range of audiences on shame, IPV, and trauma, including judges, legal practitioners, and non-lawyer professionals.
Professor Camp also serves as the faculty director for the D.C. Affordable Law Firm (DCALF) LL.M. program. This program places recent graduates from Georgetown and the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law at DCALF. DCALF is a non-profit law firm that provides legal representation to D.C. residents who fall between 200-400% of the federal poverty rate and who otherwise may be unable to obtain legal representation in a range of civil matters, including family law, immigration, and probate and estate planning.
Scholarship
Forthcoming Works - Journal Articles & Working Papers
Deborah Epstein & A. Rachel Camp, Advancing Racial Equality in Clinical Teaching: Framing Conversations About Race in Intergroup Settings,Clinical L. Rev. (forthcoming).
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
Andrew C. Budzinski & A. Rachel Camp, Centering Vantage Point in the Pedagogy of Family and Intimate Partner Violence, 30 Va. J. Soc. Pol’y & L. 30-42 (2023). [WWW] [W] [L]
A. Rachel Camp, From Experiencing Abuse to Seeking Protection: Examining the Shame of Intimate Partner Violence, 13 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 103-154 (2022).
A. Rachel Camp, Pursuing Accountability for Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: The Peril (and Utility?) of Shame, 98 B.U. L. Rev. 1677-1736 (2018).
