Professor Browder is the Legal Director for Systemic Advocacy and Law Reform at Legal Aid DC, the District’s largest legal services provider. As Legal Director, Professor Browder oversees the organization’s appellate, impact, policy, and community lawyering units.

Prior to Legal Aid, Professor Browder was the Deputy Attorney General for the Legal Counsel Division and Director of Federal Initiatives at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. In this role she provided legal advice to all District government entities on a wide range of legal topics, from administrative law to statutory interpretation to constitutional law. Before becoming Deputy Attorney General, she was an Assistant Attorney General in OAG’s Office of the Solicitor General where she worked as an appellate attorney representing the District and its agencies before the D.C. Circuit and D.C. Court of Appeals. Prior to joining OAG, she practiced at a boutique litigation firm with a mix of trial and appellate work. Her clients included financial institutions, private corporations, non-profit organizations, and individuals.

Professor Browder graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian Studies. She worked as a bond trader for 4 years before joining the Peace Corps in Kenya. She earned her J.D. from Yale Law School. Following law school, Professor Browder served as a law clerk to the Hon. Allyson Duncan at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and then the Hon. James Boasberg at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia.