Emily Davis LAW ’23 is a 2021 Law & Public Policy Scholar and Weisman Family Fellow. She graduated magna cum laude from the George Washington University with a B.A. in International Affairs and a concentration in Global Public Health. While at GW, Emily spent a semester studying abroad in Amman, Jordan, where she conducted independent research on conceptualizations of the future for Syrian refugees. In 2016, Emily was awarded a Critical Language Scholarship through the U.S. State Department to study Arabic language in Oman.
Before law school, Emily was a litigation paralegal in the Washington, D.C. offices of Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP. She helped represent clients in major antitrust class actions and intellectual property disputes. Emily also participated in several pro bono projects, including conducting research on solitary confinement practices around the world and volunteering with the National Election Protection Hotline.
At Temple, Emily has been involved with the Student Public Interest Network and participated in the National Lawyers’ Guild Expungement Clinic and Pardons Clinic.
For summer 2021, Emily is interning at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the General Counsel, Legislation and Regulations Division. Her policy interests include civil and political rights, the intersection of immigration and climate change, and gender equity.