Amily McCool is a queer ciswoman (she/her/hers) who has worked in the IPV field for almost 20 years. She has prosecuted IPV crimes in NC’s capital city, served as the Legal & Policy Director for NC’s statewide DV non-profit for 5 years, and currently represents IPV survivors in civil, criminal, and Title IX cases through private practice. Amily is one of the attorneys currently representing a queer IPV survivor in an challenge to NC’s discriminatory IPV statute at the NC Court of Appeals. In addition she is a certified instructor for NC’s law enforcement and trains law enforcement regularly on IPV intervention, including specifically on responding to IPV in the LGBTQ community. Amily is an aspiring anti-oppressionist and strives to center the varied survivor voices in her work. Amily attended North Carolina State University, graduating with a Bachelors in Psychology. She received both her Masters of Social Work and Law Degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She teaches Sexual Violence & the Law as an Adjunct Associate Professor at UNC-CH School of Law.