Keren Zwick is NIJC’s director of litigation, and she works closely with NIJC’s LGBT Immigrant Rights Initiative. Keren is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association (AILA) and the current co-chair of the litigation committee of the Chicago chapter. Keren’s litigation is focused on asylum and protection based claims, largely for detained individuals. She has […]

Padideh Ala’i is a Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law (WCL). She specializes in international economic law, law of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and comparative legal traditions. She teaches international trade law and comparative law. Professor Alai’s scholarship has concentrated on the history of free trade, transparency obligations of the […]

Chip English (he/him) is a litigator at Davis Wright Tremaine (“DWT”) who regularly represents clients before multiple state and federal agencies, especially the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and state agencies. He proudly has almost 30 years’ experience in organic farming and processing regulation. Chip handles significant FDA recall and […]

Nimra is a State Legislative Counsel with the Center for Reproductive Rights. The Center is a legal advocacy organization that uses the power of the law to advance reproductive rights as human rights around the world. Nimra joined the Center in 2017 after completing a two-year post-graduate legal fellowship with If/When/How. As an If/When/How Senior […]

Ashe McGovern (they, them, theirs) is the Senior LGBTQ Policy Advisor in the Office of the Mayor for the City of New York and Executive Director of the NYC Unity Project. The NYC Unity Project is New York’s first Mayoral citywide initiative focused on supporting and empowering LGBTQ communities through innovative policies and programs. Recent […]

Broadus is the founder of Trans People of Color Coalition (TPOCC) exists to advance justice for all trans people of color. We amplify Trans POC stories, support our leadership, and challenge issues of racism, transphobia, and transmisogyny. TPOCC envisions a world where trans people of color can live and work in safety, where health and […]

Ian Anderson is the Legal Services Project Manager at Transgender Law Center. Prior to working in this role, he helped TLC establish a volunteer prison mail response program, restructure the Legal Helpline, and develop a number of resource guides to changing identity documents as a Legal Assistant. He is thrilled and honored to be able […]

Zsea Bowmani (Twitter: @LiberationGreen) teaches environmental law at Santa Clara University and co-leads the Law & Advocacy Project of the university’s Environmental Justice & the Common Good Initiative. As a scholar-activist, Zsea’s work investigates the intersections of the environment, race, gender and sexual orientation, and human rights. Zsea is particularly interested in the parallels between […]

Aimée-Josiane Twagirumukiza (they & she pronouns) is an anti-racist organizer and transformational coach who believes that organizing moves at the speed of trust. They are a co-founder and sustaining member of Queer the Land, a QTBIPOC housing collective in Seattle, WA, and a founding member and current President of the National LGBTQ Workers Center, which fights […]

Jamar Walker is an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, Criminal Division, where he prosecutes financial crimes and public corruption cases. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Jamar was a litigation associate at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, DC. He began his legal […]