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Revision as of 22:34, 2 January 2011
Chai R. Feldblum is a Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. Her partner is Nan Hunter.
Education/early career
Professor Feldblum graduated from Harvard Law School in 1985 and clerked for Judge Frank M. Coffin on the First Circuit Court of Appeals and for Justice Harry Blackmun on the U.S. Supreme Court[1].
ACLU
As a legislative counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union from 1988 to 1991, Feldblum was one of the lead lawyers who crafted and negotiated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990[2].
Legal activism
In 1993, Professor Feldblum founded the Federal Legislation Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center, where she teaches students the art of merging law and politics in the development and negotiation of legislation. Professor Feldblum has written and spoken widely on civil rights (including disability rights and gay rights) and on employment law issues. In 2004, Professor Feldblum launched and now co-directs Workplace Flexibility 2010, an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation funded-initiative engaged in legal research, outreach and consensus-building to advance a national policy on workplace flexibility[3].
JStreet advisory council
In 2009 listed members of the JStreet advisory council included Chai Feldblum, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center [4]