Aliza Shatzman
Aliza Shatzman is the President and Co-Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at ensuring that as many law clerks as possible have positive clerkship experiences, while extending support and resources to those who do not. Aliza earned her BA from Williams College and her JD from Washington University School of Law. After law school, Aliza clerked in DC Superior Court during the 2019-2020 term. In March 2022, Aliza submitted a Statement for the Record for a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing, detailing her personal experience with harassment and retaliation by a former DC Superior Court judge. The intent of her Statement was to advocate for the Judiciary Accountability Act (JAA) (H.R. 4827/S. 2553), legislation that would finally extend Title VII protections to judiciary employees, including law clerks and federal public defenders. Aliza regularly writes and speaks about judicial accountability. Her law journal article with the UCLA Journal of Gender & Law, “Untouchable Judges? What I’ve learned about harassment in the judiciary, and what we can do to stop it,” argues that the DC Courts should be covered under the JAA. Aliza can be found on Twitter @AlizaShatzman.
