Natalie Geismar joined WLC’s Prisoners’ Rights team in September 2025 as an Equal Justice Works Fellow. Prior to joining WLC, she attended Yale Law School as a Samvid Scholar. While earning her J.D., she interned at the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the ACLU of Illinois. She was also a member of Yale’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic, through which she brought multiple lawsuits against government agencies on behalf of LGBTQ+ service members and veterans, and served as a co-director of the 2024 Rebellious Lawyering Conference. Prior to law school, Natalie spent three years at the Brookings Institution, where she researched economic mobility and federal rural development policy. She holds a B.A. in International Development from Washington University in St. Louis.

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