Dana Bazelon

Dana is a law clerk for the Honorable Michael M. Baylson in the Eastern District of Pennylvania. She graudated from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. in the spring of 2007 where she was a member of the Criminal Justice Clinic and an editor of the Annual Survey of the American Criminal Law Review.

Dana attended Amherst College, graduating magna cum laude in 2002. She promptly moved to Washington, where she spent two years working at the Alliance for Justice. In the fall of 2004, she ran a nationwide student action campaign to educate law students on the importance of the federal judiciary and to raise awareness about the increasing politicization of the judicial nominations process in Washington.

In the summer of 2005, Dana worked for Senator Edward M. Kennedy's Judiciary Committee Staff, researching legislative proposals and preparing for the confirmation hearing of Chief Justice Roberts. She is deeply committed to the cause of equal justice and the rights of people with mental illnesses.

Dana is the granddaughter of Judge David L. Bazelon. Though she never knew her grandfather, his legacy guides many of her professional choices and aspirations.