Biography
Aliza Shatzman is the President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit
aimed at ensuring that law clerks 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, where she served as an Associate Editor for the Journal
of Law & Policy. After law school, Aliza clerked in D.C. Superior Court during the 2019-2020
term.
In March 2022, Aliza submitted written testimony for a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing
about the lack of workplace protections in the federal judiciary, detailing her personal
experience with gender discrimination, harassment, and retaliation by a former D.C. judge. The
intent of Aliza’s written testimony was to advocate for the Judiciary Accountability Act,
legislation that would extend Title VII protections to judiciary employees, including law clerks.
Aliza now writes and speaks regularly about judicial accountability, clerkships, and diversity in
the courts. She has been published in numerous forums, including the Columbia Law Review,
Harvard Journal on Legislation, UCLA Journal of Gender & Law, Yale Law & Policy Review,
NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy, Administrative Law Review, Above the Law,
Law360, Slate, Ms. Magazine, and Balls & Strikes