Shiwali Patel

Shiwali Patel (she/her) is the Director of Justice for Students Survivors at the National Women’s Law Center where she leads advocacy addressing sex-based harassment in schools and works to strengthen civil rights protections for LGBTQI+ students. Previously, she was at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), where she worked on policy and guidance interpreting Title IX protections, including schools' responsibilities in responding to sexual harassment, protections for transgender students, and the rights of girls of color. Shiwali was also an Administrative Judge at the U.S. Department of Energy, a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in D.C. in the Sex Offense and Domestic Violence Unit, a judicial law clerk, and a community educator at the D.C. Rape Crisis Center.