About Heidi and Heidi Says

Heidi Says is an independent publication launched in November 2024 by Heidi Li Feldman. Sign up to get new content sent straight to your inbox!

Heidi Li Feldman is a legal scholar, a philosopher, and a progressive activist. She is Professor of Law, Emeritus at Georgetown University Law Center. Before retirement, she held a courtesy appointment in the Philosophy Department at Georgetown University. Heidi earned both her J.D. and her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Michigan. She earned her A.B. from Brown University and sat for a year of the Tripos at Cambridge University. Heidi’s most recent scholarship focuses on civil litigation against the firearms industry for its role in gun violence. She has also written about the growing influence of legal theory that opposes the principle of civil liability for those who injure others; the law against family separation as a tool for deterring and penalizing asylum seekers; and the obligations of lawyers to identify and speak out against lies from politicians. Heidi periodically writes for popular publications too. You can find links to all her publications at her website, HeidiLiFeldman.com. Heidi is the founder and director of Leaders From Law, which trains progressive law students and lawyers to run for office or to seek political appointment in government. Leaders From Law emphasizes participation in state and local government.

Heidi is on social media: @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social and less often @heidilifeldman.bsky.social.

Heidi now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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