Michele Goodwin, SJD, LLM
Georgetown University
Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin is the Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy and Faculty Director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. She is a sought after thought leader and public voice on matters of constitutional law, healthcare, bioethics, and civil liberties with her research and scholarship referenced by courts and legislative bodies, and appearing in print, radio, and television news, including at The Atlantic, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Chicago Sun-Times, Vox, Politico, Salon.com, Forbes, The Washington Post, and Mother Jones and appearances on ABC News; CBS News, NBC News; MSNBC, NPR, PBS, and HBO’s Vice News among others. Outside of the classroom, Dr. Goodwin is the Executive Producer of Ms. Studios, host of the popular podcast: On The Issues With Michele Goodwin
She has testified before Congress as well as state legislatures, lending her expertise and analysis on matters ranging from COVID-19 to reproductive healthcare and organ transplant policies. Her leadership spans local, national, and global engagement.
In 2025, Dr. Goodwin was awarded the Steven M. Polan Fellowship in Constitutional Law by the Brennan Center for Justice. Locally, the Washington Bar Association honored her with the invitation to deliver the 2025 Ollie May Cooper Lecture. In 2023, she was the recipient of the California Women’s Law Center Pursuit of Justice Award. In 2022, the American Bar Association recognized her with the Margaret Brent Award. In 2020-21, she was bestowed the Distinguished Senior Faculty Award for Research, the highest honor bestowed by the University of California. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute as well as an elected Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Hastings Center (the organization central to the founding of bioethics).
She has testified before Congress as well as state legislatures, lending her expertise and analysis on matters ranging from COVID-19 to reproductive healthcare and organ transplant policies. Her leadership spans local, national, and global engagement.
In 2025, Dr. Goodwin was awarded the Steven M. Polan Fellowship in Constitutional Law by the Brennan Center for Justice. Locally, the Washington Bar Association honored her with the invitation to deliver the 2025 Ollie May Cooper Lecture. In 2023, she was the recipient of the California Women’s Law Center Pursuit of Justice Award. In 2022, the American Bar Association recognized her with the Margaret Brent Award. In 2020-21, she was bestowed the Distinguished Senior Faculty Award for Research, the highest honor bestowed by the University of California. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute as well as an elected Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Hastings Center (the organization central to the founding of bioethics).
