Biography
Shaw Drake is a Clinical Supervising Attorney and Lecturer in Law, and joined the team at the Mills Legal Clinic in January 2023. Since
2018, he worked for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) where he defended border communities against unconstitutional and
inhumane policies, worked to hold Border Patrol accountable for abuse and deaths, and developed border-related advocacy strategies. Shaw graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where he received a Juris Doctor, a Certificate in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies, the Bettina Pruckmayr Award in Human Rights, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He holds a B.A. with highest honors in Latin American Studies and Romance Language from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He speaks fluent Spanish.