Andrew Bookbinder

Legal Fellow

Andrew Bookbinder is a Legal Fellow at Democracy Forward.

Andrew graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School in 2024, where he received the Edwin C. Baker award for most pro bono hours in the graduating class. While at Penn Law, Andrew served as the Co-President of the Democracy Law Project, an editor of the Journal of Law and Social Change, an inaugural Penn Law Equity & Inclusion Fellow, and the Public Interest Chair of Penn Law’s Asian Pacific American Law Student Association. Andrew also worked as a Certified Legal Intern with Penn Law’s Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic. During his summers, he worked on civil rights issues at the ACLU of Virginia and the Special Litigation Division of the Public Defender Service of D.C.

Prior to law school, Andrew spent two years working as a casework supervisor at the American Red Cross of Los Angeles engaging in housing advocacy and for a year as an intern investigator at the Public Defender Service of D.C., where he supported both the civil and trial divisions. Originally from the D.C. area, Andrew graduated with honors from the College of William & Mary with a B.A. in government.