Alumni in Residence with Maggie Lee J.D. ’09 of The Human Trafficking Legal Center

Wednesday, October 29, 2025, from 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. EST

The Alumni in Residence program connects current HLS students with accomplished HLS alumni for one-on-one career mentoring and advice. You’re invited to meet with Maggie Lee J.D. ’09 during their virtual office hours. Sign up for a 20-minute Zoom appointment.

Maggie Lee is the Deputy Director at the Human Trafficking Legal Center. She leads the Center’s strategic litigation program and provides general management and supervision support for the entire organization. Maggie previously spent nine years as a federal prosecutor. Maggie also served as Deputy Chief of Civil Rights for the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, where she was responsible for investigations and prosecutions involving human trafficking, hate crimes and color of law violations. During her time as a federal prosecutor, Maggie led investigations into numerous transnational organizations engaged in trafficking vulnerable individuals both in the United States and abroad.

Maggie clerked for the Honorable Leonard B. Sand, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and the Honorable Margo K. Brodie, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She graduated with honors from Williams College and cum laude from Harvard Law School. She serves as a Faculty Member for Harvard Law School’s Trial Advocacy Workshop and previously served as an Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law at New York University School of Law, where she taught a seminar and clinic on federal prosecution.