Daniela Kraiem is the Assistant Dean for Career and Professional Development and a Practitioner-in-Residence at American University Washington College of Law. In the Office of Career and Professional Development, she leads a dedicated team devoted to connecting students and alumni with professional development and employment opportunities across all legal sectors.

Dean Kraiem directed WCL’s Women and the Law Program from 2006 to 2021. In that role, she collaborated with the students, faculty, and staff to integrate gender into all aspects of legal education, developed WCL’s unique gender and law curriculum for JD and LLM students, and implemented grant-funded projects connecting the WCL community with the legal needs and concerns of women and LGBTQ persons worldwide.

Before joining the Washington College of Law, Professor Kraiem represented labor unions and employees as an Associate at McCarthy, Johnson, and Miller in San Francisco, California. Prior to that, she served as a Staff Attorney at the Child Care Law Center, where she specialized in early childhood education workforce development.

Professor Kraiem’s research interests span law and policy in the areas of care, education, and employment, with a particular emphasis on gender and racial justice. She serves as the Coordinator for the Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research Network of the Law and Society Association. She holds a BA in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a JD from the University of California, Davis, School of Law.