Catherine Sevcenko
Catherine Sevcenko graduated magna cum laude from George Mason School of Law after a career as a Foreign Service Officer. Postings in Budapest, Munich, and Moscow before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall gave her a deep appreciation for the power of free speech. After law school, Catherine clerked on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals before starting work as an associate at Steptoe & Johnson, LLC. After leaving Steptoe, Catherine joined the appellate group at the U.S. Trustees Program at the Department of Justice. Most recently, she was interim Executive Director for the U.S. Chess Center, a non-profit in Washington, D.C. that teaches chess to children.
Catherine is an adjunct professor of appellate writing at George Mason School of Law. She lives outside of Washington D.C. with her husband and two children, one of whom attends a green light school. She also works with raptors and other wild birds as an apprentice wildlife rehabilitator.Contributions
- "The $3,500 Question: Why Do Universities Pay Consultants to Advise Them on Speech Codes When FIRE Will Help for Free?,"
by Catherine Sevcenko, June 18, 2013 - "This Crystal Ball is Clear: OCR Cannot Issue a 'Blueprint' Without Following APA Rulemaking Procedures,"
by Catherine Sevcenko, June 11, 2013 - "University of Louisville's Nursing School 'Tentacles' Case Ends Quietly,"
by Catherine Sevcenko, June 10, 2013 - "The OCR Emperor Has No Legal Clothes: OCR Can Only Enforce the ‘Blueprint’ Against University of Montana,"
by Catherine Sevcenko, June 4, 2013 - "Oakland University's Motion to Dismiss in 'Hot for Teacher' Case Relies on an Unconstitutional Speech Code and Shows Its Lack of Regard for the First Amendment,"
by Catherine Sevcenko, May 22, 2013 - "Motion to Dismiss in 'Hot for Teacher' Case Is Legally Weak But Tactically Disturbing,"
by Catherine Sevcenko, May 17, 2013 - "Department of Education’s Latest 'Dear Colleague' Letter on Title IX Retaliation is Puzzling,"
by Catherine Sevcenko, April 29, 2013 - "Egyptian Scholar Gives U.S. Universities a Lesson in Academic Freedom,"
by Catherine Sevcenko, March 19, 2013 - "UCSB Associated Student Senate Grapples with Tough First Amendment Issue,"
by Catherine Sevcenko, March 8, 2013 - "From the Archives: The Fight for Freedom of Speech at UC Berkeley Helps Spark the Social Revolution of the 1960s,"
by Catherine Sevcenko, August 29, 2012
