Clara Spera is an Equal Justice Works fellowship attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union's Reproductive Freedom Project.  Prior to her fellowship, she served as a law clerk to the Hon. Robert A. Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Hon. Denise L. Cote of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.   

She has written about her relationship with her grandmother, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in Harper’s Bazaar and Glamour, and has spoken about it with New York Magazine and CNN.  She also appeared in the Oscar-nominated documentary, RBG.  

She has written about sexual assault law for the Brookings Institution.  She was previously a contributor for the nation’s leading national security website, Lawfare.  

Clara is a graduate of Harvard Law School, The University of Cambridge, and the University of Chicago.  She lives in New York City with her husband, Rory, and their dog, Wallace.