<span class="vcard">Heather Zimmerman</span>

Heather Zimmerman

Managing Student Editor

Heather Zimmerman is a Just Security Managing Student Editor and JD candidate at Yale Law School and has a background in human rights advocacy and research. Prior to law school, Heather spent over a decade working on grassroots advocacy and community organizing efforts in the United States, Uganda, India, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She has supported efforts to increase access to health care, housing, economic security, and freedom from violence. Heather received an M.Sc. in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) as well as an M.Sc. in Violence, Conflict, and Development from SOAS, University of London. At Yale Law School, Heather is a staff editor for the Yale Journal of International Law and a member of the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic. She spent her 1L summer as a judicial intern with the U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and as a legal intern with the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). She is also on LinkedIn.

Articles by this author:

A wide shot of the United Nations General Assembly hall.
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: Red paint splattered by abortion rights activists is seen on the sidewalk in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health overturned the landmark 50-year-old Roe v Wade case and erased a federal right to an abortion. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Afghan residents and family members of the victims gather next to a damaged vehicle inside a house, day after a US drone airstrike in Kabul on August 30, 2021.

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