Allison Perlin

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Allison Perlin is a litigation associate whose practice focuses on international dispute resolution and public international law. She is co-lead of the ... Read Full Biography

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Law Over Borders Comparative Guides: Environmental, Social & Governance
22 April 2025

Law Over Borders Comparative Guides

Geoffrey P. Burgess
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Andrew M. Levine
,
Caroline N. Swett
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Patricia Volhard
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Jin-Hyuk Jang
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Ulysses Smith
,
Christina Heil
,
Isabelle Glimcher
,
Jacob Hochberger
,
Sophie Michalski
,
Allison Perlin
,
Alfie Scott

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Allison Perlin is a litigation associate whose practice focuses on international dispute resolution and public international law. She is co-lead of the Debevoise International Human Rights Law sub-group. Ms. Perlin currently serves as newsletter editor of the American Society of International Law (ASIL)’s International Environmental Law Interest Group.Ms. Perlin joined Debevoise in 2023. From 2022 to 2023, she clerked for the Hon. Judge Wendy Beetlestone of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. From 2020 to 2022, she was a University of Pennsylvania Law Review Fellow at Human Rights First. Ms. Perlin received a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School where she was a Toll Public Interest Fellow, articles editor of the Journal of Constitutional Law, and awarded the Dean Jefferson B. Fordham Human Rights Award, as well as director of the International Human Rights Advocates and co-president and Next Generation Leader of the American Constitution Society student organizations. In 2020 she received a Certificate in Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. From 2015 to 2017, Ms. Perlin worked at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Ms. Perlin received a B.A. with highest honors and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Wisconsin.Ms. Perlin is a member of the team that edited and contributed to “Environmental, Social & Governance,” the second edition of a publication in the Law Over Borders series published by Global Legal Post (April, 2025). She is also the co-author of “Use of Lethal Force by Law Enforcement Officials on Persons with Mental, Cognitive, and Developmental Disabilities.”