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Education

J.D., Yale Law School
B.A., Amherst College

Biography

Bree Grossi Wilde is the Executive Director of the State Democracy Research Initiative. In collaboration with SDRI’s Faculty Co-Directors Professors Miriam Seifter and Rob Yablon, Bree manages the administrative aspects of the Initiative, ranging from supervising staff and student researchers, coordinating with internal and external partners, planning and executing events, and overseeing the Initiative's finances and fundraising efforts. Bree also conducts research and writes on topics concerning state supreme courts and state constitutions. In addition, Bree is an adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, teaching Advanced Civil Procedure.

Prior to joining SDRI, Bree served as the career law clerk to Judge William Conley of the Western District of Wisconsin for twelve years. In this role, she was responsible for working on all aspects of the court’s civil docket. She began her legal career practicing general commercial litigation at Foley & Lardner LLP, after clerking for Judge Richard Cudahy of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Before law school, Bree worked as a management consultant for the Monitor Group, where she focused on supporting mission-driven organizations to grow to national scale and human capital development. Bree graduated from Amherst College summa cum laude and from Yale Law School, where she served as a projects editor for the Yale Law Journal and an intern with the community legal services clinic.