Amy Uelmen, Director of Georgetown Law Mission & Ministry office, is a graduate of Georgetown University, with degrees in American Studies (1990), Law (1993), and doctoral studies in tort law, with a thesis on the legal and moral obligations of bystanders to an act of violence (2016). She also holds a Master of Arts in Theology from Fordham University (2009).  After five years in civil litigation practice, from 2001 – 2011, she served as the Director of Fordham’s Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work. A longtime member of the Focolare community, Amy’s grassroots work focuses on interreligious dialogue, projects for economic justice, and workshops to heal cultural and political polarization.  She is the author of numerous academic and popular publications, including Five Steps to Healing Polarization in the Classroom (New City Press 2018, with Michael Kessler).  At Georgetown Law she also serves as a Lecturer, offering seminars at the intersection of religious values and professional life; and as a Special Advisor to the Dean.