Erin Walczewski

Erin Walczewski serves as pro bono counsel for Cooley, focusing on nonprofit counseling and low-income entrepreneurs. In addition to representing clients directly, Erin helps Cooley attorneys firmwide develop the skills they need to serve pro bono clients effectively. She also works with the firm’s pro bono team to strategize about the firm’s pro bono practice.

Erin started her legal career as an associate in Cooley’s corporate practice, helping entrepreneurs start new businesses and helping venture capitalists invest in them. She earned her JD from Harvard Law School and graduated valedictorian from Truman State University. Between college and law school, Erin worked in national security in Washington, DC and in education in Japan.

Erin is a lecturer on Law on the faculty of Harvard Law School and served as the director of the Kirkland PreLaw Program at Harvard College from 2008 – 2018. She teaches negotiation, innovation, and design thinking and is a frequent public speaker and presenter. She also serves the chair of the Board of the Professional Development Consortium, a national nonprofit for professionals in the legal industry.