Megan D. Browder joined the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia (Legal Aid DC) in 2024 as legal director for Systemic Advocacy and Law Reform, which uses appellate law, impact litigation, and policy to drive systemic change. She came to Legal Aid DC after four years at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, where she held several roles, including an attorney in the Office of the Solicitor General. Most recently, she served as the director of Federal Initiatives, where she led efforts to protect District residents against adverse changes in federal law, and the deputy attorney general for the Legal Counsel Division, where she provided legal advice to all parts of District government.

Before joining the Office of the Attorney General, Megan was an attorney at Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner LLP (now Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer). She was also a law clerk for Chief Judge James Boasberg of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and Judge Allyson Duncan on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Megan is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where she teaches legal research and writing. She earned her bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies from Columbia University and later joined the Peace Corps, spending two years in Kenya. Megan holds a law degree from Yale Law School.