Sarah Leslie Knapp is an instructor in the Academic Success and Bar Preparation Program at UDC’s David A. Clarke School of Law, where she shares her expertise in employment law, trial litigation, and tort law. A graduate of Georgetown Law, she has served as a trial attorney for the Office of the Attorney General for D.C., worked in private practice, and contributed to legal education through publications and judicial training programs.
Experience
Education
Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, Georgetown University Law Center Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Roles
Instructor, Academic Support Program, David A. Clarke School of Law, UDC, 2022-Present Of Counsel, Chambers and Rosenbloom, 2021-22 Trial Attorney, Civil Litigation Division, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, 2008-16 Chief, Civil Litigation Section III, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, 2016-18 Counsel, Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss, PLLC, 2007-09 Associate, Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss, PLLC, 2000-07 Staff Attorney, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 1998-2000
Courses Taught
Lab I Lab II Lab III Legal and Bar Sucess
Expertise
Employment Law Trial Law/Litigation Tort Law Academic Legal Skills
Impact
Selected Presentations
Knapp, S. L. (2018). Building trial skills program. National Institute for Trial Advocacy.
Recognitions
Recipient, Medal for Outstanding Service, President’s Council, 2000 Recipient, OAG Distinguished Service Award, Trial of Defensive Cases, 2011
