Elizabeth Beavers

[email protected] Elizabeth (she/her) is a public interest policy advocate and national security legal scholar. She serves as the Director of Congress Watch at Public Citizen and teaches remotely as an adjunct professor of counterterrorism law at the University of New Hampshires Franklin Pierce School of Law. Her analysis has been featured in numerous media outlets including The New York Times, USA Today, Politico, Reuters, and The Guardian. She has also published several original works of scholarship in prominent law journals. Previously, Elizabeth ran a consultancy that worked behind the scenes to strengthen leading national advocacy organizations in their work to lobby lawmakers, organize and train grassroots activists, and change the public narrative. Aside from her time as an independent consultant, Elizabeth has held senior advocacy and communications positions at the Quincy Institute, Indivisible, Amnesty International USA, and the Friends Committee on National Legislation. She has previously served as a Senior Fellow with Data For Progress, and currently serves as Vice President of the National Religious Campaign Against Tortures board of directors. Elizabeth holds an LL. M. from Georgetown University Law Center in National Security Law with a Certificate in International Human Rights Law. She is a member of the North Carolina State Bar and received her Juris Doctor from Regent University School of Law. Her bachelors degree is in public relations and Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.