Sophie Thackray, Esq.,

Supervising Staff Attorney (she/her)

Sophie supervises Staff Attorneys as part of SJP's direct representation work. Sophie graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2020, where she focused on juvenile justice and special education law. While in law school, Sophie interned at Children's Rights, the National Center for Youth Law, and Advocates for Children of New York. She also participated in Georgetown's Innovative Policing Practicum, where she worked with DC's Metropolitan Police Department to train officer recruits and research policing reform. During her final year of law school, she served as a student attorney with Georgetown's Juvenile Justice Clinic.

Prior to law school, Sophie served with City Year AmeriCorps at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Washington, DC. She received her bachelor's degree in Spanish and Art History from the University of Oregon's Clark Honors College, where she also participated in the Inside Out Prison Exchange Program.

Sophie is an attorney licensed to practice in the District of Columbia. Sophie can be reached at: sthackray@sjpdc.org