Sierra Paulsen

Sierra Paulsen is a Law Clerk at Wilson Law. Sierra recently graduated with her Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School where she earned a concentration in human rights and served as a student attorney in both the International Human Rights Advocacy Clinic and the Rural Immigrant Access Clinic, and as an articles editor on the Minnesota Journal of International Law. Throughout law school, Sierra also worked as a legal research assistant to the former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights while countering terrorism, and she spent her 2L summer in Geneva, Switzerland working with the United Nations on a wide range of international human rights issues.

In her free time, Sierra enjoys spending time with her puppy, reading, hiking, and traveling as much as possible.

• University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • J.D.
  • Honors: Deans List, Human Rights Center Award

• University of Denver
  • B.A.
  • Honors: summa cum laude
  • Majors: International Studies; French