Elle Bernstein serves as General Counsel to United States Senator Jim Banks (R-IN). In her capacity as General Counsel, Elle handles immigration policy, pro-life issues, and judicial nominations. Elle has served as counsel for amicus briefs on abortion and the Constitution, Title IX, and religious liberty. Her article, “Beyond Barbara: Towards A Jurisprudence of Nationhood,” is forthcoming in the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy.
Elle co-founded the Pro-Life Lawyers Caucus and is an executive committee member of the Federalist Society’s Immigration Practice Group. She has also held fellowships with the Claremont Institute, the James Wilson Institute, and Alliance Defending Freedom.
Previously, Elle was an Associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and clerked for the Honorable James C. Ho of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Elle holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the King’s College and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
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