Kirby Thomas West

Attorney, Institute of Justice

Topics:	Civil Rights • Constitution • Education Policy • Federalism & Separation of Powers • First Amendment • Litigation • School Choice • Supreme Court

Topics:

Civil Rights • Constitution • Education Policy • Federalism & Separation of Powers • First Amendment • Litigation • School Choice • Supreme Court

Kirby Thomas West is an attorney at the Institute for Justice, where she litigates cases defending property rights, free speech, and educational choice.

Before joining IJ in 2018, Kirby was a litigation associate at Baker Botts LLP. She clerked for Judge Dennis Shedd of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Kirby earned her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2015. While at Harvard, she served as the Articles Editor for the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Between her first and second years of law school, Kirby clerked at IJ’s Texas office.

Kirby graduated, magna cum laude, from Bucknell University in 2012 with a BA in English and Political Science.

Kirby is licensed in Pennsylvania.

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