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Nicole Hansen
As Policy Counsel, Nicole advocates for laws and policies that expand the right to vote and protect our democratic processes at the federal, state, and local level.
Nicole previously served as Elections Counsel for the Committee on House Administration in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she advised Members of Congress on federal laws designed to protect the freedom to vote, worked to combat restrictive voting bills, and provided subject matter expertise on voting rights for Native peoples. Nicole began her legal career as a Skadden Fellow at CLC, where she advocated for laws and policies and assisted with litigation protecting Tribal members’ right to vote in federal, state, and local elections. During law school, Nicole was a clinical student in the UCLA Tribal Legal Development Clinic, where she represented a Tribal nation in its efforts to support its citizens' cultural harvesting and land caretaking practices on the Tribe's ancestral lands.
Nicole received her J.D. from UCLA School of Law, and graduated cum laude from Colorado College with a major in sociology and a minor in mathematics. She is admitted to practice only in New York. Nicole joined CLC in September 2024.