About

Alejandra Caraballo is a civil rights attorney and Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic. Her scholarship and practice address the intersection of civil rights law, technology policy, and institutional accountability, with particular focus on the areas of digital privacy in areas of stigmatized healthcare around reproductive care and gender affirming care.

She is admitted to practice in New York and Massachusetts, and is admitted to the Southern District of New York and the Eleventh, Ninth, and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Her litigation practice has included impact cases on healthcare discrimination, employment discrimination, and LGBTQ civil rights, including work on Kadel v. Folwell, Lange v. Houston County, and Boston Alliance v. HHS.

Alejandra’s published legal scholarship includes The Anti-Transgender Medical Expert Industry (Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2022), Extradition in Post-Roe America (CUNY Law Review, 2023), and The Death of Medical Privacy for Trans Patients (forthcoming, Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy, 2026). Her scholarship has been cited in law reviews, amicus briefs, and media coverage of LGBTQ civil rights litigation.

In December 2022, Caraballo testified before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform on the links between online extremism and political violence. She has been quoted as a legal expert in the New York Times, Washington Post, NBC News, Wired, and other major outlets, and has appeared on PBS NewsHour, MSNBC, CNN, and NPR.

Prior to joining Harvard Law School in 2021, Caraballo was a staff attorney at the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, where she participated in impact litigation on healthcare and employment discrimination. She previously served as a staff attorney and Michael A. Young Fellow at the New York Legal Assistance Group's LGBTQ Law Project, representing low-income LGBTQ clients in immigration, civil rights, and family law matters.

Caraballo received her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, her Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, and her B.A. in Government and World Affairs with a minor in Chemistry from the University of Tampa. She was recognized by the National LGBT Bar Association as one of the 40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 (2020), received Special Recognition at the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (2023), and was nominated as a British Vogue Force for Change (2024).

She is the founder and publisher of The Dissident, an independent publication covering civil rights, technology, and institutional accountability.