Madeleine Schachter

Madeleine Schachter is Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Einstein College of Medicine, where she teaches clinical ethics to medical students. Previously, she practiced law for 30 years, most recently as Partner/Global Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at Baker & McKenzie. She has collaborated with or presented to governments in Yemen, Bulgaria, and Nepal. She received a BA in Medical Ethics (which she designed, the first of its kind) and Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania, and her JD degree from New York University School of Law, where she was a Root Tilden Scholar.