DOMINIQUE DAY

executive director + attorney-at-law

dday@daylyt.org   |  +1.917.832.5937

Dominique Day is an American attorney, admitted to practice in New York.  She sits on the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent. She has two decades of experience as a justice advocate in the United States and internationally; her research, teaching, and access to justice work has taken her all over the world.  Dominique has worked with governments, universities, and NGOs as a subject matter expert on legal aid, access to justice, building effective legal institutions, human rights advocacy, and rule of law.  

In her capacity at DAYLIGHT, Dominique has advised non-profit start-up ventures, conducted deep-dive research, including a nationwide analysis of legal aid in Afghanistan and groundbreaking research on child sexual abuse, and conducted professional capacity-building on a range of social justice issues and initiatives globally. She teaches and guest lectures on issues of human rights, civil rights, race, sexual orientation and gender identity, women's access and equality, and a wide range of rule of law and access to justice issues.

In 2015-2016, Dominique was a Fulbright Scholar, teaching and researching human rights at Al Quds University in the West Bank.  Prior to this, she served as the Executive Director of Justice Initiatives for the Mayor of the City of New York.  From 2009-2013, Dominique was a Senior Rule of Law Advisor for the U.S. State Department in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Prior to this, Dominique worked as a public defender, a class action litigator, and a nonprofit leader on issues of civil rights, criminal justice, family justice, consumer protection, and substantive equality for over a decade in New York City.  Her work is characterized by a fierce belief in communities’ potential and a commitment to promoting strong rule of law and an inclusive access to justice. 

Dominique attended Harvard College and Stanford Law School and lives in New York City.

Take a look at some of Dominique's mapping and modeling work here.