Neil Weare

Neil Weare grew up in Guam and is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of Right to Democracy, which works to advance democracy, equity, and self-determination in U.S. territories. As a civil rights attorney, he has led efforts to overrule the Insular Cases and the colonial legal framework they established. Prior to attending Yale Law School, he worked for Guam’s non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives and in the Guam Legislature. He is the co-author of the forthcoming casebook Law of U.S. Territories, which he has taught at Yale and Columbia Law Schools. He represented Guam in the 2004 Athens Olympics. He now lives with his family in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Neil received his Juris Doctorate from Yale Law School, his Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from Lewis and Clark College, and clerked for then-Alaska Supreme Court Justice Morgan Christen, who currently serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.