Research Fellow
  Lisa Schwamkrug
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Lisa Schwamkrug received her J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law in May 2003 and is admitted to practice in Texas. During law school, Ms. Schwamkrug served as President of the International Law Society. In 2003 she re-established the school’s Jessup International Law Moot Court team, serving as Team Captain, international law tutor, and brief writer, winning a second place award for the briefs at the regional rounds with the team placing third. Ms. Schwamkrug was invited back to Texas Tech School of Law to serve as a judge when the law school hosted the Jessup Regional Rounds in 2004.

While in law school, Ms. Schwamkrug participated in a summer program at Moscow State University, studying the Russian Legal System in Transition and Comparative Law. Her other studies in law school included International Business Transactions, Public International Law, NAFTA, Constitutional Law Seminar on Foreign Relations, and National Security Law.

Ms. Schwamkrug holds a B.A. in Russian Language and Area Studies with a minor in German from Texas Tech University. Her undergraduate studies included not only the Russian language but also Russian literature, Russian history, Russian government and political science, and international and comparative economics. Ms. Schwamkrug served as President of the Russian Club. She also studied Japanese and Latin.

Ms. Schwamkrug speaks fluent Russian and currently volunteers at Catholic Charities Immigration Counseling Services in Dallas, Texas. In particular, she assists Russian mail-order brides who have been abused by their husbands in gaining legal status in the U.S. through provisions of the Violence Against Women Act. This work, and other first-hand knowledge of the Russian mail-order bride phenomenon, have prompted Ms. Schwamkrug’s research into domestic and international policy issues affecting Russian mail-order brides, internet marriage brokers, and the violence often accompanying mail order marriages.