Sophia Nascimento

Sophia Nascimento, Law Clerk

Sophia graduated from Brooklyn Law School in May 2025, and will be taking the February 2026 Bar Examination. At BLS, she was the Social Chair of the Part-Time Students’ Association and a member of their Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Chapter. Working full-time before and during law school, she has extensive experience as a personal injury paralegal, legal administrator, non-profit organizer, and animal cruelty prosecution intern. Sophia has entirely dedicated her career to representing those who have suffered physical, emotional, and financial harm. Sophia was born and raised on the North Shore of Staten Island, New York. She attended Notre Dame Academy High School, spent hundreds of hours volunteering at the Staten Island Zoo, and was a bartender at Bootleg Mannings’ until its unfortunate closure in 2020. She graduated with a Bachelors’ Degree in English and a minor in Animal Science from the University of Delaware in 2018. Sophia is the proud “mother” of two dogs, a cat, a gecko, and a tropical fish tank.