Biography
Caroline Capili is an attorney in the Real Estate practice of Jackson Walker’s Houston office.
While in law school, Caroline interned for U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone of the Eastern District of Texas and the University of Notre Dame’s Offices of Institutional Equity, Gift Planning, and General Counsel. She also served as Editor-in-Chief for the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy and as a research assistant for Professor Dory Durham, researching scholars in racial justice, civil rights, and public policy.
As a summer associate (2020 and 2021) and 1L LCLD Scholar at Jackson Walker, Caroline gained hands-on experience writing memoranda involving lender liability, e-signatures, and contractual waivers, updating the Media Law Resource Center’s Employment Handbook chapter on Texas Employment Libel Law, and preparing LLC and LP agreements for clients. She also co-authored with Jamila Brinson an article about the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act.
Education
B.A., magna cum laude, Baylor University
- President’s Diversity Council, Student Representative
- Baylor Undergraduate Mock Trial, Vice President
- Baylor University Student Foundation, Co-President
J.D., Notre Dame Law School
- Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, Vol. 36 Editor-in-Chief
- Assistant Rector, McGlinn Hall
- Notre Dame Law School Alumni Office, Student Manager
- Student Bar Association, 3L Career Development Office Delegate, 2L Class Representative, D&I Committee Member
- First Generation Professionals, Alumni Affairs Coordinator
- Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, Alumni Affairs Coordinator
- Women’s Legal Forum Member
- Lone Star Lawyers, Founder
- Note, Corporal Punishment in the United States: Abolishment Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 36 Notre Dame J.L. Ethics & Pub. Pol’y 293 (2022)
- Contributed to “Combatting COVID-19 Anti-Asian Violence in the Workplace,” Jackson Walker Insights (2021)
- Baylor University Student Foundation, Leadership Council Member, 2022
October 3, 2022
Attorney NewsJackson Walker Welcomes 2022 New Fall Associates
This year, the firm proudly welcomes 18 law school graduates to expand our Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Recovery, Corporate & Securities, Energy, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (ERISA), Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment, Real Estate, and Trial & Appellate Litigation practices.
July 27, 2021
InsightsCombatting COVID-19 Anti-Asian Violence in the Workplace
On May 20, 2021, the United States government enacted the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which created a “designated coordinator at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to expedite the review of reported hate crimes and hate incidents for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis” arising from anti-Asian xenophobia.