Alumni Achievement Award

Rachel Sattler ’03 is a Wisconsin-based civil rights attorney and a social entrepreneur. As the senior managing attorney at LOTUS Legal Clinic, she oversees a team of impact litigation attorneys who provide free legal representation to survivors of sexual violence and human trafficking. Sattler is also the founder of two organizations that develop solutions that make it easier for survivors to connect with local post-assault support: a nonprofit, DaneMAC, and a tech start-up, OurMAP, LLC. Prior to her current work, she served as a sensitive crimes prosecutor for 10 years before starting the Crime Victims’ Rights Project, Wisconsin’s first network of attorneys specializing in victims’ rights law. For her professional contributions, Sattler has been recognized as a 2018 Legal Innovator of the Year, 2021 40 Under 40 Leader, and 2022 Wisconsin Innovation Award finalist. She has published several articles on victims’ rights issues, developed consequential legal precedent, and teaches other attorneys, judges, law students, law enforcement, medical professionals, and advocates. After majoring in English at St. Olaf, Sattler earned her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. She is also a proud AmeriCorps VISTA alum.