Jonathan Wroblewski is a lecturer at Harvard Law School and directs its Semester in Washington program. From 2008 to 2024, he served as director of the Office of Policy and Legislation in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice. In that capacity, he oversaw a team of attorneys and policy experts in developing and evaluating national crime, sentencing, and corrections policy. He has also served on the US Sentencing Commission, the Judicial Conference of the United States’ Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules, various other policy boards, and as Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy.
As Director of Legislative Affairs for the US Sentencing Commission, he authored its first report on federal cocaine sentencing policy. Wroblewski began his legal career as a public defender, then later served as a prosecutor for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. He has taught as an adjunct professor at George Washington and George Mason law schools. He manages the Sentencing Matters Substack and serves as co-managing editor of the Federal Sentencing Reporter. Wroblewski received an AB from Duke University and a JD from Stanford Law School.
