Andrew Solomon is a seasoned justice innovator and rule of law influencer with a passion for disrupting bureaucracy and dismantling barriers to change. For three decades, he has led in designing cutting-edge programs, building partnerships, and facilitating locally-led initiatives to close justice gaps, strengthen trust in justice institutions, and empower people and communities as an international donor, development practitioner, and lawyer.
His specializations in people-centered and open justice and court excellence have been shaped by his employment with such organizations as the American Bar Association, the American Society of International Law, the Brookings Institution, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Before founding the Rule of Law IDEAS Co-Lab, he served for over a decade as a Senior Rule of Law Advisor at the now dismantled United States Agency for International Development (USAID), where he led or contributed to the design of more than two dozen rule of law programs — from Serbia and Kosovo to Georgia to Somalia and Ethiopia, to El Salvador, to Uzbekistan and the People’s Democratic Republic of Laos-totaling roughly $500 million in foreign assistance awards. While at USAID, Andrew also led the development of the agency’s first-ever Rule of Law Policy and numerous technical tools and resources.
He currently serves on the boards of the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative and International Association for Court Administration (IACA). He is also a past board member of the Justice Action Coalition, a multi-stakeholder and donor platform to catalyze people-centered justice reforms around the world, representing the United States government.
