Elise Manchester

Admissions

  • State of Ohio

Education

  • DePaul University (B.A. 2016)
  • Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 2024) Cum Laude

    Elise D. Manchester, ESQ.

    Associate

    Information
    Direct: (216) 250-6507
    E-mail: emanchester@haberllp.com
    Areas of Practice: Labor and Employment, Civil Rights

    Ms. Manchester is an employment and civil rights lawyer. Ms. Manchester is also an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University, where she co-coaches the Law School’s award-winning Jessup International Law Moot Court Team.

    Prior to joining Haber Legal Group, Ms. Manchester served as a Visiting Professional in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

    As a law student, Ms. Manchester participated in the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, winning Best Oralist two years in a row. She also interned with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, the Kramer Environmental Law Clinic, and Human Rights Watch, where she focused on human rights abuses in the global garment industry.

    Before law school, Ms. Manchester worked in international advocacy and fundraising, supporting various Palestinian human rights organizations.

    Publications:
    Co-Author, The Ad Hoc Criminal Tribunals, in Routledge Handbook of International Criminal Law (2d Ed.) (William A. Schabas & Nadia Bernaz eds., 2d ed., forthcoming 2026)
    Co-Author, Universal Jurisdiction and the Principle of Subsidiarity, 42 B.U. Int’l L.J. 1 (2026)

    Honors and Awards:
    2024 Jack Cronquist Award (for outstanding performance and commitment to clients in the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic)
    2024 Case Global Service Award (for contributions to Case Western Reserve University’s international law program)
    2024 Order of the Barristers (for excellence in moot court)
    2019-2022 Hugo Grotius International Law Scholar (merit-based scholarship)

    Elise Manchester

    Elise D. Manchester, Esq.

    Associate

    Information
    Direct: (216) 250-6507
    E-mail: emanchester@haberllp.com
    Areas of Practice: Labor and Employment, Civil Rights

    Ms. Manchester is an employment and civil rights lawyer. Ms. Manchester is also an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University, where she co-coaches the Law School’s award-winning Jessup International Law Moot Court Team.

    Prior to joining Haber Legal Group, Ms. Manchester served as a Visiting Professional in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

    As a law student, Ms. Manchester participated in the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, winning Best Oralist two years in a row. She also interned with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, the Kramer Environmental Law Clinic, and Human Rights Watch, where she focused on human rights abuses in the global garment industry.

    Before law school, Ms. Manchester worked in international advocacy and fundraising, supporting various Palestinian human rights organizations.

    Publications:
    Co-Author, The Ad Hoc Criminal Tribunals, in Routledge Handbook of International Criminal Law (2d Ed.) (William A. Schabas & Nadia Bernaz eds., 2d ed., forthcoming 2026)
    Co-Author, Universal Jurisdiction and the Principle of Subsidiarity, 42 B.U. Int’l L.J. 1 (2026)

    Honors and Awards:
    2024 Jack Cronquist Award (for outstanding performance and commitment to clients in the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic)
    2024 Case Global Service Award (for contributions to Case Western Reserve University’s international law program)
    2024 Order of the Barristers (for excellence in moot court)
    2019-2022 Hugo Grotius International Law Scholar (merit-based scholarship)

    Admissions

    • State of Ohio

    Education

    • DePaul University (B.A. 2016)
    • Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 2024) Cum Laude

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