Ludivine Van der Heyden is an attorney working to develop and manage Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP’s pro bono immigration practice. Ludivine maintains an active docket of pro bono immigration cases, and also represents families in special education litigation in New York. She previously worked as a litigation associate at the firm and before rejoining the firm, Ludivine was a senior staff attorney in Sanctuary for Families’ Immigration Intervention Project, where she represented survivors of gender-based violence in seeking humanitarian immigration relief. Ludivine holds an LL.M. from Columbia Law School. She lives in Brooklyn Heights, NY with her husband Augusto and their three children, one of which has Down Syndrome.