Makenzie Way is an associate in the Labor Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Group. Makenzie also has experience working as a mediator with the Penn Law Mediation Clinic.

Makenzie earned her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was a deans scholar and editor of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change (online). During law school, Makenzie earned a Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution after completing the Alternative Dispute Resolution Transnational Program at Waseda Law School in Tokyo, Japan. She was also a visiting scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science in their Master of Laws (LLM) program, and founded Penn Law’s first Native American Law Student Association (NALSA).

In addition, Makenzie has a Master’s degree in Legal Studies, a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and sociology, and a Certificate of International Chinese Studies.