Jonathan J. Wroblewski, a contributing author for PPI, has been the Director of the Harvard Law School Semester in Washington Program since 2010. From 2008 until 2024, he served as the Director of the Office of Policy and Legislation in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. In that capacity, he led a team of policy analysts and attorneys in developing, reviewing, and evaluating national crime, sentencing, and corrections policy and legislation. Jonathan represented the Department of Justice on the United States Sentencing Commission, the Federal Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on the Criminal Rules, and the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Council.