Joyce Vance served as a U.S. Attorney during the Obama Administration from 2009 to 2017. She resigned from the Justice Department after 25 years of service, including as both a criminal prosecutor and the office's appellate chief. Currently a Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law, she is the New York Times bestselling author of Giving Up is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping A Democracy.

The book is an expert look at American democracy and how the sweep of legal history informs our understanding of it today. Operating on the belief that being a citizen is the most important work each of us does in a democracy, she advocates for transforming civics education. She informs readers about how government works and what it takes to preserve democracy.

Vance also pens Civil Discourse, one of the leading Substack newsletters in the U.S. Politics category, with over 620,000 subscribers. A highly regarded legal analyst for MSNBC and a cohost of the #SistersInLaw and Cafe's Insider podcasts.

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