
Clare Morell
Fellow
Clare Morell is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where she directs EPPC’s Technology and Human Flourishing Project. Prior to joining EPPC, Ms. Morell worked in both the White House Counsel’s Office and the Department of Justice, as well as in the private and non-profit sectors. She is also the author of The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones, published by Penguin Random House.
Clare Morell is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where she directs EPPC’s Technology and Human Flourishing Project. Prior to joining EPPC, Ms. Morell worked in both the White House Counsel’s Office and the Department of Justice, as well as in the private and non-profit sectors. She is also the author of the forthcoming book, The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones, which will be published by Penguin Random House.
At the Department of Justice, Ms. Morell worked as an Advisor to Attorney General Bill Barr. As part of her work for the Attorney General, she helped oversee the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice and served as Editor of the Commission’s final report. A major focus of the Commission’s report was the challenges that Big Tech’s end-to-end encryption presents to law enforcement for gaining lawful access to crucial intelligence in criminal investigations, like domestic terrorism, as well as human and drug trafficking crimes. Ms. Morell also supported the Attorney General’s work on Section 230 reform as one of his main priorities.
Prior to her role with the Office of the Attorney General, Ms. Morell worked on judicial nominations for the White House Counsel’s office and monitored all nominations data to create high-level presentations for briefing White House leadership. From her experience, Ms. Morell brings an intimate knowledge and understanding of how policy is advanced within the Executive Branch of the federal government, particularly in the Department of Justice and the White House.
Ms. Morell has had opinion pieces published in the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Bloomberg News, The New York Post, Newsweek, the Washington Examiner, National Review, First Things, National Affairs, American Affairs Journal, Deseret News, The Federalist, The Hill, Public Discourse, WORLD Magazine, The American Conservative, the Washington Times, and the Daily Signal.
Ms. Morell has testified before Congress. Her policy work has also been featured in The New York Times and she has done television interviews with Fox News, Blaze TV, EWTN, and Epoch TV and print interviews with The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Review, and WORLD Magazine among others.
Ms. Morell received a B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, where she majored in Science, Technology, and International Affairs. She graduated summa cum laude and received the Edmund A. Walsh Award for academic achievement in international law. She also is proficient in Spanish.
Ms. Morell lives with her husband and three children in Washington, D.C.
AUDIO: Clare Morell examines the FSC, Inc. v. Paxton Decision
July 11, 2025 | Regulatory Transparency Project
VIDEO: Clare Morell discusses how we should protect against harms online
July 10, 2025 | US Conference of Catholic Bishops
VIDEO: A Practical Path for the Tech Exit: A Book Event with Clare Morell
July 9, 2025 | American Enterprise Institute
AUDIO: Clare Morell discusses the connection between dry eye in children and screen use
June 24, 2025 | The 1000 Hours Outdoors
AUDIO: Clare Morell discusses raising healthier kids in a digital world
June 23, 2025 | The Josh Hammer Show
VIDEO: Clare Morell on How Smartphones Are Rewiring Your Kid’s Brain (And What You Can Do About It)
June 23, 2025 | Granger Smith Podcast
AUDIO: Clare Morell Helps to Keep Kids Free from Screens
June 20, 2025 | Radio Free Hillsdale
AUDIO: Clare Morell urges digital detox this summer
June 12, 2025 | Conversations with Consequences
VIDEO: Clare Morell discusses how smartphones undermine our parenting
June 12, 2025 | The Heights Forum
AUDIO: Clare Morell discusses her book, “The Tech Exit”
June 11, 2025 | The Speakeasy
VIDEO: Clare Morell explains how a smartphone-free childhood is possible
June 6, 2025 | FOX & Friends on X
VIDEO: Clare Morell discusses the clash of parenting and social media in a digital age
June 4, 2025 | Thinking in Public