Professor Hilary J. Allen is a Professor of Law at the American University Washington College of Law.  She teaches courses in Banking Law, Securities Regulation, and Business Associations.

Professor Allen is an internationally recognized expert on financial stability regulation and new financial technologies, and has been invited to share her research and expertise with organizations including the Federal Reserve, SEC, CFTC, FTC, FSOC, IMF, IOSCO, G20, APEC, Financial Stability Board, European Systemic Risk Board, UK Financial Conduct Authority, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, as well as with central banks around the world.  She has testified before the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking Committee, and is the author of the book Driverless Finance: Fintech’s Impact on Financial Stability (2022, Oxford University Press).  Professor Allen has authored more than twenty law review articles addressing issues ranging from financial agency structure, to agencies’ scientific/technological capacity, to financial stability threats stemming from climate change and fintech.  She is regularly quoted in the popular press, and is actively involved in presenting scholarly publications at roundtables and conferences in the United States and around the world.

Professor Allen received her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney, Australia, and her Master of Laws in Securities and Financial Regulation Law from Georgetown University Law Center (for which she received the Thomas Bradbury Chetwood, S.J. Plaque for graduating first in her class).  Prior to entering the academy, Professor Allen spent seven years working in the financial services groups of prominent law firms in London, Sydney, and New York.  In 2010, she worked with the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which was appointed by Congress to study the causes of the financial crisis of 2007-2008.