Priscilla Schwartz

Priscilla Schwartz is a Sierra Leonean lawyer, the first woman to serve as Attorney General and Minister of Justice (2018–2020) in Sierra Leone.

Early life and education Schwartz was born Priscilla Fofana. She graduated from Fourah Bay College with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws. She obtained a Master of Laws from King's College London and her juris doctor at Queen Mary, University of London.

From 1996 to 2006, she was State Counsel and Special Assistant to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice in Sierra Leone. She has advised governments and international companies operating in developing countries. Capitalism, International Investment Law and the Development Conundrum (2014) Public-Private Partnerships and Government Services in the least Developed Countries (2013) Trade and Development Partnerships (2010) Sustainable Energy Infrastructure: Law and Policy (2009) Sustainable Development and Mining in Sierra Leone (2006)