Michael J. Mulé

Michael J. Mulé is a civil rights attorney and nationally recognized subject matter expert on language access, with two decades of experience enforcing federal civil rights laws. He served as Principal Deputy Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs and spent 13 years as an Attorney-Advisor in the DOJ Civil Rights Division, where he led Title VI language access teams and administered LEP.gov. He now works independently developing language access policies, trainings, and advocacy. In April 2026 he was named one of Multilingual Magazine's Top 20 Movers and Shakers in the Language Industry.