i ▁Category : Y ale ▁Law ▁School ▁al umn i ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁Connecticut ▁fac ulty ▁Category : A rizona ▁State ▁University ▁fac ulty ▁Category : Ge orge ▁Washington ▁University ▁Law ▁School ▁fac ulty ▁Category : American ▁legal ▁sch ol ars ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁American ▁law y ers ▁Category : American ▁women ▁law y ers ▁Category : W omen ▁legal ▁sch ol ars ▁Category : L aw ▁cler ks ▁of ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States <0x0A> </s> ▁Kat ja ▁Pet row sk aja ▁( , ▁, ▁born ▁ 3 ▁February ▁ 1 9 7 0 ) ▁is ▁a ▁K iev ▁born ▁German ▁pro se ▁writer ▁and ▁journalist . ▁ ▁Biography ▁She ▁grew ▁up ▁as ▁Kat ery na ▁in ▁K iev ▁and , ▁after ▁the ▁Ch ern ob yl ▁dis aster , ▁in ▁Moscow ▁as ▁the ▁younger ▁daughter ▁of ▁professor ▁of ▁literature ▁Mir on ▁Pet rov sky ▁and ▁the ▁teacher ▁S vet l ana . ▁Her ▁brother ▁is ▁the ▁historian ▁Y oh an an ▁Pet rov sky - Sh tern . ▁ ▁She ▁studied ▁literature ▁and ▁S lav ic ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁T art u , ▁where ▁she ▁was ▁particularly ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁semi ot ician ▁Y uri ▁Lot man . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 – 1 9 9 5 ▁she ▁studied ▁with ▁a ▁scholar ship ▁offered ▁by ▁the ▁American ▁Council ▁of ▁Te ach ers ▁of ▁Russian ▁( ACT R ) ▁at ▁Stan ford ▁University ▁and ▁Columbia ▁University . ▁In ▁ 1