Lara Schwartz
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Department of Government
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Additional Positions at AU
Adjunct Professor, Washington College of Law 2003-2004.
- Lara Schwartz is the Senior Counsel and Courts Matter Director at Media Matters for America. She has spent over a decade in civil rights and progressive policy as a lawyer, communications strategist, and writer. Previously, she served as Legal Director at the Human Rights Campaign, Vice President of External Affairs at the American Association of People with Disabilities, and as a consultant and writer for numerous civil rights organizations. She was a member of the litigation practices at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom LLP and Gilbert, Heintz, & Randolph, LLP. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1998, Lara served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ronald Lee Gilman on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
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Degrees
AB, English and American Literature, Brown University 1993
JD Harvard Law School 1998 -
Book Currently Reading:
Team of Rivals
Languages Spoken:
English
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OFFICE
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Teaching
Spring 2013
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- GOVT-220 The American Constitution
- Description
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Media Appearances
- Brookings Institution: “Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: A Reconciliation,” March 12, 2009.
- Kojo Nnamdi Show January 31, 2011 “Online Parenting Wars.”
- American Constitution Society 2008 Annual Convention-- Panel session: Rights in Conflict: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Religious Liberty; Rights in Conflict: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Religious Liberty (Windows Media Player).
- Diane Rehm Show, May 2003 and September 2009.
- CNN Situation Room 2009, and other appearances on CNN and MSNBC.
- C-Span Washington Journal, California Supreme Court’s marriage equality decision May 16, 2008.
- Federalist Society Panel Discussion: Gay Marriage and the Role of the Judiciary, October 23, 2008.
- Federalist Society online Debate Series Hate Crimes Legislation, August 17, 2009.
- Concerned Women for America Convention 2004.
- Numerous appearances on radio programs around the country.
- Justice Talking (NPR) - Gay Marriage, August 30, 2004.
Congressional Testimony
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and District of Columbia. “Ensuring a merit-based employment system: an examination of the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Special Counsel.” July 12, 2007.
Selected Publications
- “No Forsaking our Core Principles.” Legal Times, May 26, 2008.
- "Straight Talk about Hate Crimes Bills: Anti-Gay, Anti-Transgender Bias Stalls Federal Hate Crimes Legislation," Georgetown Journal of Gender & the Law 7, 2006, p. 171-186.
- Dozens of ghost-written op eds.
Films/Documentaries
- Executive produced, scripted, and cast PSA www.aapd.com/30seconds
Professional Certifications
- Member (inactive) of the bars of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth and Fourth Circuits.