Lara Schwartz

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Department of Government

• Additional Positions at AU

  Adjunct professor:  Washington College of Law (Statutory and Regulatory Process; Legal Research and Writing).
  Adjunct professorial lecturer: Department of Literature (College Writing).
  
• Lara Schwartz specializes in constitutional law, civil rights, politics, communications, and policy. With over a decade as a legislative lawyer, lobbyist, and communications strategist in leading civil rights organizations, Lara brings an advocate’s-eye view to her teaching. Lara is Director of Strategic Engagement at the American Constitution Society for Law & Policy. Previously she served as Courts Matter director at Media Matters, Legal Director at the Human Rights Campaign, and Vice President of External Affairs at the American Association of People with Disabilities. Lara practiced securities litigation at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, and Flom and Gilbert, Heintz, and Randolph. She also served as a law clerk to Judge Ronald Lee Gilman on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. Lara has appeared on national and local radio and television programs and written op-eds published in national papers and local papers of record.

• Degrees

  AB, English and American Literature, Brown University 1993
  JD Harvard Law School 1998

• Favorite Spot on Campus:

  Quadrangle
  

  Book Currently Reading:

  Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
  

  Languages Spoken:

  English and Legalese
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