Theresa Lau

Reproductive Rights and Health Counsel

Theresa Lau is Reproductive Rights and Health Counsel at the National Women’s Law Center, where she advocates for the nomination of fair-minded judges who support reproductive rights and social justice. Prior to joining NWLC, Theresa was a NAPABA Law Foundation Fellow at the National Center for Law and Economic Justice where she advanced impact litigation on behalf of low-income communities and led a project on improving health care access for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. She is a co-founder of the AABANY Community Response Task Force. Theresa is a graduate of Wellesley College and American University Washington College of Law. As a Public Interest/Public Service Scholar in law school, Theresa worked as a student attorney with the Women and the Law Clinic and worked at various organizations focused on civil rights, immigrant rights, police accountability, fair housing, and economic justice. Prior to law school, she worked as a paralegal for the Federal Government, a fellow at the Massachusetts State Legislature, and a campaign volunteer.

Sessions

September 22, 2018
Activism Through Advocacy: How Lawyers Can Fight For the Public Good
4:00 PM  -  5:30 PM