Laurie Barron
Laurie Barron is the Director of the Feinstein
Institute. She received a B.A. from Yale
University, a J.D. from New York University
School of Law, and an M.S.W. from New York
University School of Social Work.
Her previous work includes
representing children at the Juvenile Rights
Division of the Legal Aid Society in New
York City; working as a public defender
and team leader at the Neighborhood Defender
Service of Harlem; and clinical teaching
in an interdisciplinary Prisoners and Families
Clinic at Columbia Law School, in a School-Based
Legal Services Clinic at Rutgers-Camden
School of Law, and in a Juvenile Rights
Advocacy Project at Boston College Law School.
She directs the Institute
and its Externship Program and teaches the
co-requisite Public Interest Lawyering seminar.
Liz Tobin Tyler
Liz Tobin Tyler is the Director of Public
Service and Community Partnerships at the
Feinstein Institute. She received a B.A.
in Humanities and an M.A. in English from
the University of Texas at Austin and her
J.D. from Northeastern University School
of Law.
Her previous experience includes
teaching Family Law and Policy at Brown
University, serving as a Policy Analyst
at Rhode Island Kids Count, a child policy
and advocacy organization, and working as
a consulting attorney to community organizations
on legal issues involved in lead paint poisoning.
She directs the Public Service
Program and teaches "Pursuing Justice
through Interdisciplinary Practice: The
Medical/Legal Collaborative," as well
as other public interest law courses.
Eliza Vorenberg Eliza Vorenberg is the
Director of our Pro Bono Collaborative. Eliza is a graduate of
Bryn Mawr College (1983) and Columbia Law
School (1990) and has extensive experience
in public interest law, the private
sector, academia, and conflict
resolution.
