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Liza graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 2004.  While at Michigan she was active in the Women Law Students Association serving as its Public Service Co-Chair and then later as its Co-President.  Liza also participated in Michigan’s Clinical Law Program for three semesters, serving as a student attorney representing indigent clients.  During her summers, Liza received fellowships from Michigan allowing her to intern at the National Housing Law Project in Oakland, California and at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Headquarters in Washington, D.C.  Before law school Liza worked as a Section 8 housing specialist at the American Red Cross in New York City and then later as a Loan Disbursement Officer at ACCION New York, a non-profit micro-lending organization that serves minority and women clients who traditionally have little access to credit.  Liza graduated with distinction from Yale University in 2001 with a B.A. in History.

Liza completed her Fellowship at the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) in their workplace fairness division, reviewing regulations and rules promulgated by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Department of Labor, and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to determine whether and how they may undermine civil rights enforcement.  She also worked with the EEOC to compile data on pregnancy discrimination claims, which have been steadily increasing over the last decade, and attended several meetings with EEOC Commissioners.  In addition, Liza attended oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court for the case Burlington Northern v. White, which examines the retaliation provision under Title VII. Liza focused on the Supreme Court nominations, reading hundreds of Samuel Alito’s opinions concerning sex discrimination under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Liza drafted fact sheets about Alito’s stance on women’s issues, wrote sections of the Partnership’s report entitled "Tipping the Balance:  The Record of Samuel Alito and What's at Stake for Women," and helped compile background material on Alito that was circulated to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. 

Liza previously worked as a Staff Attorney for CASA de Maryland, the largest Latino and immigrant organization in the state. She is currently in Germany for the year on a Robert Bosch Fellowship, a distinguished transatlantic initiative that each year offers twenty accomplished young Americans the opportunity to complete a high-level professional development program in the country. Earlier this year, Liza decided to open the second clinical law program in Germany, which will be housed in the Humboldt University Law Faculty and will most likely commence in the fall. The Humboldt clinic will focus on international human rights and will introduce law students to both strategic and impact litigation, important tools which are currently absent from the legal curriculum.