Overview
Elizabeth’s legal experience spans special education, student discipline, civil rights discrimination, and education policy. She brings experience navigating complex education systems from multiple perspectives and is focused on helping institutions address Title IX and Uniform Complaint Procedures (“UCP”) complaints.
Before joining Young, Minney & Corr, LLP, Elizabeth served as a Staff Attorney at Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, where she represented students in matters involving special education, student discipline, Title IX, and civil rights complaints before school districts and state and federal agencies. She also developed educational materials and presented in English and Spanish on student and family educational rights.
Elizabeth previously served on the board of a bilingual charter school, supporting governance and fiscal oversight, charter renewal efforts, and policy development.
A Los Angeles native and first-generation college, master’s, and law school graduate, Elizabeth earned her Ed.M. in Education Policy and Analysis from Harvard Graduate School of Education, her J.D. from New York Law School (“NYLS”), and her B.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley after beginning her higher education at a community college.
While in law school, Elizabeth advocated for students facing special education and discipline issues through NYLS’s Education Law Clinic and Advocates for Children of New York. She also gained experience in education law through internships with the New York Civil Liberties Union and service on the New York City Bar Association’s Education and the Law Committee. Her work earned recognition through the Joseph Solomon Public Service Fellowship, Impact Center for Public Interest Law Activism Award, Dean’s List High Honors Award, and the Botein Scholarship.
At Harvard, Elizabeth focused on education policy and completed internships with The Education Trust and Worcester Public Schools, where her work helped expand educational opportunities for historically marginalized students.
Elizabeth is admitted to practice law in California and New York and is bilingual in English and Spanish.
Education
- New York Law School (J.D.)
- Harvard Graduate School of Education (Ed.M.)
- University of California, Berkeley (B.A.)
