Mia Sussman

Mia Sussman is the Senior Vice President of Network Engagement at Equal Justice Works.  In this capacity, she serves as the strategic lead for the organization’s engagement with EJW constituencies including Fellows, Alumni, the public interest community, law schools, and donors. Mia has served in a variety of leadership roles during her 15-year tenure at Equal Justice Works, including creating the DYO Fellowship sponsor relations model and doubling the size of that program; launching EJW’s Alumni engagement initiative; and most recently, leading the organization’s revenue generation efforts.

Prior to joining Equal Justice Works, Mia worked as a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins LLP, where her practice focused on antitrust litigation. While there, she helped manage the firm’s pro bono program assisting Holocaust survivors in applying for reparations from Germany. Mia’s previous public interest experience includes serving as a program assistant at the International Senior Lawyers Project, and as an intern at the Human Rights Law Network in Delhi, India.

Mia is also an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan Law School, where she teaches a course on “Pro Bono and BigLaw: Public Interest in Private Practice.” She serves on the Board of the Washington Council of Lawyers and, as the proud grandchild of Holocaust survivors, on the Washington Lawyers’ Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

She received her B.A. summa cum laude from Tufts University and earned her J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as an articles editor for the Michigan Journal of International Law. Mia also holds a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Duke University and a Diversity and Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University. Mia formerly served as a Dutko Fellow, received the Arthur T. Pfefer Memorial Award, and completed the Pivot to Power Executive Fellowship.

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