Allison Frankel
Host: American Civil Liberties Union Criminal Law Reform Project and Human Rights Program
Sponsor: Venture Justice Fund
Current Fellow
Lauren advocated for Northern Californians who were harmed by encounters with police and sheriff departments though direct services, community outreach, and impact litigation.
Black and Latino communities are subject to constant low-level policing. This results in frequent encounters with officers, who then leverage their power in traffic, infraction, and other enforcement of laws that criminalize ordinary human behavior. These police encounters can lead to lifelong health consequences such as PTSD and asthma, the exacerbation of existing mental illnesses, trauma in Black communities, criminal punishment of the polices victims, and interruption of employment and childcare. A gap in legal services exists when it comes to representing these kinds of injuries, leaving community members with the understanding that they must endure their injuries without redress.
Lauren’s Mexican-American upbringing and pre-law school work with incredible students of color in New York City motivate her commitment to racial justice.
Lauren will continue to hold law enforcement officers and agencies accountable for their violence as a Justice Fellow at Loevy & Loevy, a national civil rights firm in Chicago.
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