Traphagen Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series with Lisa Foster J.D.’84

FEATURED SPEAKER

Lisa Foster is the Co-Director of the Fines & Fees Justice Center, a national nonprofit dedicated to ending the unjust and harmful imposition of fines and fees in the criminal legal system. A retired judge, Lisa is also the former Director of the Office for Access to Justice at the United States Department of Justice where she led the Department’s efforts on fines, fees and bail reform, as well access to counsel and legal assistance in civil, criminal and tribal courts. Prior to joining the Justice Department, Lisa served ten years as a California Superior Court Judge in San Diego where she presided over criminal, civil and family law departments. Lisa was the Presiding Judge of the San Diego Court’s Appellate Division, the Assistant Supervising Judge of the Family Division, and served as a member of the state Judicial Council Appellate Advisory Committee. Lisa graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in American Studies and received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School.

HOW TO REGISTER

Please note that this event is for HLS students only and all attendees must register with their Harvard email address. Once your registration has been approved, you will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link. Please register here:

https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwscOigqjwoGdaSP222gXLyEPjrm6MYW0t5

ABOUT THE SERIES

The Traphagen Distinguished Alumni Speakers Series invites noted HLS alumni to speak informally about their careers. The Series was founded 25 years ago by the late Ross E. Traphagen Jr. ’49.

Questions? Please contact Shannon Taylor in the Alumni Center: staylor@law.harvard.edu.