Elizabeth Tuttle Newman

Elizabeth is a Lecturer on Law who teaches “Advanced Clinical Practice,” a capstone seminar for third-year students exploring complex concepts in legal services and social justice lawyering. She is a Clinical Instructor at the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau who teaches and supervises student attorneys in the Family and Wage & Hour Practices. Elizabeth works with students to craft their unique professional voices, hone their litigation skills, and develop a robust framework for excellent social justice lawyering. Prior to joining HLS, Elizabeth was a Staff Attorney at The Bronx Defenders’ Family Defense Practice where she represented hundreds of parents and caregivers in cases alleging maltreatment, partnered on impact and policy initiatives, and published scholarship on family policing issues. Elizabeth also worked as a litigator at the boutique firm Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC, where she represented clients in complex civil and criminal matters. She graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School and summa cum laude from Smith College. She was awarded a 2012 Fulbright Research Fellowship to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Elizabeth is admitted to practice law in New York and Massachusetts.