Lisa M. Curtis teaches students to advocate for justice

nabeelah February 13, 2018

Lisa Curtis hopes to change the world through law

Lisa M. Curtis, associate director of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project and adjunct professor of law at American University Washington College of Law, poses for a picture in her office. Photo taken on February 1, 2018. (Photo: Nabeelah Naeem/N images).

Lisa M. Curtis is the Associate Director of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project and a member of the adjunct faculty at American University Washington College of Law.

Professor Curtis has over a decade of experience in community advocacy, including issues, such as access to education and juvenile justice.

Previously,  she served as an education attorney at the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP), where she developed programs to protect education rights of homeless and unaccompanied children and youth.