Hannah Lieberman joined the David A. Clarke School of Law as Associate Dean of Experiential and Clinical Programs in September, 2016, bringing to the position broad experience as a leader and litigator in the public interest sector.
For twelve years after graduating from law school, Ms. Lieberman was a litigation Associate and, later, a Partner, at the DC law firm of Shaw Pittman Potts & Trowbridge (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman). Following a move to Arizona in 1992, she followed her passion and became the Director of Advocacy for Community Legal Services (CLS), supervising the free civil legal assistance CLS provides to low-income persons in five Arizona counties and to migrant farmworkers statewide. After six years in Arizona, she became the Director of Advocacy and later Deputy Executive Director for the Legal Aid Bureau of Maryland (LAB), where she was responsible for the direction and quality of the program’s legal services, including major litigation and appeals in both federal and state court. Litigation that she led at LAB established important precedents in juvenile rights, housing, and constitutional protections for immigrants. Under her guidance, LAB developed new areas of practice and expanded its training program.
After 10 years at LAB, Ms. Lieberman opened her own consulting firm to assist legal aid programs across the country develop the quality and impact of their work. Her work focused on strategic planning, advocacy support, training and evaluation, and served a wide variety of clients, including statewide, regional, and city-wide legal services organizations, funders of legal services, and national organizations. While a consultant, Ms. Lieberman also served as the part-time Interim Director of Advocacy and Special Litigation for Legal Services of New York City – Bronx.
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