Lisalyn R. Jacobs
Bio:
Lisalyn R. Jacobs is the CEO of Just Solutions: Bringing in justice to counteract injustice, and the former V.P. (for 13 years) of Government Relations for Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund). She advises clients on a variety of issues, including campus sexual assault, workplace and other economic protections for victims of domestic and sexual violence, as well as stalking, racial equity, criminal justice, policing reform, and the intersections of these issues. On Twitter: @LRockL
She is a WMC SheSource expert on sexual and domestic violence, civil rights, and education (including affirmative action, Title IX, and campus sexual assault). She has been quoted in the New York Times, Huffington Post, and Politico, and on NPR. Her work has appeared in the Huffington Post and the Hill, and on Talk Poverty.
She is the recipient of the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence 20/20 Vision Award (2015) and co-author of "The Need for a Uniform Federal Response to the Workplace Impact of Interpersonal Violence."
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