Laura F. Redman

Laura F. Redman is currently a Staff Attorney at the National Center for Law and Economic Justice in New York City and was a member of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Committee from 2006-2011. From 2006-2008, as an Equal Justice Works fellow, Laura established NCLEJ’s Access to Medicaid Project, which focused on pursuing impact litigation seeking systemic change in the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance programs throughout the country. Prior to her fellowship, Laura clerked for two years in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Staff Attorneys’ Office, and worked as a Staff Attorney at the Commission for Racial Equality in the UK. She is also a former volunteer at the LGBT Community Center’s Transgender Legal Clinic, Name Change Project and, from 2005-07, served on the Board of Trustees at the Albert Kennedy Trust, a UK-based non-profit that provides supportive services to lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth who would otherwise be homeless or living in a hostile environment. During law school, Laura interned at Equal Rights Advocates, in San Francisco, CA; the National Council for Civil Liberties in London; and Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, in Boston, MA. Prior to law school, she worked as a legal assistant at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs in Washington, D.C. Laura graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in 2003; has an M.A. in Gender Studies from Birkbeck College, University of London; and is a graduate of American University.