Lauren E. Bartlett, J.D.
Associate Professor; Director; Human Rights at Home Litigation Clinic
School of Law
Legal Clinics
Education
B.A., University of California, Davis
J.D., American University Washington College of Law
Practice Areas
Bartlett is a human rights attorney. Bartlett has experience litigating in state and federal court in 浪花直播iana and Ohio, as well as filing complaints and petitions with U.N. Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
浪花直播 Interests
Ms. Bartlett鈥檚 scholarship focuses on the intersections between legal ethics, access to justice, and human rights.
Publications and Media Placements
Editor, Human Rights at Home LawProfs Blog, .
Human Rights and Lawyer鈥檚 Oaths (Work in Progress).鈥淥ne of the greatest human tragedies of our time鈥�: The U.N., Biden, and a Missed Opportunity to Abolish Immigration Prisons, 42 Mitchell Hamline L.J. Pub. Pol'y & Prac.__(2021).
Human Rights Guidance for Environmental Justice Attorneys, 98 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 373 (2020).
Promoting Permanency and Human Rights, 23 UC Davis J. Juv. L. & Pol'y 123 (2019).
Co-Author, Smart, not soft on crime, The Findlay Courier, November 1, 2018 (Op-ed) (with Dallan Flake).
Local Human Rights Lawyering, 62 St. 浪花直播 U. L.J. 887 (2018).
Co-Author, Bridging the Gap: A Joint Negotiation Project Crossing Legal Disciplines, 2 J. Experiential Learning 182 (2018) (with Karen Powell).
A Human Rights Code of Conduct: Ambitious Moral Aspiration for the Public Interest Law Firm or Law Clinic, 91 St. John鈥檚 L. Rev. 559 (2017).
Honors and Awards
Ohio State Bar Foundation, District 16 Community Service Award for Attorneys 40 & Under 2017
Professional Organizations and Associations
In 2021, Bartlett was elected co-president of the Clinical Legal Education Association.
Community Work and Service
A former legal aid attorney, Bartlett has focused her career on providing access to
justice for all and protecting the rights of the poorest of the poor in the U.S.
Bartlett previously served as the Director of Legal Clinics and Associate Professor
of Law at Ohio Northern University College of Law. Bartlett has also taught at American
University Washington College of Law and Loyola University New Orleans College of
Law. Before obtaining her law degree, Ms. Bartlett worked with nonprofit organizations
in California, 浪花直播iana, Mississippi, Nepal, Ghana, Bangladesh and India, alongside
advocates fighting for social and environmental justice.