Julianna Lee, ’05, is a clinical assistant professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School. She previously was a supervising attorney of the Supporting Families Workgroup at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA), where she managed two court-based domestic violence clinics and led the foundation’s family law and domestic violence practice.

At LAFLA, Lee also led the Family Law Coalition, a group of family law and domestic violence legal services advocates in the greater LA area, and served on the Policy Advisory Council for the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence. She also was engaged in LAFLA’s policy work related to domestic violence, family law, and access to justice.

Before LAFLA, Lee was a supervising attorney at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, where she also focused on family law and domestic violence. Following law school, Lee started her legal career at the Southern Poverty Law Center, working on statewide juvenile justice reform to reduce incarceration and court involvement for Alabama’s youth.

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  • University of Michigan, JD

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