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Lisa Davis, Clinical Professor, also serves as the Human Rights Advocacy Director for MADRE. She received her J.D. from CUNY Law School, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the New York City Law Review (renamed City University of New York Law Review in 2011), and her M.A. in International Policy from American University. For over ten years she has worked as an advocate for human rights and has written extensively on international women's human rights issues, including on LGBT rights. Lisa currently serves as the Coordinator for the Lawyers' Earthquake Response Network (LERN) Gender Working Group. She is a member of the New York City Bar Association’s International Human Rights Committee and the National Lawyers’ Guild Working Group on Haiti.