Lisa Cisneros, Esq. joined NCLR as a Pride Law Fellow in the fall of 2007. She leads Proyecto Poderoso—Powerful Project—a collaborative effort by NCLR and California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. aimed at improving legal services for low-income LGBT residents of rural California. The project is made possible by a generous grant from Pride Law Fund’s Tom Steel Fellowship.

Lisa received her J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) in 2007. During law school, she worked as a judicial extern in federal court, and served as a law clerk at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, as well as at NCLR. She was a member of Boalt Hall’s prestigious Death Penalty Clinic, and a senior editor for the California Law Review. Upon graduation, Lisa received the Francine Diaz Memorial Award for her contributions to the Boalt community and public service.