Speaker Profile:
Maryam Judar

As a community lawyer for the Citizen Advocacy Center, Ms. Judar answers legal questions from the community, assists community groups in organizing around issues of public concern, works with educators to promote hands-on civic education, mentors student interns, and facilitates the Center’s 2010 Census Project.

Prior to joining the Center, Ms. Judar clerked for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the chambers of the Honorable Edward C. Prado. Most recently, Ms. Judar worked as the managing attorney for Legal Services of Northern California’s health rights advocacy.

Ms. Judar graduated from Northwestern University and subsequently obtained her Master's in Public Health at George Washington University. Ms Judar had the unique opportunity to be a health communications volunteer who served in Madagascar in the Peace Corps. Ms. Judar graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law with certificates in public interest law and policy and critical race studies.