Jenna Lauter is a Policy Counsel at the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), where she focuses on reproductive rights and birth and family justice issues. She joined the NYCLU as an Equal Justice Works Fellow advocating against family separation and surveillance at the hands of the family regulation system. During law school, Jenna helped combat fees charged to incarcerated New Yorkers as part of the Community Advocacy Lab Clinic and organized a first-of-its-kind symposium on menstruation and the law as an editor for the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law. She also interned with the Brennan Center for Justice, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Mecklenburg Defenders, and the NYCLU. Prior to law school, Jenna worked for several years in government, politics, and advocacy at the New York city, state, and national levels. She is a graduate of Barnard College (’13) and Columbia Law School (’21).
