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Crisanne Hazen is a Lecturer at Harvard Law School where she serves as the Associate Director of the Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab (Y-Lab) and the Director of the Child Advocacy Clinic. Her professional background includes significant experience in laws affecting children and youth. Before her tenure at Harvard, she worked in San Jose, California, as a supervising attorney for Legal Advocates for Children and Youth (LACY), under the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley. She began her legal career as an Equal Justice Works Fellow at LACY, where she developed a know-your-rights curriculum for pregnant and parenting teens. Crisanne has provided direct representation to children and youth across various civil proceedings including family law, domestic violence, housing, and immigration cases. Additionally, she has worked on policy issues impacting children within the juvenile justice system and students with special education needs. Her management of population-based projects includes initiatives focused on transition-age foster youth and medical-legal partnerships. Crisanne has also worked in higher education and as a community organizer in various locations across the United States. She earned her J.D. from the University of California-Davis School of Law and her B.A. from Harvard University, and is licensed to practice law in both California and Massachusetts.
Applied for under 'Department of Law', 'Department of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law', 'Department of Constitutional Law', 'Department of Japanese Legal Studies', and 'Department of Human Rights'.