Emily Lawson LAW ’24 is a 2022 Law & Public Policy Scholar and a Beasley Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law. She graduated summa cum laude from Boston University with a B.A. in Political Science with minors in African Studies and French. Prior to law school, Emily worked at Health Resources in Action, a non-profit public health research institute, where she provided operations support for a variety of projects including community health assessments, health equity grantmaking initiatives, and women’s behavioral health assessments.
As a Law & Public Policy Scholar, Emily will be interning with the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), a non-profit organization with a mission to improve the health communities by strengthening and advocating for local health departments. She will join the HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis Team for the summer of 2022, where the focus of her research will be identifying legal barriers to harm reduction policies and programs.