Lara Ormiston, LAW ’24, is a 2023 Law and Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law. At Temple, Lara serves as the Vice President of the Health Law Society and the Co-Fundraising Chair for the Student Public Interest Network. Lara is also working as a legal research assistant for Temple’s College of Public Health. Her work is focused on augmenting a nationwide emergency law inventory.
Lara graduated summa cum laude from Moravian College in 2021 with a B.S. in Biology. At Moravian, Lara was a member of the Beta Beta Beta National Biologic Honor Society and the Gamma Sigma Alpha National Greek Honor Society. Throughout college, Lara volunteered at St. Luke’s Hospital where she saw firsthand the serious disparities different groups of people faced in accessing healthcare. This volunteer experience sparked her interest in wanting to go to law school and wanting to work directly with clients to help dispel health inequity.
This summer, Lara will be working at the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free legal services to individuals living with HIV. Her policy interests include healthcare reform and reproductive justice.