Lisa Burns ’18 is a Beasley Scholar and a Law & Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Ms. Burns earned a Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies with a concentration in global health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In college, Ms. Burns also studied Spanish and Arabic languages, and she completed a semester abroad in Amman, Jordan. While at Temple, Ms. Burns has served as Co-President of If/When/How: Temple Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, Co-Chair of Solicitations for the Student Public Interest Network, and co-founded the political committee in Temple’s OUTLaw chapter. Ms. Burns is also a member of the Moot Court Team. This summer, Ms. Burns is working as a Policy and Advocacy Intern with the National Immigration Forum. Ms. Burns’s policy interests include immigration reform, workers’ rights, and criminal justice reform.
