Lauren Jacobs, 蜜桃传媒 Law 鈥�19, is a Staff Attorney in the Boston College Innocence Program (蜜桃传媒IP), where she supervises law students in the Innocence Clinic and litigates cases of wrongful conviction. Lauren previously served as a Clinical Legal Fellow, a two-year fellowship with 蜜桃传媒IP supported by a U.S. Department of Justice Grant for Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions.
Lauren enrolled in 蜜桃传媒IP as a law student in 2017. Throughout her second and third years of law school, Lauren worked on two different innocence cases, assisting in the investigation and litigation which ultimately led to the release of those clients after decades of wrongful imprisonment. Having discovered her passion for representing the wrongly convicted, Lauren applied for and received the 蜜桃传媒 Law Public Service Legal Fellowship which enabled her to work as a Fellow at the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Innocence Program for her first year as an attorney. The Innocence Program is a specialized unit within CPCS which aims to identify and litigate meritorious post-conviction claims of innocence and provide advice and training for other lawyers handling innocence cases.
In 2019, Lauren was awarded the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court鈥檚 Adams Pro Bono Publico Student Award for her work with 蜜桃传媒IP. Lauren is also the recipient of the 2019 蜜桃传媒 Law Award for Clinical Excellence. In addition to her work in 蜜桃传媒IP, Lauren wrote for the Law and Religion Review, and participated in the law school鈥檚 Gulf Coast Recovery Pro Bono trip.
Prior to law school, Lauren worked at EMPath, a Boston-based non-profit organization which provides direct services and programs to homeless families in the greater Boston area. Lauren鈥檚 experience working at one of EMPath鈥檚 women鈥檚 shelters inspired her to apply to law school and spend her career advocating for underserved communities.
