Elisabeth Ryan Email & Phone Number

Boston/Nyc

Cambridge, Ma

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Serve as sole instructor for “Firearms Law and the Second Amendment,” created from scratch; also serve as sole instructor for “Principles of Legal Writing.” Both classes include lecturing, designing syllabi and lesson plans, creating and grading all assignments and exams for undergraduate and graduate level students. Also serve as teaching assistant and writing instructor in “The Constitution and the Media,” including editing, grading, and advising students on multiple intensive writing assignments.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Greater Boston Area

Greater Boston Area

Boston, Ma

Oversee the Public Health Law Watch; liaise between the NUSL team and members of the PHLW network, who represent academic institutions and public health organizations from around the United States; curate and write content for the blog; generate written work from network and guest bloggers; performs additional research needed to support the blog and its associated work; seeks opportunities for the network and affiliated partners to actualize academic scholarship and influence policy-making, including drumming up support for amicus briefs, mobilizing the network for letters to elected leaders and policy-makers, and supporting potential and ongoing legal work on public health related issues.

Boston, Ma

Served as legal counsel for EOPSS and the Secretary of Public Safety and Security (a member of the Governor’s cabinet); oversaw legal issues in EOPSS’s 11 state agencies, including Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and State Police; drafted, interpreted, and made policy determinations on firearms legislation and regulation; oversaw all matters involving electronic weapons; served as counsel to Gun Control Advisory Board; served on Firearms Licensing Review Board; served as counsel for the Municipal Police Training Committee; addressed employment matters, including ADA and MCAD issues; drafted legislation and regulations a variety of public safety issues; represented Secretariat in administrative proceedings.

Waltham, Ma

Provided free legal assistance and representation to indigent individuals in landlord/tenant cases involving public and subsidized housing, as well as family law cases involving custody and divorce.

Quincy, Ma

Provided client representation in busy private criminal defense practice in a variety of District, Superior, and Juvenile Courts; extensively researched and wrote motions for cases in lower courts and appeals court; typical cases included sexual assault, OUI, business crime, larceny, and drug possession and distribution.

Worcester, Ma

Provided zealous representation for indigent clients charged with crimes in Worcester, Fitchburg, and Dudley District Courts, beginning with arraignments and going through to bail reviews, pre-trial conferences, plea negotiations, motions, and trial; typical cases included OUI, drug possession and distribution, assault and battery, restraining order violations, larceny, breaking and entering, trespass, and motor vehicle offenses.

Master Of Public Health (M.P.H.), Health Policy

Co-Founder, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Student Forum on Gun Violence Panelist, Different Lenses, One Voice

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: David H. and Mary Posner Law Scholarship for Public Interest, Lewis S. Gurwitz Award for dedication to those who.

B.A., Urban Studies

Activities and Societies: Dean's List