Lydia Watts Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, MD, US

Baltimore, Maryland, US

In 2019, I launched a new Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore to provide legal and wrap-around services to survivors of crime in Baltimore City. The staff of lawyers, a legal fellow, paralegals, case managers, therapists, an RN, interns, and administrative staff) are working to engage with individuals and communities impacted by crime in.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

I am a contract attorney through NVRDC to provide family law guidance to survivors of intimate partner violence who are either employees or spouses of employees at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Greater Good Consulting provides organizational management and development consulting to nonprofits in the U.S.

Your Voice, Amplified.Service Women’s Action Network is the voice of women in the military. SWAN is a member-driven community network advocating for the individual and collective needs of service women past, present, and future.

I brought my 20 years of family law experience to the private sector at this amazing family law firm (now disbanded), serving people in DC and MD with a wide array of family law services.

The DC Access to Justice Commission identifies and addresses systemic barriers facing low and moderate-income people in DC. I provided research, writing, communications, and meeting facilitation assistance to the projects prioritized by the Commission.

Washington, DC, US

Supervised pro bono attorneys who represent survivors of domestic and sexual violence in civil protection (restraining) order cases. Part-time since April 2015, full-time as of November 2015. Work on legislative and systemic reform in DC.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

The Washington Council of Lawyers is a voluntary bar association of public interest and pro bono lawyers in DC.

Washington, DC, US

NLADA is a national association of civil legal services programs and indigent defender offices. Working in conjunction with NLADA’s civil legal service provider membership, I developed and implemented means to enhance the work of legal services for the poor nationwide.

Boston, MA, US

The Victim Rights Law Center is a national organization based in Boston that provides civil legal services to victims of sexual assault in Massachuetts and training and technical assistance to lawyers across the United States on how to meet the civil legal needs of victims of sexual assault.

The MA Alliance on Teen Pregnancy is a state-wide coalition of teen pregnancy prevention and teen parenting programs. The Alliance provides support to its member organizations, including policy and advocacy at the state-level; training and conferences; technical assistance in program development and evidence-based pregnancy prevention strategies.

I founded Women Empowered Against Violence, Inc. (WEAVE) in 1995-96 with three fellow law students when we were in our third year of law school in Washington, DC. WEAVE provided an array of services to survivors of domestic violence in DC, including legal, counseling, case management, advocacy and economic empowerment services to teen and adult survivors..

Washington, DC, US

I taught a seminar entitled "Domestic Violence law" to twenty-five to thirty-five 2nd and 3rd year law students per semester.

I assisted the prosecutors in the Domestic Violence Unit of the US Attorney's Office of the District of Columbia. I "first-chaired" a misdemeanor domestic violence assault case with multiple witnesses.

Master Of Public Health - Mph

Jd, Summa Cum Laude

Ba, English

Education record

Education record