Elizabeth Iglesias

Elizabeth Iglesias is a professor of law at the University of Miami School of Law. Iglesias is the co-founder of Latina and Latino Critical Theory, Inc. (LatCrit, Inc.) which she incorporated in 1998 and co-directed until 2003. In 1997, she designed the Project for Legal Economic, Development, Justice and Equality (PLEDJE) an innovative clinical program to promote micro-business development, immigrant rights & the use of NAFTA labor and environmental side accords through workshops, community based study circles and outreach to underprivileged high school students. In 2000, she was recognized for her dedication and outstanding contributions to public service and to the citizens of Miami-Dade County as a founding member of the Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics and Public Trust, to which she was then reappointed for a second term from 2000-2004. Iglesias has received numerous honors and awards as a scholar, activist, citizen and poet including the Most-Outstanding Faculty Award by the UM Public Interest Law Group, the Dean Thomas Lecture, Yale Law School, Women Who Make a Difference, presented by Miami Law Women, Elizabeth M. Iglesias Day, proclaimed by Alex Penelas, former Mayor of Miami-Dade County Florida, the Haywood Burns/Shanara Gilbert Award, presented by 7th Annual Northeast Regional People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, and the Tompkins Poetry Prize. In 2003, Iglesias co-founded LisaLeine Productions, a multimedia production company devoted to the advancement of human rights through the creation, exhibition and distribution of independent film and art. Iglesias holds a BA from the University of Michigan and a JD from Yale Law School. 

Iglesias was an event speaker at the Dialogue.