Grandmothers Grand Conversation 4.0: Justice In Our Time of Gun Violence

Charlotte Whitmore comes to BC Law from the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, where she was the first Staff Attorney following her receipt of an Equal Justice Works Fellowship.

Professor Whitmore is a 2008 honors graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School where she was Senior Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change. She clerked for Marjorie Rendell on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and for United States District Judge Anita Brody in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She has taught as an adjunct professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law and Drexel University’s Earl Mack School of Law.

Lara Zarowsky is the Executive & Policy Director of the Washington Innocence Project. Following her work as non-partisan counsel in the Washington State Legislature, Lara joined Washington Innocence Project in 2010 to lead its policy efforts.

In 2011, Lara joined the faculty of the University of Washington School of Law to establish the Washington Innocence Project track of the Legislative Advocacy Clinic, which she directed from 2014 to 2019. She received her undergraduate degree from the Evergreen State College, is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law, alumna of the Washington Innocence Project Clinic, and holds a Certificate in Nonprofit Management through the University of Washington.

Naomi Ishisaka is the Assistant Managing Editor for Diversity and Inclusion and the Social Justice Columnist for The Seattle Times. She is a journalist and photographer who focuses on racial equity and social justice.