Ellen Barry (attorney)
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Ellen M. Barry is an American attorney, and public interest lawyer. She was a 1998 MacArthur Fellow.

Life

She grew up in Somerville, Massachusetts
Somerville, Massachusetts
Somerville is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located just north of Boston. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 75,754 and was the most densely populated municipality in New England. It is also the 17th most densely populated incorporated place in...

.
She graduated from Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....

, and New York University Law School

She started Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, in 1978.
She helped organize the National Network for Women in Prison, and Critical Resistance.

External links

  • http://www.practicallawyer.com/radio/SS072311.mp3
  • http://www.talkradioone.com/index.php/2011/07/23/next-steven-spierer-live-saturday-10am-pdt1pm-edt-12/ Steve interviews Criminal Defense attorney Ellen Barry], 7/23/11
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