Lauren Howell is a passionate 1L attending Harvard Law School. As an aspiring attorney from Raleigh, North Carolina, she obtained her undergraduate education from the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy. During her time at Duke, she remained extremely involved in her campus community, but focused on leveraging her policy and legislative skills to affect meaningful change in Durham through various community service and voting rights initiatives in collaboration with local political stakeholders. Most notably, in 2020, she played a pivotal role in organizing criminal justice reform across the state of North Carolina by leading and organizing protests for over 90 consecutive days.

While amplifying the names of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Lauren aimed to put a spotlight on victims of police brutality in her community such as Keith Collins, Akiel Denkins, and Soheil Mojarrad. Her tenacity and strength was further exemplified in her leadership to Veto NC S.B. 168. To harness the power of visual storytelling and narrative in prompting racial justice, Lauren then earned an MFA in Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University. For her thesis film, she leveraged her lens to document the Stop Cop City Movement in Atlanta, Georgia. Undeterred in her pursuit of restorative justice and racial equity, her aim is to acquire the skills necessary to radically transform the legal system. She currently serves on the National Black Lawyers Student Association Board of Directors and remains involved in Harvard's National Lawyer's Guild, Generational African-American Student Association, and Black Law Student Association.