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Emily Curran

Fellow

Emily Curran is a 2022-2024 Civil Rights Fellow at Relman Colfax. She is part of several litigation teams, including one challenging disability discrimination in low-income housing and another asserting consumer protection violations for vulnerable medical patients. She also works on counseling matters with the firm.

Emily graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in May 2022. During law school, she interned with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, Keith Ellison. She also worked in the school’s Detainee Rights Clinic assisting clients in immigration detention, participated in National Moot Court, and helped lead the school’s OutLaw chapter for LGBTQ+ law students.

Emily earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and a Bachelor of Arts in French Studies from the University of Minnesota. She taught elementary music at a French immersion public school and worked in production for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra before beginning law school.

Emily is bilingual in English and French.

Education

JD, University of Minnesota Law School, cum laude

BM and BA, University of Minnesota, summa cum laude

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Application to the D.C. and Maryland Bars submitted; supervised by members of the D.C. Bar

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