Lauren Butler

University of Minnesota Law School

Lauren Butler is a rising second-year law student at the University of Minnesota Law School. Lauren spent the last four years acting in New York City. Her motivation to work in public defense stems from a commitment to applying the values that influenced the type of art she chose to create to a more real-world context. Lauren specifically wants to learn about public defense work in a diverse setting. Lauren is a fluent French-speaker who learned the language through study.