Joanna Plaisir

Joanna Plaisir serves as a Law Clerk in the Housing Unit at Greater Boston Legal Services since September 2023. Plaisir has a diverse legal background, including roles as a Graduate Research Assistant to Professor Patricia McCoy at Boston College Law School from August 2020 to September 2023, and as a Legal Extern in the Consumer Rights Unit at Greater Boston Legal Services from January 2023 to May 2023. Prior experience includes a Summer Associate position at Bernstein Shur in 2022, and an Immigration and Criminal Defense Legal Internship at MACDL in 2021. Plaisir also has a teaching background, having served as an American Literature and Speech and Debate Teacher at Broward County Public Schools from August 2019 to June 2020. Plaisir holds a Juris Doctor degree from Boston College and a Bachelor of Science degree with double majors in Political Science and Media Communications Studies from Florida State University.