Molly Lao

Molly Lao is an accomplished attorney currently serving as a Skadden Fellow at Legal Aid at Work since October 2021. Previous experience includes a legal internship at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, where research focused on the inequitable distribution of loans under the Paycheck Protection Program. Molly has also held positions as a law clerk in the Racial Economic Justice Program at Legal Aid at Work and as a certified law student intern representing youth at the East Bay Community Law Center. Additional roles include a judicial externship at the U.S. District Court, a copy editor for the Journal of Sport for Development, and a policy and program manager at the California Workforce Development Board, where efforts centered on equity and support for the formerly incarcerated. Education credentials include a JD from the University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, and a BA in Political Science and Sociology from Brown University.