Megan Toomer
Lasch Clinical Teaching Fellow
Professional Biography
Megan Toomer is a Christopher N. Lasch Clinical Teaching Fellow in the Civil Rights Clinic. She has spent her career defending and expanding the rights of incarcerated and system-impacted people. She has challenged prosecutorial and police misconduct, and conditions of confinement in Georgia's state prison system and jails, including issues concerning indefinite solitary confinement, access to adequate medical care, and disability discrimination. She has represented people before the Georgia and Alabama parole boards, and in resentencing proceedings in federal and state court in Georgia and Louisiana. Megan also guest lectures at law schools across the country about client-centered representation and parole reform.
Megan received her J.D. from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. There, she interned at the DeKalb County Public Defender’s Office, the Southern Center for Human Rights, the Federal Defender Program for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Legal Aid, Georgia Justice Project, and the Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice. She also volunteered at the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, the Family Equality Council, and the International Refugee Assistance Project. Upon graduation, she received the Pro Bono Publico award for her commitment to public service. Before law school, Megan worked for the Alliance for Refugee Youth Support and Education, and volunteered with the Petey Greene Program, where she tutored incarcerated students seeking their High School Equivalency Diploma. Megan received her B.A. in Political Science and African Studies from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
