Emily Lau

Emily Lau is a Staff Attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative where her work focuses on the development of state constitutional law and history. Leading development of the 50 Constitutions website and writing for outlets like The Conversation, Emily is also engaged in efforts to improve civic education and engagement.

Emily received a B.S. magna cum laude from Georgetown University and a J.D. from Yale Law School. While in law school, Emily was an intern at the San Francisco City Attorney's Office in the Complex and Affirmative Litigation Team and a student in the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project clinic, helping the San Francisco City Attorney's Office litigate cases under the California Unfair Competition Law. She was also an editor on the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism and a member of the First Generation Professionals board. Before law school, Emily worked in the California Governor's Office.