Shayna Kessler
Shayna Kessler (she/her) is the Senior Planner the state advocacy manager for the Advancing Universal Representation Initiative at the Vera Institute of Justice. Her work focuses on building support for universal representation across the country. Prior to Vera, she was the associate director of the Workers’ Rights Clinic at the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law, where she advocated for the protection of the rights of low-wage immigrant workers and a public defender at the Bronx Defenders. Shayna co-chairs the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Immigration Representation.