Prerna Lal, founder and managing attorney of Lal Legal, visited Northeastern Law School for three days in September 2018 as a Daynard Distinguished Fellow. Her community lecture was titled “Immigrants Making America Great Again: Lessons from an Undocumented Immigrant Turned Lawyer.” Learn more at: www.northeastern.edu/law/daynard
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