Elizabeth Wingfield

Elizabeth Wingfield is an associate in the Litigation Department. While attending Temple University's Beasley School of Law, Elizabeth served as a staff editor on the Law Review. Elizabeth also served as Co-Chair on the National Lawyers Guild Expungement Committee, organizing clinics where low-income Philadelphians could seek assistance in expunging their arrest records. Before attending law school, Elizabeth was a paralegal in Philadelphia Legal Assistance's Family Law Unit, where she assisted in custody, child support, and protection from abuse matters.

After law school, Elizabeth was awarded a Stoneleigh Foundation Emerging Leader fellowship at the Education Law Center, where she spearheaded a project aimed at reducing barriers to education faced by LGBTQ youth in Philadelphia-area schools. The fellowship involved participating in appellate-level litigation, representing students in harassment and disciplinary matters, and reforming state and local-level policies.

Judicial Internship

Hon. Barbara McDermott, Court of Common Pleas Criminal Trial Division, June 2015-August 2015

Professional Activities

Rubin Public Interest Law Honor Society

Recognitions & Accomplishments

Recipient, The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Eric. D. Turner Award

Recipient, Tau Epsilon Rho Law Schwartzberg Prize

Recipient, The Beth Cross Award

Publications

Co-author, "DOE Changes Student Borrower Defense Rules," Ballard Spahr Alert, September 19, 2019

"How Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Students May Challenge Philadelphia Charter Schools' Gendered Dress Codes," The Philadelphia Lawyer, Winter 2018

"How Pennsylvania’s Child Protective Services Law Punishes Survivors of Domestic Violence," Temple Law Review, Vol. 90, No. 2, Spring 2018

Community Activities

Official Volunteer, Pennsylvania Prison Society, September 2017-present

Temple University Beasley School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2017)
Staff Editor, Temple Law Review
Order of the Coif

Haverford College (B.A. 2012)

Pennsylvania