Alisa Hoban, ESQ.

Alisa is a 2024-2025 Deane F. Johnson Fellow at Juvenile Law Center. She earned her Juris Doctor in 2024 from Stanford Law School. Alisa is passionate about working with and for young people who are navigating or impacted by legal systems.

At Stanford, Alisa was a Public Interest Fellow at the John and Terry Levin Center for Public interest and spent time mentoring law school students invested in public interest careers. Throughout law school Alisa also dedicated her time to working with individuals and families affected by the criminal legal system. She interned with the Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District of New York and was a summer law clerk for the Juvenile Services Program with the Public Defender Service in D.C. Through a San Mateo County based program, Fresh Lifelines for Youth, she also led know your rights presentations and programming for youth in long-term detention facilities. Alisa also assisted clients facing eviction, navigating social security benefits, and pursuing post-conviction relief as an advanced clinical student in Stanford’s Community Law Clinic.

Alisa received a BA in Political Science from Brown University. Before starting law school, she worked for two years as a paralegal for the Department of Justice Antitrust Division. During that time, she also assisted with pro bono work to provide support to individuals facing eviction.