Bio
Linda Morris is a Staff Attorney in the Women's Rights Project. Linda previously served as a Skadden Fellow in the Women's Rights Project, where she focused on dismantling barriers to housing for low-income women of color and survivors of gender-based violence. She returned to the ACLU after serving as a Staff Attorney at the National Center for Law and Economic Justice, where she worked with organizers, advocates, and community members to fight debt-based driver's license suspensions and other barriers to racial and economic justice.
Prior to law school, Linda worked for several years as an advocate for survivors of domestic and sexual violence in emergency shelters in Texas and Maryland, and at the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Linda clerked for the Honorable Stephanie A. Gallagher at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Linda received her J.D. from the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, received her B.A. from the University of Maryland in College Park, and attended Howard Community College through the James W. Rouse Scholars Program.
Featured work
Oct 19, 2023
Taking Action to Stop Police Sexual Violence
Sep 21, 2022
4 Things Public Schools Can and Can’t Do When It Comes to Dress Codes
Sep 15, 2022
How to Fight Your School's Sexist Dress Code
Mar 31, 2022
Affirmative Action Is the Floor, Not the Ceiling
Mar 17, 2022
“Protecting Women and Children" Is a Shield for Transphobia
Jan 27, 2022
Holding Facebook Accountable for Digital Redlining
Oct 1, 2020
Safe at Home: Fighting Against Sexual Harassment in Housing
Apr 30, 2020
COVID-19 Will Bring Mass Evictions Unless We Act Now
Jan 10, 2020
Clearing the Record: How Eviction Sealing Laws Can Advance Housing Access for Women of Color