April Frazier, Esq.

April Frazier is Deputy Director of the Legal Action Center's National H.I.R.E. (Helping Individuals with criminal records Reenter through Employment) Network, a project aimed at increasing the number and quality of job opportunities available to people with criminal records by changing public policies, employment practices and public opinion. Prior to assuming this position, April served as the Project Coordinator of the ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions in Washington, D.C., where she worked with the legal community, policy makers, employers and local advocates on policy reforms concerning alternative sentencing, post-conviction relief mechanisms and collateral consequences. She also served as a judicial law clerk to Administrative Law Judge Pamela Wood at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C.

She has extensive experience developing legal training programs and organizing national conferences. She has developed Continuing Legal Education seminars on Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Proceeding for prosecutors, defenders and civil legal aid attorneys. She has organized numerous national conferences on the issue of reentry and civil rights, including the Brown at 50: International Town Hall Meeting that discussed the legacy and current standing of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision, and the ABA Conference on Overcoming Legal Barriers to Reentry. She has served as a facilitator for the Massachusetts Public Policy Forum, and authored numerous articles published in the ABA Criminal Justice Newsletter, Maryland Bar Journal and ABA State of Criminal Justice. April is a graduate of Howard University School of Law. While at Howard Law, she served as a student attorney in the Criminal Justice Clinic, and represented clients facing misdemeanor and felony charges at D.C. Superior Court

She received a bachelor of arts in English and Philosophy from Tennessee State University.