Kirstin Evans is the 2020-2022 Gault Fellow at The Gault Center. Prior to joining The Gault Center, Kirstin was the Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Lawrence V. Hill, Jr. in Prince George’s County, Maryland Circuit Court. During law school, she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the North Carolina Central University Law Review and was a student attorney in the Juvenile Law Clinic, providing legal representation to youth involved in juvenile court matters.

Prior to law school, Kirstin spent a year in Shenzhen, China teaching English as a second language. Upon her return to the US, she worked in a leadership role at a founding charter elementary school in Camden, New Jersey, a city that is making strides to revitalize its underserved neighborhoods and struggling school system. There, Kirstin gained a passion for education law, policy, and reform.

Kirstin graduated cum laude with a BA from Spelman College and received her JD from North Carolina Central University School of Law. While in law school, she obtained her Justice in the Practice of Law Certification and was the recipient of the Justice Robert Glass Award for her outstanding service to the NCCU Law Review.

Kirstin is a proud Jersey girl who lives in Maryland and loves her Peloton.