Laura Zhang
Scholar Disability / Health / Education Legal Aid
Class of 2026
"I'm excited to learn along with fellow students at the Justice Center who are just as passionate about public interest work as I am. It's a very secure feeling knowing that even though I'm coming into a whole new chapter of my life, there will be Justice Center peers, faculty, and staff who will support and encourage me along the way and provide a 'home' to come back to during this journey."
Laura is a judicial clerk for Judge Schydlower in Austin. At Texas Law, Laura Zhang was a Volume 104 Articles Editor for Texas Law Review and an admissions ambassador for the Texas Law admissions office. Laura also participated in the Supreme Court and Employment Rights Clinics, and interned for Judge Ezra in the United States District Court of the Western District of Texas next spring.
Zhang served as a Dean’s Fellow, outreach coordinator for the Texas Health Law Society, and team lead for the Mithoff Pro Bono Program's Title IX Project. In her 1L summer, Laura worked in the Civil Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., focusing on healthcare fraud cases. She also worked on the Medicaid and Public Benefits teams at the Legal Aid of North Carolina in Greensboro, North Carolina. During her 2L summer, she worked in the white-collar defense and investigations practice at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York City and then worked in Fort Worth, Texas at the Texas A&M Institute for Healthcare Access.
Laura graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 2018 with degrees in Plan II Honors and Neuroscience and a certificate in Art History. After graduating from college, she worked in Dallas and Washington, D.C. as a health strategy consultant for Accenture. In that role, she collaborated with the nation’s largest healthcare payers and providers to advance their growth and equity initiatives.