Alexa Elder is a 1L at the Louisville Brandeis School of Law. She graduated from the University of Louisville in 2014 with a major in communications and a minor in gender studies. During college, Alexa coached the Walden Middle School Dance Team and volunteered for the Society of the Prevention of Aggression and Violence among Adolescents (JCPS), receiving the Volunteer of the Year award. During her junior year, Alexa spent a semester in Madrid, Spain, studying the Spanish language and culture. She has lived in Louisville most of her life and is committed to making positive contributions to the greater Louisville community. She has always known that she wanted to be an attorney and is particularly interested in championing the rights of people whose social or economic opportunities are lacking, either in the criminal justice system or for a public interest organization or firm.
