About me
Tyler Press Sutherland (she/her) is the Director of Legal Services at the Public Law Center (PLC), where she oversees a fifty-person legal team that provides free services to low-income residents of Orange County. Before joining PLC, Tyler was the inaugural Director of Racial Justice and Equity at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA), where she led LAFLA’s racial justice policy work, supported staff in pursuing race-equity focused systemic changes in law, and lead LAFLA’s Race Equity Initiative. During her time at LAFLA, Tyler represented hundreds of applicants and recipients of state and federal government benefits in appeals related to benefits. Tyler received her juris doctor from Georgetown University Law Center and her bachelor’s degree from Harvard College.