Lisa Pearlstein is the Director of the City Bar Justice Center’s Legal Clinic for the Homeless. In that capacity, she spearheaded the #WiFi4Homeless campaign which compelled NYC to install Wi-Fi in over 240 shelters in New York City in 2021. Ms. Pearlstein trains and mentors volunteer attorneys who represent homeless families on issues such as accessing and challenging denials of public benefits and shelter. Ms. Pearlstein also advocates for system-wide public benefit policy and practice changes that positively impact homeless families. Prior to her employment at the City Bar Justice Center, Ms. Pearlstein worked for Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. A as the Senior Coordinating Attorney of the Government Benefits Unit and as a Staff Attorney in the Group Housing Representation Unit. Ms. Pearlstein is the recipient of the New York City Bar Association’s 2002 Equal Access to Justice Award and Project Fair’s 2007 Equal Access to Justice Award. She is a graduate of Cornell University and Brooklyn Law School.