TaLeakca Yates (she/her)

TaLeakca Yates is a 2024 graduate of Howard University School of Law. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies: Pre-Law from North Carolina A&T State University on a three-year accelerated track through the APLS Scholars Program. While attending North Carolina A&T State University, Yates became a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

As a Baltimore City native, her devout passion for uplifting the community through service, education, and mentoring has afforded her the opportunity of becoming a lawyer with civil litigation interests. While in law school, Yates was a Student Attorney within the Reentry Clinic where she successfully represented clients seeking to have their records publicly sealed and advocated for the passing and funding of the Second Chance Amendment Act of 2022. Her experience through internships with non-profits and boutique law firms have equipped Yates with a broad set of legal skills ranging from eviction defense in DC at AARP’s Legal Counsel for the Elderly to First Amendment protection litigation combatting the Texas Book Bans at BraunHagey & Borden LLP.

Yates sat for and was successful on the DC July 2025 Bar Exam. She currently serves as a Judicial Law Clerk at the Circuit Court of Baltimore City to the Honorable Judge La Zette C. Ringgold-Kirksey.