Robin Steinberg

Robin Steinberg is a public defender and criminal justice reform leader who pioneered the holistic model of public defense. She founded The Bronx Defenders in 1997, building an interdisciplinary office that pairs criminal defense with family, civil, and immigration advocacy. She went on to found the Bronx Freedom Fund, one of New York's first charitable bail funds; Still She Rises, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the nation's first public defender office dedicated to representing mothers; and The Bail Project, a national revolving bail fund launched in 2018, which she led as CEO until 2023 and continues to serve as a founder and board member. She is the Gilbert Foundation Senior Fellow in the Criminal Justice Program at UCLA School of Law. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley and NYU School of Law.