Ms. Soto is an innovator in prelaw programming and experiential education through win-win community partnerships, internships, and classroom case study learning, giving UTEP students the EDGE in preparing for law school.

• Life Fellow - Texas Bar Foundation (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
• Volunteer Award; Keynote Address - El Paso County Juvenile Probation Department Banquet (09/27/2018)
• "A Resolution Honoring Lisa J Soto" - State Bar of Texas (09/16/2016)
• Innovator and Motivator Award for Pre-law Programs - SWAPLA/Pre-Law Advisors National Council (06/10/2016)

• JD in Jurisprudence, University of Texas School of Law (1997)
• BA in Public Policy/Honors in Education, Stanford University (1994)

• Reducing Fatalities in Mass Attacks and the Related Matter of Gun Control Policy Following the El Paso August 2019 Shooting Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy 27 1 (2020), Lisa J. Soto, Sadhana Chheda, Joseph V. Soto.

• Discussion Facilitator-- to address the recent terrorist attack on our city and the language of hate and its impact (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Lisa J. Soto.
• "Making a Difference by Leading the Way" Keynote Address (2018), Volume El Paso, TX, Lisa J. Soto.
• "Border in the Courts" Continuing Legal Education Presentation (2018), Volume US District Courthouse, El Paso, Lisa J. Soto.
• "Words of Wisdom" Prelaw Advisor/Professor Panel (2018), Volume Broomfield, Colorado, Lisa J. Soto.
• "Legal Ethics" Continuing Legal Education Session Moderator (2017), Volume El Paso County Courthouse, Lisa J. Soto.

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