Lisa Radtke Bliss

Professor Bliss teaches in the HeLP Legal Services Clinic, which serves families of low-income children who are receiving health care at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. The clinic is an interdisciplinary community collaboration among Georgia State University College of Law, Children’s, and The Atlanta Legal Aid Society. The HeLP Clinic is an interdisciplinary educational experience where students learn about and from medical professionals in the context of cases involving children’s SSI disability, access to medical care and coverage, housing, consumer rights, employment and wills.

She has also taught Public Interest Law and Social Welfare and Advanced Techniques in Pretrial Litigation. Professor Bliss taught Research, Writing and Advocacy at Georgia State University from 2001 - 2006. Previously, Professor Bliss was a member of the faculty of the University of Florida Levin College of Law where she taught a nine credit hour clinical course and supervised law students in an in-house legal clinic.

Professor Bliss' professional experience includes seven years of private practice as a litigator in Atlanta, Georgia. She also served for three and a half years as Deputy Director of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, where she supervised the pro bono service of private lawyers and clinical law students and lectured at Continuing Legal Education Seminars. She Chaired the Fulton County Family Court Information & Education Committee, which developed the Family Law Information Center, a resource for pro se litigants in Fulton County. She is admitted to the Georgia and Florida Bars.

Professor Bliss earned her J.D. With Honors from the University of Florida College of law where she served as a member of the Editorial Board of the Law Review. She earned her B.A. With Honors from the University of North Florida.