Liz DeLosa is the Deputy Legal Director of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, a nonprofit organization that investigates and litigates on behalf of men and women in Pennsylvania who were convicted and incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. In this role, she assists in shaping litigation strategy and case development, manages the Pittsburgh office, and supervises attorneys and law students. Liz litigates complex appellate and post-conviction cases throughout the Commonwealth, and her work has contributed to exonerations, case reversals, and other meaningful relief for wrongfully convicted individuals. She is also engaged in legislative and policy advocacy aimed at advancing statewide criminal justice reforms.

Liz is an adjunct professor at Duquesne University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she teaches courses on wrongful convictions, criminal procedure, and appellate practice, and she has also taught internationally at the University of Cologne in Germany. Her prior experience includes service as an Assistant Federal Defender in the U.S. Virgin Islands and as Assistant Chief Trial Counsel and Juvenile Program Director with the Allegheny County Office of Conflict Counsel. She is a graduate of Duquesne University School of Law and the University of Pittsburgh and is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and the U.S. Virgin Islands.