Priya Lane, Esq.

LCR | BizGrow Director

Priya Lane is the Director of LCR | BizGrow, which provides minority, immigrant, and women entrepreneurs with free legal assistance, technical support, and education. Priya works with aspiring or current business owners with big dreams but limited resources. Priya helps close this opportunity gap. She provides them with the legal tools they need to succeed, helping them develop sustainable businesses and achieve economic self-sufficiency.

Priya led the process of rebranding our Economic Justice Project to LCR | BizGrow. Under her leadership, LCR | BizGrow has grown exponentially and is now serving over 2000 small businesses annually. Priya actively conducts legal clinics and workshops, provides one-on-one legal consultations, and matches businesses with pro bono attorneys.

Priya’s work is regularly featured in publications such as Business West, the Worcester Business Journal, and the Boston Business Journal.

An award-winning attorney, Priya received the prestigious Beacon Award from the Boston Bar Association for her groundbreaking work providing free legal support to struggling small businesses at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has launched innovative culturally and linguistically accessible programming to help small business owners. She successfully created LCR’s flagship annual community event, the BizGrow Conference, which connects hundreds of entrepreneurs to free legal and technical support in a single day. In 2024, the BizGrow Conference celebrated its 8th year in Boston and launched its inaugural Springfield event.

Priya is a 2013 graduate of Northeastern University School of Law. She serves on the board of the Working Moms Social Club. She also teaches entrepreneurship in collaboration with the Mel King Institute for Community Building and Cambridge College.

Honors and Awards

  • Women of Color Entrepreneurs’ Champion of Women Entrepreneurs Award (2024)
  • Boston Bar Association’s Beacon Award (2021)

Read Priya’s profile in the Boston Business Journal.