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Equal Justice Works Across America
A state-by-state, point-and-click roster of Members and Fellows
Current Fellows and Alumni Profiles
Alissa Baader: AmeriCorps Legal Fellowships, 2008
LawNY
School: State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law
I co-administer the Law Students in Action Project (LSAP) with Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Attorneys Bethany Hamilton and Tahira Bland. LSAP is hosted by Legal Assistance of Western New York Inc. (LAWNY), an LSC-funded legal services provider with seven offices throughout western and central New York.
Regina Badger: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2001
Western Michigan Legal Services
School: University of Virginia School of Law
Regina Badger was a domestic violence attorney with Western Michigan Legal Services in Kalamazoo. She provided civil legal services to address the needs of victims of domestic violence. Her project included representing individual domestic violence clients in divorce and custody cases, obtaining and defending against termination motions, enforcing personal protection orders and helping her clients maintain and address the safety of themselves and their children.
Kimberley Baker: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2005
Protection & Advocacy, Incorporated
School: University of Southern California Law School
Kimberley Baker works with the Los Angeles office of Protection & Advocacy, Incorporated (PAI), a nonprofit legal organization dedicated to advancing the human and legal rights of people with disabilities. Among the many services that PAI provides to individuals with disabilities, it brings impact litigation, provides direct representation, investigates complaints of abuse and provides technical support and training. Kimberley’s project is geared toward providing legal services to disabled minority youth in the Los Angeles area.
Karen Baldoni: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2001
Covenant House
School: Rutgers University School of Law - Newark
Through her fellowship, the Special Immigrant Juvenile Project, Karen Baldoni represented undocumented children in New Jersey’s foster care system in proceedings to legalize their immigration status. She conducted trainings to educate foster care caseworkers, law guardians and others who work with foster care children on identifying children who may benefit from the immigration provisions. She also established a network of pro bono attorneys willing to provide representation.
Sharon Balmer: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2007
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
School: Fordham University School of Law
My project focuses on helping youth who age out of foster care in Los Angeles to connect with the services they need to transition successfully into adulthood. Although I focus on foster youth, I represent a variety of low-income young people on government benefits, school discipline and access to education issues. .
Julie Balovich: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2000
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
School: University of Texas School of Law
As part of the Valley Rights Project, Julie Balovich provided a wide range of legal services to the largely underserved, low-income and elderly residents of the San Fernando Valley. Bet Tzedek's Housing Conditions Project focuses on the residents of inner-city Los Angeles. Julie’s fellowship focused on improving the living conditions of the Latino residents of slum condition housing through a combined effort of outreach, education and litigation, an already proven strategy for tackling the problem of substandard housing.
Marissa L. Band: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2008
Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.
School: Rutgers - The State University School of Law, Camden
I work in tandem with healthcare professionals at Westside Family Healthcare in order to assist low-income children and families whose legal problems adversely impact their health. My work includes outreach to patients and their medical providers, intake, advice and counseling, and direct representation. In addition to the provision of legal services, my project focuses on providing education to Westside medical providers and patients to assist in the identification of legal issues that impact patient health.
Kevin Bankston: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2003
Electronic Frontier Foundation
School: University of Southern California Law School
Kevin Bankston is hosted by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in San Francisco. EFF is among the leading civil liberties organizations working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF engages in advocacy and litigation to support free expression and privacy online.
Whitney Alexandra Barkley: AmeriCorps Legal Fellowships, 2009
Mississippi Center For Justice
School: The University of Michigan Law School
As an Equal Justice Works Americorps Recovery Fellow, I am working to prevent foreclosure throughout the state of Mississippi. As one of the poorest states in the nation and the state with the highest rate of mortgage default, the foreclosure crisis is hitting Mississippi particularly hard. Add the lingering affects of Hurricane Katrina on job availability and access to affordable housing, and the problem has become epidemic.
Jessa Barnard: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2008
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
School: Stanford University Law School
Sponsors: CIGNA Foundation, Jenner & Block LLP
The goal of the Diabetes Law Collaborative is to promote health stability and increase access to justice for low-income adults with diabetes by providing holistic direct legal services, community education and system advocacy. The Collaborative provides representation and community education in the areas of disability and health benefits, housing rights, medical debt, employment and insurance discrimination, and end-of-life planning. The Collaborative operates as a medical-legal partnership with Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
Gratienne (Sienna) Baskin: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2007
Urban Justice Center
School: City University of New York School of Law at Queens College
My project includes family law and criminal law remedies for women trafficked into prostitution by their boyfriends and husbands, as well as immigration representation through the T and U visas. I will work with former victims to develop a collective voice to contribute to policy efforts around trafficking. Finally, by litigating for victims of trafficking who remain excluded from the U.
Mazen Basrawi: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2003
Disability Rights Advocates
School: University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
Mazen Basrawi works on the Access to Education project with Disability Rights Advocates in Oakland, California. He litigates high impact class actions on behalf of children with disabilities to eliminate barriers to accessible and appropriate public education. Mazen provides legal representation to broad classes of children who are denied their rights under the Rehabilitation Act, the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other state and federal laws protecting the rights of students with disabilities.
Monika Batra: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2001
The Door- A Center of Alternatives
School: University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
Monika Batra has a long-standing commitment to the legal, political and educational empowerment of immigrants. Before entering law school, she worked as a paralegal at the Immigration Unit of the Legal Aid Society. She also helped start Workers’ Awaaz (Workers’ Voice), a New York City-based organization working to organize South Asian immigrant low-wage workers in different industries to obtain justice and power.
Rachel Baumel: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2000
Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis
School: University of Minnesota Law School
Rachel Baumel developed an Employment Law Project at the Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis. Due to the dramatic shifts in welfare services, many welfare recipients are transitioning from welfare to work. These individuals need employment law services to assist them in their transition.
Benjamin Beach: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2003
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
School: New York University School of Law
Ben Beach works with the Community Economic Development Unit of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA). His project helps low-income residents of Los Angeles and Long Beach hold economic development accountable to the needs of the community by engaging developers and government in a process that builds community power and achieves community goals. Ben’s work includes (1) developing a Los Angeles residents’ guide to accountable economic development; (2) educating residents’ groups about their ability to shape economic development in a way that benefits their communities; and (3) providing legal counsel to residents’ groups taking action in this arena.
Mike Becher: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2010
Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment
School: University of Cincinnati College of Law
My project addresses two elements of surface coal production which perpetuate poverty in the coalfields of Appalachia. First are effects on human health and safety, which make life difficult and dissuade alternative forms of development. Residents commonly endure fouled drinking water, property damage from blasting, and a threat of coal dam failure.
Gregory Beck: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2005
Public Citizen Litigation Group
School: University of Illinois College of Law
Greg Beck works with Public Citizen Litigation Group, where he is developing the new Online Justice Clinic. The project will serve to protect the rights of consumers on the Internet by providing solutions to those faced with actual or threatened lawsuits in response to their online activities. Although the Internet has created unprecedented opportunities for personal communication and individual self-expression, some corporate interests have responded by attempting to silence critics with cease-and-desist letters and lawsuits.
Marie Bedford: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2008
Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc.
School: University of Toledo College of Law
Low-income Americans – including black and Hispanic Americans - are at the highest risk of facing predatory lending practices and foreclosure. To address these issues and reach those at risk in Detroit, the project will utilize a 5-part plan: Education/outreach/advocacy; negotiation/counseling; direct representation; networking/resource-building; and long-term monitoring. The goal is prevention, but we will also provide long-term, comprehensive assistance to those already entangled in predatory lending and foreclosure proceedings.
Todd Belcore: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2010
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
School: Northwestern University School of Law
The stigma and discrimination experienced by those with criminal records affect more than just the prospects of the person with the record. This phenomenon has collateral consequences that affect: the prospects of that individual's family and their children; public safety; our budget, and; the growth of our economy. Consequently, my goal is to organize, educate, litigate and craft legislation to combat the stigma and discrimination felt by individuals with criminal records and increases their access to occupational licenses and gainful employment.
Sarah Bellinger: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2009
Advocacy, Inc.
School: William and Mary School of Law
I am creating a Special Education Clinic composed of private attorneys who will will meet regularly with parents of children in need of special education services to educate them about substantive topics within special education law, practical advocacy tips, and methods of resolving disputes under IDEA. The result will be a sustainable pool of pro bono attorneys offering legal advice and services to parents of children with disabilities. I will also be providing direct representation and performing community outreach.
Laura Belous: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2010
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
School: University of Arizona College of Law
I will create a network of volunteer medical professionals willing to perform competency evaluations and legal professionals willing to act as guardians ad litem in Immigration Court. I will also provide direct representation to mentally ill detainees, including advocating for their mental health treatment while in detention and developing plans for post-release treatment. .
Sarah Belton: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2010
Legal Services for Children
School: Harvard University Law School
My project aims to prevent the push-out of marginalized student groups and to help create a school culture inclusive of these students. Individual advocacy will assist foster youth, victims of trauma, immigrant children and English language learners, and LGBT youth to assert their right to education. Engagement with school boards and school administrations will aim to bring district policies in line with legal protections.
Michele Benedetto: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2002
Legal Aid Society of San Diego
School: New York University School of Law
Michele Benedetto created the Youth Outreach Project at the Legal Aid Society of San Diego (LASSD). As young people in a border city, San Diego's youth face a combination of issues: lack of affordable housing, language barriers, diverse family structures and, most importantly, a gap in legal services. Michele's fellowship is designed to fill that gap.
Emily Benfer: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2005
Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
School: Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis
Emily Benfer advocates on behalf of the nearly 5,000 homeless children in the District of Columbia. Her project, DC HEART, addresses the debilitating effects of homelessness on a child’s emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing. She works to improve shelter conditions, increase nutrition and provide children with access to healthcare and an appropriate education.
Brittany Benowitz: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2004
Center for National Security Studies
School: American University Washington College of Law
Brittany Benowitz works with the Center for National Security Studies (CNSS). CNSS was founded in 1974 to serve as a watchdog of the FBI and CIA and to prevent violations of civil liberties in the United States. The Center works to strengthen the public right of access to government information, combat excessive government secrecy, assure effective oversight of intelligence agencies, protect the right of political dissent, prevent illegal government surveillance, and ensure congressional authority in war powers.
Emily Berger: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2007
Alliance for Children's Rights
School: Rutgers University School of Law - Newark
My project has expanded the services offered in the NextStep Project, which was designed to serve former foster youth. I have focused my project on youth that cross-over from the dependency to the delinquency system. While I continue to assist youth with SSI appeals, 388 petitions (which allow youth to access Independent Living Program services), and other problems they encounter, I am also engaging in significant policy work, direct services and community education in the area of sealing juvenile delinquency records.
Jennifer Bergsieker: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2002
Connecticut Legal Services, Inc.
School: Washington University School of Law
Children with disability-related problems are too often sent to juvenile court without society giving them a second thought. Typically, no one understands the children’s underlying disabilities or realizes that services exist for evaluating and treating those disabilities. Jennifer Bergsieker is working to combat this problem as part of Connecticut Legal Services' (CLS) “Children-at-Risk” unit, which helps provide special education and related services to needy families throughout the state.
Maria Bernal: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2005
National Immigrant Justice Center
School: Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Maria Bernal works with the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), a nonprofit legal organization dedicated to protecting the human rights of immigrants. NIJC provides many services to immigrants including impact litigation, direct representation and advocacy. Maria’s project is geared toward providing direct legal services, community outreach and advocacy to immigrants in the Midwest.
Edget Betru: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2009
Refugee Resettlement & Immigration Services of Atlanta
School: New York University School of Law
The goals of the project are 1) to ensure the availability of coordinated pro bono legal services for children in removal proceedings in Atlanta, GA; 2) to recruit and train a pool of volunteers who make a long-term commitment and to create a sustainable structure; and 3) to facilitate a collective for clients and former clients where their cultural identities are affirmed and their leadership and advocacy skills are developed. .
Abby Biberman: AmeriCorps Legal Fellowships, 2010
Legal Assistance of Western New York
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Mercedes Bigelow: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2004
Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association, Inc.
School: Florida A & M University College of Law
Mercedes Bigelow is the Senior Health Care/ Medicaid Fellow at the Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association (LASCOBA) in Orlando, Florida. For more than 30 years, LASCOBA has provided civil legal assistance to low-income residents of Orange County. Services are provided by in-house staff and through referrals to a large panel of pro bono attorneys.
Stephanie Blackburn: AmeriCorps Legal Fellowships, 2007
Legal Services Alabama
School: University of Alabama School of Law
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Flore Blaise Williams: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2009
Sanctuary for Families
School: Pace University School of Law
In collaboration with Sanctuary for Families and the new Bronx Family Justice Center, my project is to provide holistic representation and economic empowerment to immigrant women from French-speaking Caribbean and African communities in the Bronx who are victims of domestic violence and dire poverty. .
Megan Blamble: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2000
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
School: Georgetown University Law Center
Children living in poverty are disproportionately in need of special education services, yet they are severely underserved in the District of Columbia. Megan Blamble worked to remedy this problem by increasing the capacity for special education legal representation in the nation’s capital. Megan reprsented parents and caregivers of children with special needs in their efforts to obtain appropriate educational placements and services in the District of Columbia Public Schools.
Tahira Bland: AmeriCorps Legal Fellowships, 2008
Legal Assistance of Western New York
School: University of Pittsburgh School of Law
My project is hosted by Legal Assistance of Western New York Inc. (LAWNY), an LSC-funded legal services provider with seven offices located in Rochester, the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier of New York. LAWNY serves indigent clients in a wide variety of legal issues including housing, family, SSI/SSD, unemployment compensation, public benefits and prisoner re-entry.
Jackie Bliss: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2007
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition
School: American University Washington College of Law
My organization, the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition has been visiting immigration detention centers, conducting “know your rights” presentations, and providing direct legal representation for detained immigrants in Virginia for over five years. As part of my project, I am expanding CAIR Coalition's efforts into Maryland. I am currently responding to inquiries and visiting non-citizens at four immigration detention centers in Maryland, in addition to providing direct legal services for these individuals detained in Maryland.
Heidi Boas: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2007
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington
School: University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
I work with the Immigration Legal Services Program at Catholic Charities, providing immigration legal services and outreach about domestic violence to African refugees and immigrants. During the first year of the fellowship, I provided legal advice and representation to clients from over 30 African countries; organized a workshop to empower survivors of domestic violence; conducted legal rights presentations in the African community; and began developing a pro bono panel of attorneys to serve other clients in need. Read more
Courtney Bolin: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2008
Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc.
School: University of San Diego School of Law
Abused, undocumented children are one of the most vulnerable segments of our society. Aside from the physical scars, they are unable to work or go to college. This dark past and dim future leads to their delinquency.
Emily Bolton: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2000
Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center
School: Tulane University School of Law
As an Equal Justice Works fellow, Emily Bolton established Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO), which provides legal and investigative assistance to wrongfully convicted prisoners serving life sentences in Louisiana. IPNO is the first innocence project in the Deep South, where the infection of the criminal justice system with issues of race and poverty leads to an exponentially higher risk of the conviction of the innocent. IPNO works with jailhouse lawyers at the state penitentiary to identify possibly wrongful conviction cases.
Sarah Bookbinder: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2007
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
School: University of Michigan Law School
I primarily provide legal assistance to local community development organizations that are trying to create affordable housing in historically underserved, racially segregated areas. The focus of my work is in the Katrina-damaged areas of Mississippi and New Orleans, but I also work in the Mississippi and Arkansas Delta, and in other areas of the country. I also do some work on national policy related to the ongoing affordable housing crisis since Hurricane Katrina.
Carlie Boos: AmeriCorps Legal Fellowships, 2010
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality
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Sarah W. Borak: AmeriCorps Legal Fellowships, 2009
Miami Dade County Public Defender/University of Miami School of Law
School: University of Miami School of Law
I administer the Ensuring Equal Justice Initiative, a groundbreaking project of the Miami Dade County Public Defender (PD-11) in partnership with the University of Miami School of Law. The Initiative strives to address the ethical challenges posed by PD-11's excessive caseload and recent budget cuts by recruiting pro bono attorneys to litigate misdemeanor and felony cases. I also oversee law students who seek to develop their advocacy skills in support of the indigent, PD-11, and the pro bono attorney volunteers.
Jennifer Bowles: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2002
D.C. Employment Justice Center
School: University of Texas School of Law
Jennifer Bowles works in the area of job training with the Employment Justice Center (EJC) in Washington, DC. The EJC works with low-income workers in the DC metropolitan area, providing free legal assistance on a variety of legal matters and acting as a center for a burgeoning local workers' rights movement. The Center provides direct legal services, advocates for systemic reform and conducts educational outreach on workers' issues.
Christina Brandt-Young: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2003
Legal Momentum
School: University of Michigan Law School
Christina Brandt-Young spearheads a project that aims to broaden the employment opportunities available to low-income women by increasing their access to training opportunities in the construction trades. She works with community-based organizations to advocate for and design a model program which provides training using funds from the New York implementation of the welfare block grant and the lower Manhattan redevelopment. Using referrals from the Operation Punch List coalition, Christina also provides direct legal representation to women in the trades facing gender-based barriers to employment, including sex discrimination, sex harassment and violence.
Stacy Braverman: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2009
Bread for the City
School: The University of Michigan Law School
I will represent low-income clients in rental housing and public benefits cases before OAH and help train legal and non-legal service providers to do the same. In addition, I will create form pleadings and other reference materials; advocate for procedural changes that make it easier for pro se litigants to navigate the OAH process; and work towards the creation of a permanent self-help resource center for people representing themselves in OAH matters. .
Cary Brege: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2008
Legal Aid of North Carolina
School: University of Virginia School of Law
My host organization, Advocates for Children's Services, is a state-wide program of Legal Aid of North Carolina. Building on their history of representing children in education matters, my project will focus specifically on school discipline issues. I will provide trainings for parents and community groups on children’s rights in school discipline proceedings.
Emily Breon: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2005
Center for Children''s Advocacy
School: Fordham University School of Law
Truancy is often a symptom of underlying problems, such as long-standing academic difficulties, emotional crises, safety concerns or low self-esteem. Emily’s initiative, the Truancy Court Prevention Project (TCPP), attacks the root causes of truancy at Hartford Public High School by providing legal advocacy to combat barriers in the provision of services to truant students in the educational, medical and social service systems. This vital advocacy will improve school attendance before a referral to the Juvenile Court is necessary and, most critically, before a student decides to drop out of school.
Rachel Brill: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2004
Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund
School: Georgetown University Law Center
Rachel Brill’s project at the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF) focuses on issues related to healthcare access for women and girls with disabilities. Founded in 1979 by people with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities, DREDF is recognized as the nation’s premier law and policy center dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of individuals with disabilities through training and education programs; providing technical assistance to persons with disabilities, lawyers, service providers and policy makers; and myriad other activities. Rachel asserts that while people with disabilities have perhaps the greatest need for safe, affordable, and accessible healthcare, they are routinely shut out of the system.
Matthew Brinegar: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2004
Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association, Inc.
School: University of Washington School of Law
Matthew Brinegar works with the Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association in Orlando, Florida as their Medicaid Fellow. The Society provides direct representation and pro bono referral assistance to Orange County’s low-income population and assists individuals with family, consumer, public benefits, guardian ad litem, and immigration cases. Orange County has a large population of needy individuals over the age of 60.
Rebecca Brink: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2006
Health Law Advocates
School: Boston College Law School
Rebecca advocates for youth with mental health needs to ensure they are provided with the support and services to which they are entitled. Her project is a collaboration between Health Law Advocates, a public interest law firm, and the Children's Hospital Neighborhood Partnership, a program run by Children's Hospital Boston. Rebecca works to guarantee that children receive needed services and have their mental health needs properly addressed by the educational, social service and juvenile justice systems.
Patrick Brooks: AmeriCorps Legal Fellowships, 2010
Legal Aid of West Virginia
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Ingrid Brostrom: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2006
Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment
School: University of California-Hastings College of the Law
Ingrid Brostrom is working with rural, migrant communities from Kern, Tulare and Kings counties to prevent the excessive dumping of noxious wastes in California's San Joaquin Valley. A project of the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment (CRPE), "Don't Waste the Valley" fosters community empowerment by offering organizing, technical and legal assistance to community groups to stop immediate threats from waste dumping. The project provides direct services to communities that are facing health problems stemming from the unsafe stockpiling of waste around residential areas.
Craig Brown: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2001
Legal Services of North Florida
School: Ohio Northern University-Claude W. Pettit College of Law
Craig J. Brown was born and raised in the inner city of Tampa and is committed to his community. As an undergraduate, Craig volunteered with the Teenage Pregnancy and Drug Prevention Projects of the Boy’s and Girl’s Club of Tampa.
Tomar Nicole Brown: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2006
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
School: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Tomar Nicole Brown will focus on education advocacy for juveniles in the Cuyahoga County Delinquency System. Her fellowship project implements the C. L.
Kathryn Brown: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2009
Public Counsel
School: University of California at Los Angeles School of Law
My project will capitalize on recent amendments to the California Rules of Court, which provide an innovative mechanism for attorneys to address children’s education needs at every step of the court processes. Because children in LA’s Pico Union community are exceptionally at-risk for abuse, neglect, and juvenile crime, I will advocate to ensure the amendments are used to improve their particular educational outcomes. I will also collaborate with social service providers to empower youth and families to achieve long-term success and stability.
Beverly Brown: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 2010
Three Rivers Legal Services
School: Florida Coastal School of Law
This project will involve direct representation of parents who have children with disabilities or the children themselves. Advocating on behalf of parents and students to ensure that school systems, penal institutions, and community colleges provide services guaranteed under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (504) or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). .
Brooke Brunner: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2004
D.C. Employment Justice Center
School: Georgetown University Law Center
Brooke Brunner is the Shearman and Sterling Equal Justice Works Fellow at the D. C. Employment Justice Center (DCEJC).
Colby Brunt: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2000
Employment Options/Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
School: University of Richmond School of Law
Colby Brunt’s fellowship, the Massachusetts Clubhouse Family Legal Support Project, was based in Boston. Colby began her career assisting low-income clients through a summer internship with Greater Boston Legal Services as a University of Richmond Willie L. Moore Fellow.
Carla Bulford: Equal Justice Works Fellowships, 0
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John Busby: AmeriCorps Legal Fellowships, 2009
Legal Assistance of Western New York
School: Cornell Law School
I recruit law students to work on projects that aid low-income populations. I encourage private firms to do more pro bono work. I provide free legal services for elders and assist with legal services for previously incarcerated individuals who have been discriminated against as they seek to return to society.
Julie Bush: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2001
Three Rivers Legal Services
School: Stanford University Law School
During law school, Julie was a clinical intern at the East Palo Alto Community Law Project, providing family law assistance to low-income clients. She also interned with a small law firm handling civil rights and housing suits. After law school, Julie moved to Gainesville, FL, where she volunteered with Three Rivers Legal Services as a National Service Legal Corps attorney member of the Housing Law Project.
Ayanna Butler: AmeriCorps Legal Fellowships, 2010
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
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Stephen Buvel: Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2000
Community Legal Services, Inc.
School: University of Baltimore School of Law
Steve expanded a new community economic development unit by providing legal services to organizations engaged in revitalization efforts. .