
Annie Lee
Host: National Center for Youth Law
Sponsor: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Oracle Corporation
Katrina is protecting the rights of Bronx students with childhood trauma and behavioral and emotional health challenges by providing direct representation in discipline and special education hearings, establishing medical-legal partnerships, and advancing community-based advocacy and education.
Bronx students with disabilities, including those with behavioral and emotional health challenges rooted in childhood trauma, are disproportionately subject to harsh discipline practices. Though they represent only 18.7% of the student population, students with disabilities account for over 40% of students suspended after law enforcement contact, students suspended more than once, and students transported from school to psychiatric emergency rooms. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and State and City regulations protect these students’ rights to an inclusive education environment and appropriate interventions during behavioral crises. However, advocacy under these laws involves long-term engagement with government stakeholders and complex individual hearings that often require legal counsel.
In the past year, Katrina has:
In the next year, Katrina plans to:
DOE Failed To Protect Students From Sexual Assaults, Lawsuit Alleges
Facing Lawsuits, NYC Retools Sexual Harassment Policies For Schools
If you deny a person or a community access to education, you deny them a voice and the resources to advocate for themselves, their rights, and a society that recognizes their dignity.
Katrina Feldkamp /
Equal Justice Works Fellow
Host: National Center for Youth Law
Sponsor: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Oracle Corporation
Host: New York Civil Liberties Union
Sponsor: Norflet Progress Fund
Host: Juvenile Law Center
Sponsor: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Host: Alliance for Children's Rights
Sponsor: Edison International, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP