Stephanie Ciupka
Host: Lawndale Christian Legal Center
Sponsor: Latham & Watkins LLP
Yvonne M. Williams
- Hosted by NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
- Sponsored by Mobil Corporation
- Service location Washington, District of Columbia
- Law school Northeastern University School of Law
- Issue area Criminal Justice Reform, Employment
- Fellowship class year 1997
- Program Design-Your-Own Fellowship
The Project
Yvonne worked to extend anti-discrimination laws to workfare and other welfare-related programs through advocacy, monitoring of employment laws and practices, and targeted litigation to enforce civil rights protections, particularly for African-American workers.
What’s Next?
Currently, Yvonne is a District of Columbia Superior Court Judge. Previously she served as counsel at Miller & Chevalier, where she worked on employment and employee benefit cases in local and federal courts.
Media
Judge Yvonne Williams Sworn in to Superior Court
D.C. Judge Explains Leniency in Hate Attack
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