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Kamau Bandele
Northeastern University School of Law
North Carolina Legal Services Resource Center
Raleigh, NC |
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Provision of training and technical support for legal services programs and community organizations state-wide, with particular emphasis on second mortgage fraud, consumer credit insurance scams and public housing matters. |
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1991 |
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Mischelle Causey-Drake
DePaul University College of Law
Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation
Oak Park, IL |
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Provision of basic community legal services and litigation in cases of racial discrimination in poor suburban Cook County. |
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1991 |
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Anne Clark
New York Law School
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
New York, NY |
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Advocacy for welfare recipients to benefit from the new workfare program mandated by the Family Support Act of 1988. |
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1991 |
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Colleen Cotter
Indiana University School of Law
Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc.
Presque Isle, ME |
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Provision of civil legal services to the rural poor of Maine, particularly victims of domestic violence and those in need of assistance in family law matters. |
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1991 |
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Matt Denn
Yale University School of Law
Delaware Volunteer Legal Services
Wilmington, DE |
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Provision of basic legal services to Delaware's low-income communities through neighborhood church clinics. Representation of individuals in landlord-tenant disputes, personal bankruptcies, credit problems, labor disputes, divorces and wills. |
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1991 |
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Barry Fisher
Harvard Law School
Southern Center for Human Rights
Atlanta, GA |
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Provision of early legal assistance to help indigent defendants avoid unnecessary detention in local and county jails. Also litigation attacking inadequate representation of capital defendants. |
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1991 |
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Suzanne Goldberg
Harvard Law School
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
New York, NY |
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Provision of legal services for the indigent gay community seeking access to healthcare and housing. Also litigation on matters relating to discrimination in Social Security entitlements. |
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1991 |
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Jolani Hironaka
Stanford Law School
Asian Law Alliance
San Jose, CA |
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Advocacy on behalf of battered immigrant women. Provision of technical information about domestic violence to victims and provision of legal services on closely related issues such as government benefits, affordable housing and immigration status. |
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1991 |
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Ellen Holmes
Northeastern University School of Law
Advocates for Children of New York
New York, NY |
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Individual representation of public school students placed inappropriately in special education, particularly low-income children of color. |
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1991 |
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Andrew Imparato
Stanford Law School
Disability Law Center
Boston, MA |
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Advocacy for indigent disabled children in Supplemental Security Income disability cases. Also legal services for children and families to ensure individual educational needs are met in the least restrictive environment. |
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1991 |
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Sharon Kalemkiarian
University of San Diego School of Law
Legal Aid Society of San Diego
San Diego, CA |
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Provision of storefront legal services for runaway and troubled teens, including consolidation and reduction of outstanding warrants. Advocacy for more effective and sensitive law enforcement practices and litigation aimed at securing better county services for troubled teens. |
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1991 |
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Craig Levine
New York University School of Law
Appalachian Research and Defense Fund
Prestonsburg, KY |
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Provision of direct legal services to indigent children of Appalachia on issues of public benefits, consumer and employment cases, and health and education matters. Also collaboration on Fund's institutional reform cases involving the state's public education finance system, the lack of a child support enforcement program and the state's inadequate Medicaid payment levels for children. |
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1991 |
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Karen Lieberman
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Chicago, IL |
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Systems change, policy and advocacy work on early childhood issues (birth to 5), including education, health care, child welfare, and early intervention. |
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1991 |
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Matt Nosanchuk
Stanford Law School
American Civil Liberties Union - AIDS Project
New York, NY |
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Litigation to help overcome discrimination against poor people with AIDS. Also individual representation for those who are victims of AIDS-related discrimination in housing, employment, education and access to healthcare. |
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1991 |
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Wendy Parker
University of Texas School of Law
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Washington, DC |
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Litigation of educational equity issues concerning poor and minority school children. Development of remedial plans for second generation of desegregation litigation. |
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1991 |
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MSN Paula DiStabile
City University of New York School of Law
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
New York, NY |
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Design and implementation of a method to assess the immediate legal needs of families at Montefiore Medical Center who are damaged by maternal drug use. |
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1991 |
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Maggie Prieto
Harvard Law School
Ayuda
Washington, DC |
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Provision of basic legal services to Spanish speaking poor immigrants. Cases include employment discrimination, family law and representation of clients before immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals. |
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1991 |
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Tim Silard
Stanford Law School
Income Rights Project
San Francisco, CA |
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Development of a public housing clinic to represent families faced with unlawful evictions and unsafe, unhealthy or unsanitary living conditions. Also training of lay advocates and tenant groups learning to resolve public housing problems as a first step toward housing project ownership and management. |
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1991 |
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Elizabeth Singer
Harvard Law School
Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
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Individual representation of low-income women on matters of employment discrimination, sexual harassment and barriers to entry into jobs traditionally held by men. |
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1991 |
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David Singleton
Harvard Law School
Legal Action Center for the Homeless
New York, NY |
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Provision of basic legal services to the homeless of New York City and provision of legal counsel to the formerly homeless in danger of becoming homeless again. Also litigation aimed at countering racism and the role it could play in shaping the legal rights of homeless minorities. |
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1991 |
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Kara Stein
Yale University School of Law
Legal Services of North Texas
Dallas, TX |
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Provision of basic legal services to the poor and homeless in areas of housing, discrimination, entitlements and consumer protection. Also development of training workshops for homeless shelter staff and clients on legal rights of this population. |
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1991 |
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Liz Steyer
Stanford Law School
National Center for Youth Law
Oakland, CA |
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Advocacy to increase poor children's access to the healthcare system through impact litigation and individual representation of youths in juvenile court proceedings. |
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1991 |
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Susan Waysdorf
University of Maryland School of Law
Whitman-Walker Clinic Legal Services
Washington, DC |
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Provision of basic legal services to HIV-infected poor persons. Preparation of wills, help with housing issues, government benefits, handicap discrimination, health insurance disputes, immigration and custodial arrangements for critically ill children. |
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1991 |
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Luke Williams Jr.
University of Denver College of Law
El Rescate Legal Services
Los Angeles, CA |
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Advocacy for poor clients seeking political asylum and deportation defense, as well as representation in various administrative proceedings and creation of instructional materials on legal rights of the Central American community in Los Angeles. |
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1991 |
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