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Fellow & Organization |
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Shawn Boehringer
State University of New York at Buffalo Law School
Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky
Prestonsburg, KY |
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Community development project representing emerging day care projects as a first step towards readiness for job training for parents. Also basic legal services to unemployed coal miners. |
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1993 |
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Stephen Carpenter
Stanford Law School
Farmers' Legal Action Group
St. Paul, MN |
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Advocacy for financially distressed family farmers to increase access to credit. |
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1993 |
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Sarah Cleveland
Yale University School of Law
Florida Rural Legal Services
Lake Worth, FL |
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Representation of migrant farmworkers to ensure adequate housing, compensation, access to education and disability benefits. Also advocacy to protect jobs and livelihoods of U.S. and foreign workers against laborers illegally imported by Florida growers of sugar cane |
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1993 |
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Mylan Denerstein
Columbia University School of Law
Children's Defense Fund
Washington, DC |
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Research and policy work on impact of new early intervention state and federal legislation on poor children in areas of nutrition and parenting. |
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1993 |
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Mary Giliberti
Yale University School of Law
Mental Health Law Project
Washington, DC |
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Advocacy to increase employment opportunities for persons with mental disabilities. |
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1993 |
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Debbie Goelman
New York University School of Law
House of Ruth Legal Clinic
Baltimore, MD |
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Representation of victims of domestic violence in divorce, child support and custody suits and training of volunteer lawyers on state's new Order for Protection law. |
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1993 |
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Chris Griffin
Boston College Law School
Disability Law Center
Boston, MA |
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Educational training for the disabled poor to inform them of their rights under the new Americans With Disabilities Act and representation of those persons whose rights under the ADA have been violated. |
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1993 |
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Sally Hernandez
University of New Mexico School of Law
Legal Aid Society of Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM |
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Representation of disabled Indian children particularly those who are victims of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Advocacy will include issues of access to healthcare and special education. |
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1993 |
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Rosie Hidalgo
New York University School of Law
The Door - Legal Services Center
New York, NY |
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Provision of direct legal services for troubled youth and runaways on family law matters of neglect and abuse, custody, foster care, healthcare and employment. |
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1993 |
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Mark Hurwitz
Columbia University School of Law
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. |
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1993 |
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Martha Kegel
Stanford Law School
New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation
New Orleans, LA |
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Establishment of a travelling legal aid clinic which will provide legal services to low-income people on housing and healthcare matters in areas of Plaquemines Parish, the state's poorest and most racially segregated parish. |
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1993 |
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Susan Kraham
Columbia University School of Law
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
New York, NY |
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Advocacy for poor women on matters of welfare, child support and job training opportunities. |
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1993 |
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Gabrielle Lessard
University of Wisconsin Law School
National Economic Development & Law Center
Oakland, CA |
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Provision of legal services to organizations training low-income women for construction trades in Bay Area inner cities where publicly sponsored redevelopment efforts are underway. |
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1993 |
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John Murphy
Georgetown University Law Center
Black Hills Legal Services
Rapid City, SD |
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Direct representation of Native Americans involved in Indian Child Welfare Act litigation involving removal of their children and placement into non-Indian foster homes. |
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1993 |
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Kate O'Malley
University of Illinois College of Law
Merrimack Valley Legal Services
Lowell, MA |
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Provision of legal services to poor Latinas who are victims of domestic violence. Also training of community women to help them combat abuse. |
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1993 |
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Lisa Otero
Harvard Law School
Greater Boston Legal Services
Boston, MA |
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Direct representation of homeless families in Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan with particular emphasis on desegregating low-cost housing. |
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1993 |
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Pilar Penn
Vanderbilt University Law School
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Atlanta, GA |
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Provision of basic legal services to HIV-infected poor persons, with an emphasis on women and children. |
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1993 |
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Barbara Prine
Northeastern University School of Law
Vermont Legal Aid
Burlington, VT |
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Provision of civil legal services to the rural poor of Vermont, particularly victims of domestic violence and those in need of assistance in family law matters. |
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1993 |
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Song Richardson
Yale University School of Law
The Legal Aid Society
New York, NY |
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Direct representation of legal aliens eligible for, but not receiving, public benefits. Also development of test litigation designed to protect entitlement to these benefits. |
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1993 |
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Seth Rosenthal
Harvard Law School
Southern Center for Human Rights
Atlanta, GA |
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Individual representation of death row inmates in habeas corpus proceedings. |
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1993 |
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Stacy Seicshnaydre
Tulane University School of Law
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Washington, DC |
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Impact litigation to ensure minorities’ access to tools of self-sufficiency: quality schools, social services, job opportunities and integrated and affordable housing with a particular emphasis on housing discrimination. |
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1993 |
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Amy Sinden
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Community Legal Services, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA |
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Administrative advocacy and litigation concerning availability of appropriate training programs and support services for welfare recipients seeking self-sufficiency. Also representation of victims of fraudulent job training schemes. |
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1993 |
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Ricardo Soto
University of Wisconsin Law School
California Rural Legal Services
Oceanside, CA |
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Direct representation of farmworkers on issues of housing, wages and labor conditions. |
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1993 |
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Guy Wallace
Harvard Law School
Disability Rights Advocates
Oakland, CA |
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Direct representation and impact litigation for disabled poor job applicants who need advocacy to enter the workforce and gain independence from welfare. |
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1993 |
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