List of Recent Fellows, Skadden Fellowship Foundation

Fellow & Organization		Year

Michael Barbosa American University Washington College of Law The Legal Aid Society New York, NY	Direct representation for individual Harlem residents who have been convicted of non-violent crimes stemming from chemical dependence problems. Having served their sentences, these persons will need help on matters of credit problems with vocational school debt, access to public housing, and inability to have records of juvenile offenses sealed or expunged. The target population for this Second Chance program will be first-time, non-violent offenders.	1999

Margaret Brandow University of Southern California Law School Mental Health Advocacy Services Los Angeles, CA	Direct representation of mentally ill, abused, and	1999

Brant Campbell University of Pennsylvania Law School Nassau/Suffolk Legal Services Hempstead, NY	Direct representation of poor persons enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans in HMO grievance proceedings and appeals and administrative fair hearings. Also will represent clients in social security benefits appeals to obtain Medicare and Medicaid.	1999

Carolyn Corrie University of North Carolina School of Law San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Legal Services Pacoima, CA	Direct representation of newly employed CalWORKs participants to enforce employment rights and ensure access to support services necessary for the economic self-sufficiency of low-income working families.	1999

Katherine Dix Esquivel Harvard Law School Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia Washington, DC	Comprehensive legal services for poor families at risk of losing their children to foster care on matters of child support, access to safe housing and illegal evictions. Also will provide representation to kinship caregivers who are raising children who have been abused or neglected at home to help them obtain custody.	1999

Derek Douglas Yale University School of Law NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. New York, NY	Advocacy to address substandard educational conditions in the Hartford, CT schools by working to implement school desegregation ruling.	1999

Timothy Freilich University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville Albemarle Legal Aid Society Charlottesville, VA	Direct representation and community education for farmworkers and other immigrant workers experiencing severe exploitation in the workplace. Matters will involve non-payment of wages and substandard housing.	1999

Cynthia Godsoe Harvard Law School Child Care Law Center San Francisco, CA	Representation of low-income families with special needs to help them gain access to safe, appropriate and affordable childcare necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency.	1999

Robert Gordon Yale University School of Law The Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Division Bronx, NY	Direct representation of foster children at greatest risk of long-term, multiple placements toward the ultimate goal of adoption.	1999

Mari Hinojosa Harvard Law School Lawyers For Children New York, NY	Direct representation of children in foster care on matters of abuse, neglect and custody. Also community education on matters of sexual abuse and independent living.	1999

Chaumtoli Huq Northeastern University School of Law Asian American Legal Defense and Educational Fund New York, NY	Direct representation and community education for low-income South Asian workers who face unfair labor practices and are deprived of basic employment and civil rights. Focus will be on taxi drivers, domestic workers and restaurant workers.	1999

Shelley Inglis Columbia University School of Law New York Association for New Americans, Inc. New York, NY	Direct representation and community education for poor victims of domestic violence from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.	1999

Ann Jochnick University of Michigan Law School Greater Boston Legal Services Boston, MA	Direct representation and community education for low-income families at risk of losing their homes due to expiring federal and state rent restrictions and subsidies.	1999

Jonathan Kaden Northwestern University School of Law Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI) Chicago, IL	Advocacy to continue community development initiatives in West Haven neighborhood. Also will help launch revitalization efforts in additional impoverished neighborhoods.	1999

Kathleen Keller Yale University School of Law National Women's Law Center Washington, DC	Direct representation and community outreach for low-income women and girls experiencing gender discrimination in career education programs. Will address problems of steering females into lower paying fields and sexual harassment particularly in training for non-traditional employment.	1999

Melanie Klein Columbia University School of Law Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., Metropolitan Maryland Office Riverdale, MD	Direct representation of special needs foster care children in Prince Georges County, MD. Matters to be addressed will be access to public benefits, physical and mental health care and education.	1999

Terry Maroney New York University School of Law Urban Justice Center, Community Development Project New York, NY	Direct representation of lesbian and gay youth on matters of homelessness prevention, domestic violence, barriers to education and abuse and neglect.	1999

Suzanne McKechnie Klahr Stanford Law School East Palo Alto Community Law Project East Palo Alto, CA	Advocacy to create and sustain micro-entrepreneurial businesses and employment opportunities for low-income residents. Direct representation will be on issues of business start-up, tax, property, liability, and employment.	1999

Nelson Mock University of Texas School of Law Legal Aid of Central Texas Austin, TX	Direct representation to poor families threatened with loss of housing with a particular emphasis on those families with disabled children or adults. Will assist such families to challenge discriminatory rental policies and fight arbitrary evictions.	1999

David Onek Stanford Law School Legal Services for Children San Francisco, CA	Direct representation of at-risk youth who need special education, guardianship, emancipation and mental health services.	1999

Rebecca Pennell Stanford Law School Columbia Legal Services - TeamChild Yakima, WA	Direct representation of at-risk youth who need special education, guardianship, emancipation and mental health services.	1999

Benjamin Sachs Yale University School of Law New York Legal Assistance Group New York, NY	Direct representation of low-income workers in the Bushwick community on matters of wage and hour claims, racial and national origin discrimination and workplace safety and health violations.	1999

Jory Steele Columbia University School of Law Legal Aid Society of San Francisco Employment Law Center San Francisco, CA	Advocacy to increase employment opportunities for poor women and minorities by increasing access to apprenticeship programs in the construction industry.	1999

Eve Stotland Yale University School of Law San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation San Francisco, CA	Direct representation and advocacy to keep families together as they transition from welfare to work under the new CalWORKs welfare reform initiative. Emphasis will be on access to childcare, transportation, and meeting the special needs of disabled children.	1999

LaShanda Taylor New York University School of Law The Children's Law Center Washington, DC	Advocacy to provide stability and permanency for children currently in foster care by representing kinship caregivers who want to obtain legal custody. Matters to be addressed will be income support, education, healthcare, mental health services and housing.	1999

Tara Twomey Boston College Law School Legal Services Center - Community Enterprise Project Jamaica Plain, MA	Provision of transactional legal services to low-income micro-entrepreneurs and local Community Development Corporations.	1999

Katherine Weatherly University of Michigan Law School Native American Rights Fund Boulder, CO	Advocacy to facilitate tribal involvement in the education of Native American Students. Eventual goal is to transfer control of reservation schools to tribes from the BIA.	1999