List of Recent Fellows, Skadden Fellowship Foundation

Fellow & Organization		Year

Brooks Allen Yale University School of Law Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco, Bay Area San Francisco, CA	Individual representation and impact litigation to help parents and students enforce their rights to a quality education.	2001

Flor Bermudez Rutgers University School of Law Urban Justice Center, Community Development Project New York, NY	Direct representation to groups of low-income tenants who seek to improve habitability conditions of dilapidated buildings in the South Bronx.	2001

Sheri Danz New York University School of Law The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Chicago, IL	Comprehensive civil legal services to homeless youth on matters of access to housing, public benefits, emancipation and orders of protection.	2001

Brian Dimmick Stanford Law School Disability Rights Advocates Oakland, CA	Litigation and community education to challenge discrimination on the basis of disability in the job application and hiring processes. Project will focus on removing barriers faced by those with sensory disabilities (the visually and hearing impaired).	2001

Matthew Drexler University of Michigan Law School The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Washington, DC	Representation of public housing applicants and fair housing applicants in a class action case to establish and enforce non-discrimination provisions in the use of federal funds, such as H.O.P.E. VI, for housing demolition and redevelopment.	2001

Rajeev Goyle Harvard Law School Advancement Project Washington, DC	Advocacy for poor and minority communities to aid in their efforts of achieving educational equity. Efforts will focus on Denver, where the dropout rate of Latino students is 60% and in the Mississippi Delta where the numbers are similarly dismal.	2001

Shelley Gregory Harvard Law School Legal Aid Society of San Francisco/Employment Law Center San Francisco, CA	Advocacy and litigation on behalf of low-income workers experiencing workplace harassment on the basis of gender, race or national origin.	2001

Damon Hewitt University of Pennsylvania Law School NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. New York, NY	Litigation and advocacy for the educational rights of juvenile pre-trial detainees and students disproportionately at risk for suspension or expulsion.	2001

Jamie Hochman Herz Georgetown University Law Center Bread for the City/Zacchaeus Free Legal Clinic Washington, DC	Provision of on-site legal services, community education and advocacy at the first multi-disciplinary free-standing birth center in the country - the D.C. Developing Families Center.	2001

Marc Jolin University of Chicago Law School Oregon Law Center Portland, OR	Impact litigation to protect the civil rights and rights to public benefits of Oregon’s homeless population.	2001

Chinh Le University of Virginia School of Law NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Washington, DC	Advocacy to reduce racial/ethnic isolation and the concentration of poverty in public schools by assisting parent and community groups to develop new, voluntary desegregation plans and preserve existing ones.	2001

Elizabeth Lorenz (Siebel) University of California at Los Angeles Break the Cycle Los Angeles, CA	Direct representation, community education and public policy advocacy to combat violence in teen relationships and families.	2001

Sarah Mervine Northwestern University School of Law Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago Chicago, IL	Direct representation and community education on behalf of public housing residents as they move from large projects to Section VIII or other temporary housing.	2001

Jyoti Nanda Northwestern University School of Law Western Regional Office of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Los Angeles, CA	Advocacy and impact litigation to challenge predatory lending practices that target the working poor and their children.	2001

Michael Ng Harvard Law School Southern Echo Jackson, MS	Representation of parents and students in the Mississippi Delta public school system to enforce their rights under federal, state and local law and to assist the community’s effort to create accountable leadership in the local school systems.	2001

Udi Ofer Fordham University School of Law My Sisters' Place White Plains, NY	Establishment of a law-based economic self-sufficiency clinic for battered women and their children. These persons will receive comprehensive legal assistance on matters including child support, housing, benefits and workplace rights. Project will be based in Yonkers.	2001

Elizabeth Patten New York University School of Law Community Legal Aid Society Wilmington, DE	Direct representation of parents in dependency/neglect cases in an effort to reunify families when appropriate.	2001

Jennifer Pokempner University of Pennsylvania Law School Juvenile Law Center Philadelphia, PA	Project seeks to change Pennsylvania and national policy and practice on independent living and transition to adulthood issues for youth presently in and previously discharged from the child welfare system. Litigation, cross-system collaboration, administrative advocacy and educational efforts.	2001

Lillian Potter Georgetown University Law Center Texas Rural Legal Aid - Southeastern Migrant Legal Services Weslaco, TX	Provision of comprehensive legal services to migrant farmworkers in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee.	2001

Vivek Sankaran University of Michigan Law School The Children's Law Center Washington, DC	Representation of child victims of domestic violence in custody, abuse and neglect cases.	2001

Marcela Siderman University of California at Los Angeles Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Community outreach, education and administrative advocacy for female low-wage workers on matters of workplace harassment, discrimination and underpayment of wages.	2001

Anita Sinha New York University School of Law Northwest Immigrant Rights Project Seattle, WA	Direct representation of battered immigrant women on a range of matters including economic support, physical safety and housing.	2001

Cassandra Stubbs New York University School of Law Bet Tzedek Legal Services Los Angeles, CA	Direct representation of low-wage workers including day laborers and garment workers who are experiencing exploitation in the workplace.	2001

Nanina Takla New York University School of Law Community Legal Services, Inc. Philadelphia, PA	Direct representation of mildly retarded parents facing permanent loss of their children to foster care.	2001

Alexander Thier Stanford Law School East Palo Alto Community Law Project East Palo Alto, CA	Advocacy to increase affordable housing in the Silicon Valley. Will work with local and state government, community groups, non-profit and for profit corporations in a systemic effort to remove existing impediments to such housing.	2001

Stacey Violante Cote University of Connecticut School of Law Center for Children's Advocacy, Inc. Hartford, CT	Provision of school-based comprehensive legal services to students at Hartford Public High School towards a goal of reversing a 50% dropout rate.	2001

Barbara Zabawa University of Wisconsin Law School Center for Public Representation Madison, WI	Advocacy for consumers in Medicaid managed care experiencing service denial. Project will utilize public and private dispute resolution techniques.	2001

Noah Zatz Yale University School of Law National Employment Law Project New York, NY	Comprehensive legal services to workfare participants experiencing exploitation or barriers to employment such as mandated childcare or job training.	2001