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Jennifer Arnett
Columbia University School of Law
ACLU Women's Rights Project
New York, NY |
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Direct representation and litigation on behalf of low-wage Latinas who face employment discrimination, sexual harassment and non-payment of wages. |
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2002 |
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Chandra Bhatnagar
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
New York, NY |
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Direct representation for low-wage South Asian construction workers, domestic workers and restaurant workers experiencing exploitative workplace conditions. |
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2002 |
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Elizabeth Calcaterra
University of Michigan Law School
KidsVoice (formerly Legal Aid Society of Pittsburgh)
Pittsburgh, PA |
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Direct representation of medically needy children in the foster care system. Also development and implementation of training curriculum for medical and legal service providers to improve the quality of advocacy for sick children. |
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2002 |
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Sarah Connell
Georgetown University Law Center
The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC |
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Direct representation of victims of domestic violence on matters of child custody, child support, housing and public benefit matters. Intake will be conducted at a new full service center at Greater Southeast Hospital. Will also work with police to improve police response to domestic violence and with community education groups. |
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2002 |
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Mallory Curran
New York University School of Law
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Cleveland, OH |
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Individual representation for indigent children served by a medical/legal collaborative project designed to improve their health. Assistance will be provided on-site at the department of pediatrics of MetroHealth Medical Center. |
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2002 |
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Lynne Echenberg
Stanford Law School
The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division
New York, NY |
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Direct representation to children aging out of foster care to ensure that they receive the services to which they are entitled prior to their discharge from foster care. |
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2002 |
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Andrew Elmore
University of California at Los Angeles
The Legal Aid Society, Staten Island Neighborhood Office
Staten Island, NY |
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Direct representation of low-wage workers who face underpayment of wages, dangerous work conditions and barriers to collecting workers' compensation and work-related government benefits. |
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2002 |
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Matthew Feigin
Harvard Law School
Community Law Center
Baltimore, MD |
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Advocacy on behalf of indigent residents to implement state's civil nuisance statute to reform or shutter buildings that have become foci of drug dealing, violence and public disorder. |
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2002 |
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Kara Finck
Columbia University School of Law
The Door
New York, NY |
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Legal representation and educational outreach to enforce the rights of foster care adolescents preparing to age out of the child welfare system into independent living. |
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2002 |
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Fernando Gaytan
University of Southern California Law School
Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice
Los Angeles, CA |
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Direct legal assistance and community education for low-income elderly persons and those who are immigrants who are the victims of unscrupulous legal services or financial services schemes relating to home purchasing and refinancing. |
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2002 |
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Mark Humowiecki
Yale University School of Law
MFY Legal Services
New York, NY |
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Direct representation, community education and advocacy for working poor persons on a range of matters including unsafe working conditions, discrimination, retaliation and harassment. |
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2002 |
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Omar Jadwat
New York University School of Law
ACLU Immigrants Rights Project
New York, NY |
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Direct representation and litigation for immigrant day laborers seeking to combat exploitation and harassment. |
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2002 |
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Kathleen Kim
Stanford Law School
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco, CA |
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Advancing the employment rights of victims of human trafficking in the United States and immigrants subjected to coercive employment practices. Emphasis will be on garment, domestic service and commercial sex industries. |
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2002 |
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Elizabeth Kristen
University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law
Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center
San Francisco, CA |
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Direct services litigation and policy work on behalf of low-income workers with hidden disabilities, a particularly vulnerable group of employees. |
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2002 |
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Ines Kuperschmit
University of California at Los Angeles School of Law
Public Counsel
Los Angeles, CA |
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Direct representation, public policy advocacy and public education for youth with mental disabilities who are homeless or in the juvenile dependency systems. |
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2002 |
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Eloise Lawrence
Northwestern University School of Law
Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI)
Chicago, IL |
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Advocacy for residents of public housing who are being relocated and must be connected to social services such as job training, substance abuse treatment and childcare. Will also expand a "small grants" program that provides funds to residents for community building activities, a program which was started by a former Skadden Fellow. |
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2002 |
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Minsu Longiaru
Harvard Law School
Greater Boston Legal Services
Boston, MA |
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Direct representation of day laborers and contingent workers on matters of exploitation in the workplace. |
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2002 |
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Sameena Majeed
New York University School of Law
Urban Justice Center, Community Development Project
New York, NY |
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Advocacy for persons transitioning from welfare into full-time employment by enforcing their rights to an education, namely GED, college or vocational programs. |
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2002 |
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Matthew Meyer
University of Michigan Law School
Community Legal Aid Society
Wilmington, DE |
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Legal assistance for community-based microenterprise institutions. |
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2002 |
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Alex Montgomery
University of Chicago Law School
Life Span Center for Legal Services
Chicago, IL |
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Direct representation of battered women with an emphasis on achieving economic independence for them. |
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2002 |
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Molly Murphy
Fordham University School of Law
Lawyers For Children
New York, NY |
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Direct representation of children in foster care and custody and visitation proceedings to prevent unnecessary removal of children exposed to domestic violence. |
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2002 |
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Jaclyn Okin
American University Washington College of Law
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
New York, NY |
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Advocacy to ensure that New York City schools provide students with disabilities in low-income communities with appropriate services that will prepare them for their transition from high school. |
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2002 |
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Luciene Parsley
University of Maryland School of Law
Maryland Disability Law Center
Baltimore, MD |
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Individual representation and litigation to ensure that low-income persons with disabilities are afforded equal rights and opportunities in public and subsidized programs. |
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2002 |
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James Regan
Fordham University School of Law
The Legal Aid Society, Community Law Office (East 106th Street)
New York, NY |
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Direct representation of tenants in housing disputes at the new Harlem Community Justice Center pro-actively working to resolve disputes so as to avoid litigation. Also community education and organization in order to increase ties and form trust between the community and the justice system. |
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2002 |
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Elizabeth Saylor
Harvard Law School
The Legal Aid Society
Brooklyn, NY |
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The Legal Aid Society -- Provision of comprehensive legal services to victims of domestic violence in order to ensure that they obtain the transitional benefits they need to achieve economic self-sufficiency and family stability. |
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2002 |
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Monica Teixeira de Sousa
Georgetown University Law Center
Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc.
Providence, RI |
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Promotion of economic stability and educational opportunity in Rhode Island's low-income Portugese and Cape Verdian community by providing on-site representation, community education and advocacy at the Pawtucket Child Opportunity Zone. |
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2002 |
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Ashley Wells
Northwestern University School of Law
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Atlanta, GA |
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Direct representation and community education to combat predatory practices aimed at low-income used car consumers in the Atlanta area where poor transportation forces poor persons to buy used cars. Much of the city's poor population lives on the South Side and the jobs are on the North Side, spatially isolated from economic opportunities. |
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2002 |
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Andrew Williams
New York University School of Law
The Bronx Defenders
Bronx, NY |
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Direct provision of civil legal services for the families of the criminally accused on matters of eviction, employment, and other collateral matters. |
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2002 |
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