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Koren Bell
Yale University School of Law
Education Law Center
Newark, NJ |
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Advocating-for-Accountability project to ensure that the remedial measures mandated in Abbott v. Burke translate into concrete change for poor minority schoolchildren throughout New Jersey. |
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2004 |
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Caroline Bettinger-Lopez
Columbia University School of Law
ACLU Women's Rights Project
New York, NY |
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Impact litigation and community outreach to challenge housing and employment policies that create barriers for victims of domestic violence. |
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2004 |
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Sarah Biehl
Ohio State University College of Law
Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
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Provision of basic legal services for students at what will be Chicago's first high school-based legal clinic. |
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2004 |
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Jennifer Chang
Stanford Law School
ACLU Immigrants Rights Project
New York, NY |
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Direct representation, policy work, community education and impact litigation for immigrant garment workers in San Francisco experiencing exploitation. |
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2004 |
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Margaret Chang
University of California at Los Angeles
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Los Angeles, CA |
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Direct representation of families with children seeking lead-free housing. Will also work with government agencies and cooperative landowners to help create healthier housing for low-income families. |
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2004 |
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Steven Choi
Harvard Law School
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
New York, NY |
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Direct representation of low-wage Korean workers in New York City and suburban New Jersey who are victims of exploitation in the workplace. |
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2004 |
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Melanca Clark
Harvard Law School
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
New York, NY |
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Impact litigation to improve employment opportunities for non-violent ex-offenders. Also will focus on access to housing, public assistance, student loans and ability to vote. |
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2004 |
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Keith Cunningham-Parmeter
Stanford Law School
Oregon Law Center
Portland, OR |
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Direct representation and advocacy for farmworkers on matters of workplace exploitation. Issues to be addressed will include health and safety violations and wage and hour law non-compliance. |
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2004 |
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Nicole De Sario
Harvard Law School
The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC |
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Direct representation, advocacy and community education on behalf of low-income tenants to combat poor housing conditions and achieve large scale lasting repairs in DC's affordable housing stock. |
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2004 |
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Benjamin Drinen
Temple University School of Law
Support Center for Child Advocates
Philadelphia, PA |
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Direct representation of disabled children in the foster care system who are eligible for SSI disability benefits in order to promote the reunification of families. |
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2004 |
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Laura Faer
Columbia University School of Law
Public Counsel Law Center
Los Angeles, CA |
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Individual representation and advocacy for students and their parents in three distressed South Central Los Angeles public schools. Project will be called the Angelino Parents Providing Leadership in Education (APPLE). |
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2004 |
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James Freeman
Harvard Law School
Advancement Project
Washington, DC |
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Advocacy to counter high dropout rates among Latino students and over-representation and misidentification of such children in special education. Will work with organizations in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee. |
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2004 |
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John Freeman
City University of New York School of Law
Anishinabe Legal Services
Cass Lake , MN |
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Educational advocacy for at-risk Native American youth to facilitate successful school completion. Emphasis will be on a range of matters including SSI benefits, school suspension and discrimination complaints. |
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2004 |
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Andrea Gold
University of Michigan Law School
Life Span Center for Legal Services and Advocacy
Chicago, IL |
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Direct representation of low-income battered women on matters of protection, divorce, child custody and employment. There will be a specific emphasis on litigation under a recently passed state law barring employment discrimination against domestic violence victims. |
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2004 |
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Michael Gregory
Harvard Law School
Legal Services Center
Jamaica Plain, MA |
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Advocacy to develop a model of legal support that responds to the connection between divorce/domestic violence special needs children. The goal will be to gain access to special education for children of families victimized by poverty and violence. |
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2004 |
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Elizabeth Keyes
Georgetown University Law Center
CASA of Maryland
Takoma Park, MD |
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Direct representation and outreach to exploited migrant domestic workers on a range of matters including physical and mental abuse, non-payment of wages and sexual harassment. Will cooperate with leaders of various immigrant communities during outreach phase by speaking at places of worship and in parks. |
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2004 |
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Nhu Le
Cornell Law School
Greater Boston Legal Services
Boston, MA |
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Establishment of a pro se clinic to assist low-income persons in non-complex family law cases where self-representation may be effective, such as child support cases and uncontested divorces. |
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2004 |
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Dale Margolin
Columbia University School of Law
The Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Division
New York, NY |
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Direct representation and community outreach to pregnant and parenting teenagers in foster care to protect their rights to appropriate placement, education and mandated services. Will also provide counsel on matters of child custody and support. |
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2004 |
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Jeannie Martin (Nist)
Columbia University School of Law
The Legal Aid Society - Kathryn A. McDonald Education Advocacy Project
New York, NY |
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Provision of direct representation, community outreach and training to special needs children and their families residing in Harlem, toward a goal of improving their educational outcomes. |
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2004 |
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Trisha Miller
Stanford Law School
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Washington, DC |
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Provision of transactional legal assistance to community development organizations working to improve the housing and economic conditions of minority communities, particularly in the deep South. |
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2004 |
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Sharmila Murthy
Harvard Law School
The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee
Nashville, TN |
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Advocacy for low-income immigrants through a three-part strategy of direct representation, community education and legal reform. Matters to be addressed will include wrongful evictions, access to government benefits, housing, consumer debt and wage and employment matters. |
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2004 |
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John Nolte
University of California at Los Angeles
Uncommon Good
Claremont, CA |
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Impact litigation representing low-income tenants who have been victims of slumlords and forced to live in severely substandard housing. Also policy advocacy to establish a citizen's committee of housing advocates, attorneys, business leaders and academics to investigate the slum housing problem in Pomona. |
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2004 |
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Delicia Reynolds
American University Washington College of Law
Just Neighbors Ministry, Inc.
Arlington, VA |
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Provision of community economic development and legal services for low-income immigrant women particularly in Latino and African communities. Will provide education, organizing and legal advocacy to help overcome barriers to employment and business ownership. |
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2004 |
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Brooke Richie
Harvard Law School
Welfare Law Center
New York, NY |
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Impact litigation and community education to increase opportunities for low-income heads of households to acquire educational and employment skills critical for self-sufficiency. |
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2004 |
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Julie Robie
Yale University School of Law
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Cleveland, OH |
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Advocacy to stop predatory lenders from stripping income and home equity from the poor through direct representation of borrowers in payday lending and foreclosure cases. |
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2004 |
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Carrie Schneider (Russell)
Harvard Law School
Greater Boston Institute Conservation Law Foundation
Boston, MA |
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Advocacy to empower working poor minority and immigrant communities to pursue economic development goals and respond to an imminent threat of displacement posed by new transit access. |
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2004 |
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Angie Schwartz
Stanford Law School
National Center for Youth Law
Oakland, CA |
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Direct representation and impact litigation for adolescents living in families receiving public assistance who need help in negotiation with welfare agencies, schools and work preparation programs. |
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2004 |
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Janet Stocco
University of Virginia School of Law
Education Law Center
Newark, NJ |
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Direct representation of children in foster care who need special education. Also representation of biological parents who wish to remain actively engaged with their children's educational progress. |
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2004 |
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