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will spend this year in Washington, D.C. with their in Washington, will spend this year the RTK Program is delighted to welcome Professor Professor welcome to is delighted the RTK Program Oliver Satterthwaite Nathan. While Meg is away, Nathan. While Satterthwaite Oliver Kenji Yoshino as its interim Faculty Director. Director. Faculty as its interim Kenji Yoshino During the 2009-10 academic year, Faculty Director Director Faculty year, During the 2009-10 academic Meg and her partner on leave. is Meg Satterthwaite Professor of Constitutional Law at the of Constitutional Professor newborn twins, Nathan Robert Satterthwaite and twins, Nathan Robert Satterthwaite newborn Alison Nathan, Associate White House Counsel, White Alison Nathan, Associate

Deb Ellis, RTK Program Director, stated, “I’m grateful to Kenji to “I’m grateful stated, Director, Deb Ellis, RTK Program He has also written extensively in other popular venues, such in other popular venues, extensively He has also written

1. where he taught from 1998 to 2008. He received his undergraduate degree degree undergraduate his received He 2008. to 1998 from taught he where wealth University. wealth their orientation experience) by Pomona College, University of University College, by Pomona experience) their orientation from Harvard College, took a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, University, Oxford to Scholarship a Rhodes took College, Harvard from for his energetic leadership during this year. He has quickly become become He has quickly during this year. leadership his energetic for nhanced Alumni Online Directory Enhanced Yoshino is Interim Interim is Yoshino Director Faculty Orientation for the Class of 2012 the Class for Orientation nterest Series 2008-09 in Public Interest Leaders Journal Memberships Class of 2011 Summer Jobs Class Class of 2012 Biographies Class to be to in Shakespeare Justice on a book titled working is currently integral to the Program and a wonderful mentor to the scholars.” ■ the scholars.” to mentor and a wonderful the Program to integral Law School. Prior to coming to NYU, he was the inaugural Guido Calabresi Guido Calabresi was the inaugural NYU, he to coming Law School. Prior to Law School, at Yale Life Dean of Intellectual of Law and Deputy Professor North Carolina, University of Richmond, and Virginia Common- of Richmond, and Virginia University North Carolina, published by Ecco Press in 2010. Press published by Ecco . He Post Times, and The Washington York as The L.A. Times, The New and earned his law degree at Yale Law School. A specialist in Law School. A specialist at Yale and earned his law degree The Yale Law , and The Yale Review Law , The Stanford Columbia Law Review (Random House 2006) has been chosen as theOur Civil Rights constitutional law, antidiscrimination law, and law and literature, literature, law, antidiscrimination law, and law and constitutional

Yoshino has published in major academic journals, such as The has published in major academic Yoshino Covering: The Hidden Assault on book, Covering: The Hidden Assault Journal. His award-winning “first-year book” (the book read by incoming students as part of read by incoming book” (the book “first-year 3

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RT us has had a different climb with unique struggles, courses, tests, choices—but all of us Dear Root-Tilden-Kern Alumni/ae, have reached the top of the tower. We are sitting in this theatre, in this wonderful city, This has been a year of transitions: for our nation, for our enjoying the view. students, and for the program. The historic inauguration In my climb up the ladder, I learned a lot about myself as well as the world around of President Obama last January has reverberated in our me. I was the first person in my family to pursue a professional degree and the fear, RTK community. As you’ll see on page 3, two of our 2009 excitement, and hopes that came with that, at times, felt heavy. With each step higher, I graduates are beginning their careers in highly-coveted learned more about myself, what I was able to accomplish, what I could take, and gained more strength and knowledge. federal honors programs, and the Class Notes include Along the way up, I was also able to watch as things around me on the ground, some several alumni who have been appointed to high level of which I may have taken for granted, changed. Words and ideas in the law lost meaning, positions within the Administration. as we struggled to feel safe from terror; the financial system we trusted to provide us with We are pleased to report that despite the challeng- work fell weak in the knees; but we also witnessed a historic, and in my opinion, hope- ing economy, our graduates fared well in obtaining

renewing election. We are now looking out into the world as it is, and not how it was. L etter from the director prestigious public service jobs and fellowships. We But just as the world is different from when we began our climb, so, too, are we. To are especially pleased that this year 100% of our RTK me, the beautiful thing about our new degrees is that we are looking out into the world, graduates are working in a public interest job or a and can plot the direction we want to walk. All around us is field, and we have agency and judicial clerkship. power to go out into it. In program transitions, Faculty Director Meg In thinking about this question, and particularly how to address it in this speech, I Satterthwaite became a proud mother of twin boys was reminded that smarter and more creative people in July. While Meg and her family spend the year in than me have spoken on occasions like this in the past. Washington, D.C., Professor Kenji Yoshino graciously …We are looking David Foster Wallace, one of America’s greatest writers, agreed to be our interim Faculty Director for 2009-10. who we lost last year, spoke to Kenyon College’s (For more details, see page 1). Warm congratulations out into the graduating class of 2005. He opened his speech with to Meg and deep appreciation to Kenji! world, and can a simple parable: there are these two young fish Reflecting on RTK transitions, this year also marks plot the direction swimming along and they happen to pass an older fish the 40th anniversary of women as RTK scholars. In fall swimming in the opposite direction. As they pass, the 1969, three women became scholars: Barbara Burnett, we want to walk. older fish says, “Morning boys, how’s the water?” The Erica Steinberger McLean, and Mary Morgan. It is hard two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one to believe today – when over half of our Scholars are of them looks over at the other and says, “what’s water?” women – that there was strong opposition to including Wallace’s point in telling this story was twofold: first, that the most obvious, women in the program. On behalf of all of us women important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about, and, second, RTK graduates, we salute the women alumni (Susan learning how to think really means exercising some control over how and what you think Deller Ross, Janet Goodman) who worked so hard to about. Wallace goes on to talk about our day-to-day lives, be it sitting in a crowded subway change the policy. car, waiting in traffic, and says those moments—the minutia of life—is the water. And that On the gratitude front, we are grateful to all of we can choose to look for the good in those moments and focus on the joy—to embrace you who have invested in the next generation of RTK “the water” instead of succumbing to feeling negative about modern life, or our chosen scholars by contributing to the program during the past profession, or our path, our choices, the field. year. In my opinion, there is no better way to express My goal, for myself, and my hope for each of you, is that more than finding success— gratitude for the gift of our scholarships than to continue which I am certain everyone here will do and already has done—is that we will all find the cycle of giving. happiness. That, as we swim through the water, walk through the field, that we have During this difficult economic time, your support love and joy in our lives or, at the very least, that we try to recognize all the good that is needed more than ever. As the Law School’s Capital surrounds us, “the water,” instead of focusing on the bad. Campaign draws to a close in spring 2010, we are still But now, at this moment, in this theatre, on this day, I want to thank trying to achieve a higher annual participation rate. Our our families, friends, loved ones, professors, and the entire community goal is to have a 75% giving rate for each Root class. and staff at NYU for your support, love, and dedication to each of us. To that end, this year we have calculated the percentage I think, on this I can speak for everyone, when I say we love you of giving for each class in the Honor Roll that appears and are so thankful for each of you. at the end of the Newsletter. The classes that lead with So, counselors, Class of 2009, 70% or greater participation are: 1956, 1965, 1974, 1984, congratulations to each of you. As I and 2009. If your name is not on our honor roll of donors, listen to those 1,000 names won’t you please consider a gift and increasing your being called, and as each of class’s participation rate? Online giving is easy by going you walk across this stage, I to www.law.nyu.edu/giving. will be thinking about all the We wish you all the best for a healthy and happy great memories I have from New Year. climbing the ladder with each of you, and I plan to think, “This is water, this is water.” Thank you, I wish us all so much more than luck. ■ Deb 3 RTK News Fall 2009

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We are proud to announce that 100% of the Class of 2009of the Class that 100% announce to proud are We job or a judicial clerkship! in a public interest is employed Seth Gurgel Shanti Hubbard Johnson Sara Edget Betru Elizabeth Bakale-Wise Katherine Evans Russell Crane Russell Gabriel Diaz MN (2010 term) of Appeals, St. Paul, for the Eighth Circuit, Minneapolis, MN Circuit, the Eighth for Children Advocacy Project of Catholic Project Advocacy Children GA Charities, Atlanta, Capital Post Conviction Project of Louisiana, Conviction Project Post Capital Columbia, Washington, D.C. Columbia, Washington, Equal Justice Works Fellowship, Immigrant Fellowship, Works Equal Justice Fellowship, Litigation and Social Justice (2011 term) New Orleans, LA Orleans, New New York Legal Aid Society, Civil Re-entry York New York New Bronx, Project, of the District for Service Public Defender Law Institute, NYU School of Law U.S.-Asia Georgetown Fellowship, Prettyman University Law Center, Washington, D.C. Washington, Law Center, University Santa Clara County Counsel, Impact Clara Santa Shanghai, China San Jose, CA Appeals, St. Paul, MN Appeals, St. Paul, Phoenix, AZ the Ninth Circuit, Appeals for Anjali Bhargava Judge Harriet Lansing, Minnesota Court ofJudge Harriet Lansing, Minnesota Court Minnesota Judge Thomas Kalitowski, Judge Diana Murphy, U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Court of Judge Mary M. Schroeder, Employment Destinations Employment Class of 2009 of 2009 Class

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Convocation Awards at at Awards “to the graduating student who student the graduating “to “for the greatest contribution by a third- contribution the greatest “for “for demonstrated commitment to practice practice to commitment demonstrated “for “designated by the Dean in recognition by the Dean in recognition “designated Announcing Leaders in Public Interest Enhanced Series 2008–09

Alumni The Public Interest Law Center’s Leaders in Public Interest Online Series welcomed four alumni of the Root-Tilden-Kern program this past year. The speakers discussed subjects Directory ranging from achieving work-life balance to the future of national security law.

The Law School is excited to announce Jim Marston RTK ’78, Geri Palast RTK ’76, the anticipated fall launch of an Regional Director of Executive Director enhanced online alumni directory. The the Texas Office of the of the Campaign for new directory will include updated and Environmental Defense Fiscal Equity (CFE), user-editable alumni user profiles (with Fund, advocated for spoke about making image and video posting capabilities) the implementation of the right to a sound as well as the ability to create, join and a cap-and-trade system as a way to solve basic education a reality for New York share in groups. All currently existing global warming and improve the nation’s City public school students. The CFE features will be retained, including the economy. Explaining the finer details of won a landmark lawsuit against New York current search option where graduates several proposed cap-and-trade systems, arguing that it underfunded the New can search the alumni database by Marston argued that these systems promise York City public school system, violating participation in certain student programs to provide the incentive American companies students’ constitutional right to a sound such as the RTK scholarship, as well need to make the shift toward a greener basic education. Years of appeals, however, as by standard search criteria (name, lifestyle. Marston responded to concerns that made implementing the landmark decision degree, employer, region, etc.). As with India and China are absent from international a challenge. In 2006, the Court of Appeals our current directory, the new directory environmental agreements like the Kyoto of New York finally ordered the state to will be password-protected and only Protocol by pointing out that the U.S. and provide $2 billion annually to New York accessible to Law School graduates who other more developed countries initiated City public schools. Palast spoke about have authenticated their alumni status. this problem. transforming CFE into a watchdog group to ensure that these important education Please note that you will be identified as Ben Wizner RTK ’00, reforms are implemented. an RTK graduate in the directory unless staff attorney for the you request to be excluded. If you do American Civil Liberties Two graduates who are married, Joanne not want to be included, please send Union, discussed Lin RTK ’97, Legislative Counsel for the an email to the Alumni Relations Office the challenges of American Civil Liberties Union, and at [email protected] no later than endeavoring to protect Gregory Chen ’97, Director for Legislative January 31, 2010. civil liberties in the post-9/11 era. “So Affairs for the Lutheran Immigration and In accordance with the Family far, every single case that’s been brought Refugee Service, delivered a candid lecture, Educational Rights and Privacy Act by a torture victim seeking to hold US titled “Advancing Immigrants’ Rights in (FERPA), NYU School of Law is required officials accountable for widespread torture the Post 9/11 World (While Raising Kids to notify alumni prior to disclosing polices, every single one of those cases has on Two Public Interest Salaries).” Lin and information related to their participation been dismissed at the outset without any Chen discussed the challenges of trying in activities, groups, or scholarship adjudication of either the facts or the law.” to balance their careers with life’s other programs as students. If you would like Looking toward the future, he applauded commitments. Although Lin and Chen more information on FERPA, please President Obama’s executive orders ending approached the topic of work-family balance contact the Office of Academic Program torture, shutting down the CIA’s prisons, from very personal perspectives, they Review at 212.998.2310. ■ and requiring the closing of Guantanamo. came together to speak about their career He urged Obama, though, to confront the passion—the fight for comprehensive and mistakes of the past in order to “change the humane immigration reform. ■ architecture of immunity and secrecy that’s been used to shield all of these abuses from oversight and accountability.” Otherwise, Wizner warned, “there will be nothing to prevent a future administration from repeating these same mistakes.” 5 RTK News Fall 2009

a University Scholar a University of 2006, where she of 2006, where from the University of the University from studied Politics and Politics studied Rachael graduated as Rachael graduated in December Pittsburgh Shannon grew up in Harrisburg, up in Harrisburg, Shannon grew Shannon views law as an ideal mediumShannon views After graduating, Rachael interned graduating, After In her career, Rachael hopes to In her career, welfare and criminal justice reform and reform criminal justice and welfare with the Pittsburgh Chapter of the ACLU of the ACLU Chapter with the Pittsburgh with the Government Accountability Project, Project, Accountability with the Government and human organizing community women’s in Action, studying contemporary minority contemporary in Action, studying case fraud an international investigating activist, and judge. and activist, the Arthur Liman Public Interest Fellowship Fellowship Public Interest the Arthur Liman of justice. on the scales balance establish to and at the University of Chicago Law and of Chicago and at the University also served as a fellow at the Fulton County at the Fulton as a fellow also served at Pittsburgh’s oldest affordable housing affordable oldest at Pittsburgh’s as a 2007 Summer Fellow with Humanity as a 2007 Summer Fellow returned Rachael a D.C.-based non-profit, Jewish as an American America Central to an affordable housing energy efficiency housing energy an affordable address quality of life issues for vulnerable vulnerable for issues quality of life address on Earth. town the greatest from Yale Law School. Yale from hopes to achieve a system of equality and a system achieve hopes to attorney, justice as a juvenile rehabilitation World Service World Partners Fellow. Fellow. Partners World Service World with El Comité she worked there, While non-profit, working specifically on a Family Family on a working specifically non-profit, rights issues in Warsaw, Poland. After Poland. in Warsaw, rights issues El based out of San Salvador, rights group project based in Pittsburgh. based in Pittsburgh. project populations through law and public policy. law and public policy. populations through studied abroad in Siena, Italy, Beijing, in Siena, Italy, abroad studied China, and Central America, and interned America, China, and Central Office in the City of Atlanta and the Fulton and the in the City of Atlanta Office Shannon Office. Defender’s County Public through Attorneys of Child Advocate Office

Pennsylvania, and graduated from the from and graduated Pennsylvania, of Business School A&M University Florida During college, she interned at the Mayor’s the Mayor’s at she interned college, During Philosophy. As an undergraduate, she As an undergraduate, Philosophy. Schools. Business Nacional de Mujeres Cooperativistas, a Cooperativistas, Nacional de Mujeres

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ervice a three-year tenure tenure a three-year magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Kappa from Phi Beta Shannon graduated in Spelman College 2008, where she served 2008, where S ublic P Her legal journey in public service in public service journey Her legal Sara is pursuing a law degree to a law degree is pursuing Sara Sara grew up in the Boston area, area, in the Boston up grew Sara omen, Children & F acobson when she interned with a law partner at with a law partner when she interned worked on expanding New York language York New on expanding worked people income that engages low work work for the first city-wide contracts in contracts city-wide the first for work W janitors at major cleaning subcontractor subcontractor at major cleaning janitors implications and to beef up on important and to implications to push for health care reform as part of a as part reform health care push for to defense cases for young indigent clients. young for cases defense access services and spearheaded a coalition and spearheaded a coalition services access owners small business City York of New three Midwestern cities. Midwestern three to return skills. She plans to advocacy power in building political as leaders and labor practices fair and creating on the Spelman College Board of Trustees, of Trustees, Board on the Spelman College attended Newton North High School Newton attended class her B.A. with first and received from in History honors departmental national legislative campaign. Previously, Previously, campaign. national legislative reined as Miss NAACP, was secretary of the was secretary NAACP, as Miss reined high school began the summer following have the opportunity to wrestle with legal with legal wrestle the opportunity to have and their social and political problems public policies. she was an organizer with the Service with the Service she was an organizer Goldberg Katzman, working on criminal Katzman, working Goldberg companies to unionize and lay the ground- to companies

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worked as a health worked awarded the Richter awarded the Road New York, York, the Road New a membership-led a half years, Sara has Sara a half years, magna cum laude in care advocate at Make advocate care Economics from Wake Wake from Economics in University Forest For the past two and two the past For Valerie graduated graduated Valerie 2006, where she was 2006, where

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alerie Brender alerie with the Workers’ Rights Consortium. with the Workers’ WilmerHale Scholar years working with a rural microfinance microfinance with a rural working years framework. development international immigrant rights organization, where she where rights organization, immigrant in local communities. After the Peace the Peace After communities. in local and the Creativity and Innovation Fund Grant Fund and Innovation and the Creativity enrichment an after-school develop to in a bilingual she taught Spain, where to and human rights research. eventually led to Wake Forest’s affiliation Forest’s Wake to led eventually usage. She and technology organization, Gender and on the Corps’s also served Coben Scholar program for low-income youth. She also youth. low-income for program a Spanish with public school and worked CEAR, on translations group, refugee exploring to forward rights law and looks an into be incorporated law can how health insurance enrollment program, program, enrollment health insurance promote sex education and gender rights education sex promote spearheaded the fair labor campaign that labor campaign spearheaded the fair coordinated a community-based public a community-based coordinated cooperative to improve their contracts, their contracts, improve to cooperative Corps, she was awarded a Fulbright Grant a Fulbright Corps, she was awarded

Class of 2012 of Class and D’Agostino D’Agostino and Root-Tilden-Kern Development board where she helped where board Development Panama with the Peace Corps for two Corps for with the Peace Panama Valerie grew up in Austin, Texas. Texas. up in Austin, grew Valerie Scholarship to study microfinance in Benin microfinance study to Scholarship Sara Cullinane Cullinane Sara V Talia Gooding-Williams Angeles. Though employed as a teacher, Colorado, attended Filomen M. D’Agostino Scholar Ashley spent much of her time advocating school in Chicago, and Talia graduated from for families struggling to access appropriate finally arrived in Yale University in special educations services within L.A.’s New York City. While 2009 with a double urban schools. All too often she saw at Northwestern, major in English and students’ rights ignored, services denied, Tyler led a student Ethnicity, Race and and parents left to wade through frustrating volunteer organization working in neigh- Migration. During bureaucracies. As she pursues law at NYU, borhoods throughout Chicago and chaired her sophomore, junior and senior years, Ashley is excited to continue working with the Undergraduate Lecture Series on Talia was a director of the Yale chapter of families and districts to improve access to Race, Poverty and Inequality. Politically, Women and Youth Supporting Each Other, excellent urban special education services. Tyler had the great foresight to work on a mentoring organization that works with Ashley grew up in Champaign, Illinois, Barack Obama’s 2004 Senate campaign high risk eighth grade girls. As a director, and attended high school in San Diego, and initiated one of the first Campus she wrote curriculum, developed a new where her family now lives. Camp Wellstone trainings, a grassroots mentee recruitment plan and piloted the political and social advocacy training first ever Future Options Day to encourage Adam Herling for college students. girls in the program to consider college. William and Mary Sterling Scholar After graduating, Tyler moved to New Talia also served as the co-president of Adam grew up in Santa York City to work for the Office of Mayor Students of Mixed Heritage and Culture Fe, New Mexico, where Michael Bloomberg. Under Deputy Mayor at Yale. he became addicted, Daniel Doctoroff, he worked on the Mayor’s Over the summer, Talia worked at a very young age, to Commission for Construction Opportunity, as a camp counselor for the Youth and green chile in all its PlaNYC, and several large-scale economic Social Justice course at Northwestern delicious forms. He development projects in Brooklyn. After the University’s Center for Talent Development attended the United World College of the Mayor’s Office, Tyler worked on the Mayor’s and a community organizer with the Illinois Atlantic in Wales for his last two years of anti-poverty programs at the Department of Hunger Coalition in Chicago’s Back of high school, and then went on to study with Small Business Services. the Yards. She won the Trumbull College a Davis Scholarship at Princeton University. Tyler will continue his work in Education and Research Grant her junior While at Princeton, Adam served on the community development at NYU, whether year, allowing her to complete an unpaid Executive Board of the Princeton Justice through litigation on issues related to Legal Internship working on racial justice Project, and tutored Spanish-speaking housing and land use or through the issues with the ACLU of Southern California. university employees in English and creation and implementation of productive A Chicago native and graduate of immigrant rights. He also escaped New public policies. Evanston Township High School, Talia plans Jersey once in a while by studying abroad to pursue racial justice and children’s rights in Buenos Aires and working over the Austin King law with the hope of joining the judiciary summers in Peru and Bolivia. Austin, a Wisconsin some day. After graduating cum laude with an native, graduated from A.B. from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson UW-Madison in 2003. Ashley Grant School of Public and International Affairs While in school, Austin Filomen M. D’Agostino Scholar in 2007, Adam worked for a year in Kenya became an activist and While pursuing her and Uganda with the One Acre Fund, an organizer, principally B.A., Ashley worked innovative non-profit striving to empower around issues of economic justice and with special needs small-scale farmers and end chronic sexual assault on campus. As a senior, he individuals in a group hunger. He returned to the USA to work for won a six-way race to serve on the Madison therapy clinic and as a the Obama campaign in Florida and decided City Council. director of a campus to celebrate President Obama’s election and Austin authored and passed a mini- organization, Best Buddies UCLA. After fulfill a childhood dream by living as a ski mum wage of $7.75 indexed to inflation, graduation, Ashley joined Teach for America bum for the winter in Telluride, Colorado. the nation’s fourth municipal minimum wage. and taught a special education program If he survives law school, Adam plans to At 24, he was elected Council President for elementary students with mental pursue a career in human rights law and by his colleagues, the youngest in city retardation in East Los Angeles. During institution building focused on East Africa history. In his four years in office, Austin this time she earned her M.A. in special and Latin America. authored numerous progressive policies education. After two years with the district, on affordable housing, tenants’ rights, she moved to a charter high school for at- Tyler Jaeckel environmental protection, immigrant rights, risk youth. There, she worked closely with starr foundation Scholar and the nation’s first effort at guaranteeing families and area school districts to provide Tyler, a 2006 Phi Beta Kappa graduate from a universal labor standard of paid sick days, students with special education services Northwestern University, has progressively which narrowly failed but inspired successful in Compton, Long Beach and South Los moved East throughout his life: born in campaigns across the country. 7 RTK News Fall 2009 in American Studiesin American from Yale Yale cum laude from and an enduring love and an enduring love England’s of New last decade working decade last Williams College in Williams College Graduating from from Graduating She has spent the Nikki graduated Phi Nikki graduated Kappa, summaBeta University in 1999. University 2004 with a degree 2004 with a degree Zack aspires to serve urban popula- serve to Zack aspires Ohio, andZack was born in Cincinnati, Saerom was born in Korea and raised was born in Korea Saerom She first became a grassroots organizer organizer a grassroots became She first where she helped push for stronger labor stronger she helped push for where in local communities on environmental on environmental communities in local in Queens. A graduate of Hunter College College of Hunter in Queens. A graduate tions as a public defender. Through vigor- Through defender. tions as a public safer and promoting system, the justice that way to traveling everyone encourages and environmental protections, and more and more protections, and environmental In 2008, agreements. in trade accountability, ous representation, he will join a growing he will join a growing ous representation, on human rights and environmental issues on human rights and environmental & Cromwell Scholar Sullivan organized Wal-Mart workers for the United for workers Wal-Mart organized on the road with Green Corps, working with Green on the road of the last five years organizing around around organizing years five of the last and labor issues. environmental focused on union families. She will not soon union families. on focused campaign which the final days of the forget Washington, D.C., she went to work at Public work to D.C., she went Washington, movement committed to advocating for for advocating to committed movement in confidence rights, instilling prisoners’ battles across the country—with much the country—with across battles natural splendor, Saerom has spent much Saerom splendor, natural sample the pure bliss of Skyline Chili. bliss the pure sample ships and to challenge problematic problematic challenge and to ships she joined the labor movement, working for for working she joined the labor movement, efforts on get-out-the-vote she worked in Charlotte, she spent knocking on doors stress and little sleep. Dropping roots in roots Dropping sleep. and little stress conditions of confinement. conditions communities. Change to Win’s electoral program, where where program, electoral Win’s Change to Citizen, in its Global Trade Watch division, Watch Trade Citizen, in its Global city for a legal education and to take her take and to education a legal city for

North Carolina. After the elections, she the elections, After North Carolina. Workers. and Commercial Food

High School, she is thrilled to return to the to return to High School, she is thrilled Nikki Reisch Saerom Park Saerom fight for social justice to the next level. to the next for social justice fight

was an NCAA All- was an NCAA and Political Science, Science, and Political majored in Economics in Economics majored College, where he where College, 2006 from Williams 2006 from Zack graduated in Zack graduated Public amily In 2008, Zack began supervising the After college, Frances received a received Frances college, After water polo team. After graduating, he moved he moved graduating, After team. polo water including policy research for the Migrant for including policy research to New Orleans to work with the Capital work to Orleans New to a Palestinian and Israeli community center. center. community Israeli and a Palestinian the attorneys in filing direct appeals. direct in filing the attorneys Center. Assistance the Louisiana Capital Service Scholar as the Center for Constitutional Rights in Constitutional for as the Center and Cultures. with immigrant advocacy her future to advocacy. At Africa and Middle East East and Middle At Africa advocacy. activist committee of adult ESOL students, committee activist Lindemann F drawn on various combinations of these combinations on various drawn in subsequent positions, experiences looking forward to bringing legal skills bringing legal to forward looking learned to like very sweet tea. At New tea. sweet very like to learned maintain strong attorney-client relation- attorney-client strong maintain non-citizen rights, working with Rabbis for for with Rabbis rights, working non-citizen fellowship to do immigrant and refugee and refugee do immigrant to fellowship rights organizations. malfunctioning printer. Frances has Frances malfunctioning printer. at the Irishrights-based ESOL classes seekers, facilitated legal clinics, and legal facilitated seekers, convictions of death-sentenced Louisiana of death-sentenced convictions jurors, capital citizens. He interviewed and supported media research, conducted and a trial office, both CAP client needs for Group for Human Rights in Amman, as well Rights in Amman, as Human for Group collaborated with local immigrant rights immigrant with local collaborated deal with a to and learned coalitions, counseled and represented asylum represented and counseled He made frequent trips to the Louisiana trips to He made frequent to Prison, and other institutions Parish

Human Rights in Jerusalem and Mizan Law and in Jerusalem Human Rights

New York. She graduated Phi Beta graduated She York. New Rights andKappa with a B.A. in Human Asian Languages and Eastern Middle In college, she focused on related issues of issues on related she focused In college, Rights Network in London and teaching Rights Network Refugee Assistance in Cairo, Frances Frances in Cairo, Refugee Assistance Immigration Center in Boston. She is in Boston. Center Immigration Immigrant Community Empowerment in Community Empowerment Immigrant State Penitentiary at Angola, the Orleans at Angola, the Orleans Penitentiary State American swimmer, and the captain of the and the captain swimmer, American Appeals Project (CAP), which appeals the which appeals (CAP), Appeals Project Zachary Orjuela Orjuela Zachary Jackson Heights, Frances organized an organized Jackson Heights, Frances

in Philadelphia, excellence and excellence degree in Philosophy. in Philosophy. degree for a year with Windows, a year for from the University of the University from beginning at Columbia Chicago in 2007 with aChicago Frances grew up grew Frances Before Pennsylvania. For his academic For Philip graduated Philip graduated University, she worked she worked University, gostino Scholar After graduating, Philip founded Philip founded graduating, After Philip was born in Rye, New York, and York, New Philip was born in Rye, Austin left Madison after his second his second after Madison left Austin where he served as national director of national director as served he where initiatives for the City of Chicago. for initiatives years as a student director at the University at the University director as a student years in high-needs schools across Chicago. in high-needs schools across in Nepal where he co-authored a white he co-authored in Nepal where into the Maroon Key Society, the College’s Society, the College’s Key the Maroon into justice advocacy. justice and graduate students to coach athletics athletics coach to students and graduate appreciative, and economically sustainable sustainable and economically appreciative, In development. community to approaches Since athletics. gap through achievement the and trained then, he has recruited extracurricular leadership, he was inducted leadership, extracurricular a concurrent MPP from the Kennedy MPP from a concurrent and other practices that sap wealth from from that sap wealth and other practices term in 2007 and moved to New Orleans, Orleans, New to in 2007 and moved term the ACORN Financial Justice Center, the Center, Financial Justice the ACORN M. D’A Filomen low-income communities. Austin is pursuing Austin communities. low-income nation’s most promising undergraduate undergraduate promising most nation’s paper on environmentally friendly, culturally culturally friendly, paper on environmentally honorary society. Philip served for three three for Philip served society. honorary promoting educational reform. educational promoting raised in Warren, Ohio. After law school, he Ohio. After in Warren, raised on behalf of disadvantaged work plans to his legal education for social and economic social and economic for education his legal policy hub for ACORN’s campaigns on campaigns ACORN’s policy hub for crisis, the foreclosure lending, predatory anticipation loans, refund payday loans, students in service of the surrounding of the surrounding in service students Office, researching and designing policy researching Office, the educational closing to committed Community Service Center, marshalling Center, Community Service of 2005 He spent the summer community. children by confronting gang violence and gang violence by confronting children

National Coaching Fellows, a nonprofit a nonprofit National Coaching Fellows,

Frances Kreimer Frances Philip Kovoor Philip Kovoor School of Government, and plans to use and plans to School of Government, 2006, he worked in Mayor Richard M. Daley’s M. Daley’s Richard in Mayor 2006, he worked in international development and global of the environment and sustainability to the organizations to research and evaluate economic policy, through direct service, Stanford campus.” development interventions throughout analysis, advocacy, and activism. Between In 2004-05, Martha spent a year India. As part of his research, Shawn has 1999 and 2002, Nikki was a health sector at An Giang University in the Mekong written a manual for grassroots community volunteer with the Peace Corps in Senegal. Delta, Vietnam as a Luce Scholar. At An organizers on how to teach illiterate, Once back in Northern California, where Giang, she helped lead the promotion and landless, rural women in India how to she grew up, Nikki worked as a medical implementation of wastewater treatment understand local markets and start their assistant at a clinic serving low income using constructed wetlands. own businesses. and uninsured patients. Then, for five Martha plans to focus on protecting From 2008 to 2009 Shawn worked years, Nikki managed the Africa program human health and well-being from as the Associate Director of Development of the Bank Information Center, a Wash- environmental pollution in her career for Esperanza Community Housing ington DC-based organization that works and will study environmental law at NYU. Corporation in South Central Los Angeles. to democratize development decision- Martha grew up in New York City. At Esperanza, Shawn took on leadership making, protect human rights and ensure roles in community-based campaigns with accountability in the operations of the Camilo Romero low-income residents of South Los Angeles, World Bank and other international finan- Camilo works on advocating for inclusive development during cial institutions. Nikki moved to London human rights litiga- public planning processes. Shawn hopes law in 2008 to become the Policy Advisor on tion and organizing school will prepare him to continue working forests and climate change at Rainforest as the International for economic justice for marginalized people. Foundation UK, focusing on the implica- Affairs Officer for the tions of global climate policy for forests Sindicato Nacional Amanda Sen and forests peoples, particularly in de Trabajadores de la Industria de Sinsheimer Service Scholar Central Africa. Alimentos (SINALTRAINAL) in Colombia Amanda is delighted to As an RTK and IILJ scholar, Nikki and International Rights Advocates in be attending NYU Law hopes to strengthen and diversify the Washington D.C. In 2007, Camilo co- School. For the past tools she can bring to the struggle for founded BlackBrown Projects LLC, which three years, she has justice in the global economy. She is is committed to bridging the black-brown been teaching at The particularly interested in international divide among African-American and Latino Children’s Storefront, and environmental law, human rights, communities through mentorship and an independent, tuition free school in and corporate accountability. leadership curricula, including electoral Harlem. Her decision to leave her teaching education through Latinos For Obama. career for law school was a difficult one, Martha Roberts Camilo serves on the Board of Directors but the wonderful people involved in the Andrew J. Mellon Scholar for Resource Generation and is an adviser Root-Tilden-Kern scholarship program Martha worked for to the California Department of Correction’s made NYU an easy choice. She is looking the Colorado office of basketball outreach program through forward to learning alongside and from Environmental Defense United Students Against Sweatshops. people who are committed to improving the Fund between 2006 Camilo graduated from UC Berkeley in world around them. and 2009. Her work 2004. He lives in New York and has two Amanda grew up in a small town in supported policies younger sisters. Minnesota, attended Wellesley College to combat climate change, protect clean Law school is an unexpected step and Washington University in St. Louis, air and maintain healthy ecosystems. In towards ensuring that his family’s story graduating magna cum laude with a major particular, Martha evaluated the economic is not the fortunate exception. He intends in history. She earned a teaching certifi- case for clean energy and action to address to continue organizing with the tools and cate and a master’s degree in education climate change in the West; assessed resources a degree from NYU Law will bring. from Washington University, moved to the environmental impacts of biofuels New York, and went to work in Harlem production in the Great Plains; and pressed Shawn Sebastian as a learning specialist. for improved disclosure of corporate risks Doris C. and Alan J. Freedman Scholar As a learning specialist, Amanda from climate change. Shawn grew up in worked with students receiving special Martha received B.S. and M.S. degrees Ames, Iowa, and went education services from the city. Her from Stanford University in Earth Systems, on to major in English experiences with New York’s Committee on graduating in 2004 and 2006 respectively. and Religious Studies Special Education and with the foster care Martha was a co-founder and co-coordinator at the University of system have led her to want to become of Students for a Sustainable Stanford, a Iowa, where he received a lawyer so she can represent families campaign to improve campus resource and the university’s Presidential Scholarship. floundering in bureaucracy and hopefully energy-efficiency. Martha was awarded From 2005 to 2007 he worked with the Best change the system for the better. the Whitley Citizen Scholar Award for her Practices Foundation in Bangalore, India, a efforts to “bring a sharper focus on issues non-profit that partners with community 9 RTK News Fall 2009

2L Sleepover! at gathered 2011 of class The in house Ellis’s Deb Director overnight an for NJ, Montclair, The September. in retreat their of stories shared scholars sangsummer internships, delicious cooked karaoke, after reconnected and meals, apart. summer the Karen Freedman ’80, Executive Executive ’80, Freedman Karen Children for Lawyers of Director spoke on Tuesday, November 16, November on Tuesday, spoke at the Law School’s annual Scholarship Scholarship annual School’s Law the at ago, years Twenty-five Reception. Children, for Lawyers founded Karen to organization non-profit first the publicinterest/index.htm. The Root-Tilden-Kern publicinterest/index.htm. are committed to a career in public service law, send law, service in public a career to committed are Spread the Word! Spread ships to twenty incoming law students each year. each year. law students incoming twenty ships to law.nyu.edu/admissions/jdadmissions/scholarships/ If you know any promising law school candidates who candidates law school promising any know If you Scholarship Program now provides full tuition scholar- provides now Program Scholarship them our way by referring them to our page at www. our page at to them by referring them our way IP RECEPTION SCHOLARSH provide legal services to children in New York City’s foster foster City’s York in New children to services legal provide and Nina and her sisters, In 2003, Karen system. care the Doris C. and Alan J. Freedman Susan, established Scholarship within the Root-Tilden-Kern Scholarship Family Lindemann parents. their of honor in Program the thanked Scholar, Carmen Iguina ’10, Public Service their for recipients scholarship all of behalf on donors only not assist gifts their that highlighting generosity, serve. also the clients they but individual students,

vania in 2005, where in 2005, where vania she majored in Urban she majored Elizabeth graduated Phi Elizabeth graduated the Kappa from Beta - of Pennsyl University Studies, earning a de- ■ Elizabeth has entered NYU Law Elizabeth has entered After graduating, Elizabeth worked with Elizabeth worked graduating, After Elizabeth grew up in Philadelphia, Elizabeth grew and represent the needs of schools and the needs of schools and represent cheerleading in on her students’ drop to and fourth grade for four years and served years four for grade and fourth and gymnastics cheerleading as the school’s America’s for as part of Teach the Bronx, er Middle School in Southwest Philadelphia. School in Southwest er Middle at University City High School, called Girl City High School, called at University the demolition of a public housing project in housing project the demolition of a public districts across the country. Delighted to Delighted the country. across districts practice every now and again. now every practice be staying in New York, she would also like also like she would York, in New be staying partmental award for Best Senior Thesis on Best for award partmental students in underperforming school in underperforming students school in the South Bronx. She taught third third She taught school in the South Bronx. 86, also in summer school principal at P.S. institute. summer training coach. During summers, Elizabeth was a During summers, coach. Central School. Central

Philadelphia. She led a mentoring program program a mentoring Philadelphia. She led Pennsylvania, and attended Friends Friends and attended Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Spector Elizabeth School in hopes of continuing to serve serve to School in hopes of continuing Teach for America at P.S. 70, an elementary elementary 70, an at P.S. America for Teach - at Turn a writing program and founded Talk, Class of 2011 Summer Jobs

This summer, the Class of 2011 worked on a variety of also helped develop a curriculum for issues, from tax policy to refugee rights, juvenile justice training Jordanian law students in refugee assistance work and did comparative to housing policy and rights. Thirteen students worked research on the Iraqi refugee crisis in Syria. within the United States and seven worked with organi- Noam learned that working on human rights zations abroad. Below, the RTK Class of 2011 share issues from the perspective of client-based advocacy is more challenging, as well as how they spent their time and how their experiences more rewarding, than abstract policy, that informed their public interest law careers. our ethical obligations extend beyond the artificial boundaries of the modern nation- Elizabeth Ashamu collaborated Betty Baez worked at the Door’s state, and that Iraqis make the best fish. with KUSH International to conduct field Legal Services in New York City, a social research into South Sudan’s developing services agency for young people 12 to 21. Daniel Bowes worked in the Special forest laws and policies. She spent time Betty spent her summer learning more Litigation Section of the Department in the contested region of Abyei on the about immigration law, family law, and a of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, which border between Northern and Southern variety of issues that affect young people. vindicates the civil rights of institutionalized Sudan, where she learned about Dinka She conducted interviews, wrote letters to persons, individuals seeking the services customary law regarding the protection of abortion clinics, and those abused by of trees as well as the role of trees in police departments. Daniel conducted border tensions. She also ventured on-site investigations of a juvenile facility into the Imatong mountains of Eastern in Indiana and a nursing home in South Equatoria State, where she interviewed Carolina, authored various legal memos local communities about their sentiments (including one for the Deputy Chief exploring regarding the post civil war status of forest the potential effects of the Supreme Court’s reserves gazzetted as government property decision in Ashcroft v. Iqbal on the Section’s under British colonialism. Her digital voice pleadings), and did just enough cataloging recorder collected hundreds of hours of and document review to keep him humble. interviews with ministers, supreme court justices, traditional chiefs, foresters, civil Danielle Escontrias worked society representatives, business people, for Mental Health Advocacy Services in community members, and one rain queen. Los Angeles, California. MHAS works to She loved having an excuse to wander into protect and advance the rights of people offices, explore as she pleased, and ask with Mental Disabilities. Danielle worked infinite questions! Noam Biale in Amman, Jordan with attorneys who advocated on behalf of

Elizabeth Ashamu at obtain services for young people, worked on Elie Happel at MUDHA in Santo Domingo KUSH International in South Sudan immigration documents, and represented clients in family court. Betty also helped plan a dynamic “Know your Rights” curriculum for an eight week summer program. She met some amazing and inspirational young people and wants to continue providing legal services for youth in the future.

Noam Biale spent the summer in Amman, Jordan, working for the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), a joint student organization of NYU, Yale and Berkeley Law Schools. He helped Iraqi refugees navigate the resettlement process, represented them in appeals, and matched his clients with local service NGOs to address their needs while in Jordan. He 11 RTK News Fall 2009

split her summer worked for the Legislative for worked

worked at the UN High worked waking up each morning to the call of the call waking up each morning to advocacy continues to inspire Marne, who inspire to continues advocacy injurious more often are a criminal charge itself. than the criminal case their refugee status and translated for for and translated status their refugee a non-air conditioned church hall across hall across church a non-air conditioned and the Civil Action Project at the Bronx at the Bronx and the Civil Action Project a and represented interviews arraignment fielding members, community for did intake The Bronx referrals. and providing questions of Maryland’s and DC’s Historically Black Historically DC’s and of Maryland’s advocates. and educators and Refugee Service (LIRS) in Washington, (LIRS) in Washington, and Refugee Service and create and helped the organization guard licensing for ex-offenders and juvenile and juvenile ex-offenders for licensing guard wrote She also delinquency adjudications. of comprehensive immigration reform reform immigration of comprehensive legislative other and the organization’s importantly but more process, the legislative launch a grassroots campaign in support campaign launch a grassroots from Myanmar and Cameroon, determining and Cameroon, Myanmar from from a cow pasture. Julie learned some Julie learned pasture. a cow from has learned the collateral consequences of consequences the collateral has learned facial insufficiency motions and worked withworked insufficiency motions and facial learned about the consequences of years of of years about the consequences learned some of the country’s inaction for legislative prayer and eating roti canai for breakfast. breakfast. for canai and eating roti prayer between the Criminal Defense Practice Practice the Criminal Defense between rights litigation is not for sissies and that sissies is not for rights litigation related to immigration detention reform reform detention immigration to related most vulnerable populations. vulnerable most priorities. Ruben gained many insights into summer all the time), and the direct summer all the time), and the direct service work. service clients to correct rap sheet errors and seal sheet errors rap correct clients to In addition, Marne sat in on pre- convictions. hearing. She also client at an administrative corporate partnerships can be a blessing. blessing. be a can partnerships corporate Commission for Refugees in Kuala Lumpur, Refugees in Kuala for Commission Defenders’ exceptional approach to client to approach exceptional Defenders’ Malaysia. Julie interviewed asylum seekers asylum seekers Malaysia. Julie interviewed in Julie participated Mandarin speakers. Malaysian language, looked forward to forward Malaysian language, looked Defenders. Marne wrote memos on security Marne wrote Defenders. Institutions, and she met some remarkable some remarkable and she met Institutions, D.C. He worked on LIRS’s advocacy efforts efforts advocacy on LIRS’s D.C. He worked U.S. Supreme Court. Liz learned that civil learned Court. Liz U.S. Supreme Ruben Loyo Marne Lenox She loved the non-existent seasons (all the non-existent She loved Along the way, she got a taste of the culture of the culture she got a taste the way, Along Affairs Office of the Lutheran Immigration Lutheran of the Office Affairs Julie Mao “mobile interviews,” interviewing people in people interviewing interviews,” “mobile worked at the worked spent the summer worked for the Howard the Howard for worked working a supportive multi-cultural a supportive working witnessed the effect of the foreclosure crisis of the foreclosure the effect witnessed island of Hispanola soon.island of Hispanola in Washington, D.C. Liz worked on a case D.C. Liz worked in Washington, immunity prosecutorial into investigations infrastructure finance in Brazil and Latin in Brazil finance infrastructure urban first of Brazil’s in the development in eviction proceedings, negotiating proceedings, in eviction appreciate the complexity of Dominican- complexity the appreciate tenants in foreclosed properties. To his To properties. in foreclosed tenants about de facto segregation in Maryland segregation about de facto high school. and discrimination at a private and polyglot environment. After a great a great After environment. and polyglot an irrigation public-private partnership an irrigation public-private about and exploring opportunities for for opportunities about and exploring enjoys litigation. enjoys at the East Bay Community Law Center at the East on their housing rights. Stephentenants in California, people low-income on the most evidence for an upcoming discrimination an upcoming for evidence development phase of a sanitary waste waste phase of a sanitary development partnership disposal public-private development. learned from dedicated professionals professionals dedicated from learned World Bank Brasilia office learning office Bank Brasilia World public higher education and gathered and gathered public higher education pilot project, and assisted in the final and assisted project, pilot with and worked Eduardo project. pilot infrastructure on working a career pursue since EBCLC is on the forefront of defending of defending is on the forefront EBCLC since much that he very surprise, he also learned suit. Intake with potential plaintiffs led to plaintiffs led with potential suit. Intake summer experience, Eduardo plans to Eduardo summer experience, settlements with landlords, and counseling and counseling with landlords, settlements concession, helped in the development of helped in the development concession, Haitian relations. Ellie continues to study to Ellie continues Haitian relations. the to return and hopes to Haitian Kreyol, (EBCLC) in Berkeley, representing tenants representing in Berkeley, (EBCLC) Kosha Tucker at the Southern Center for for Center Southern the at Tucker Kosha Human Right in Atlanta University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic University Liz Kilstein Eduardo Jansen Eduardo She also drafted an amicus brief for the brief for an amicus She also drafted Stephen Kang Stephen America. At the World Bank, he participated At the World America.

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N Linnea Linnea Make the Road in NYC the Road Make spent the summer worked in Santo worked week with a partner NGO in Haiti helped herweek wrongly denied Dominican identity denied Dominican wrongly worked on IWRAW’s global strategy to strategy global on IWRAW’s worked with International Women’s Rights Action Women’s with International international human rights conventions’ human rights conventions’ international and accompanied the RFK delegation in the RFK delegation and accompanied to teach know-your-rights workshops. know-your-rights teach to documents and traveled to the bateys the bateys to documents and traveled through the Robert F. Kennedy Center for for Kennedy Center the Robert F. through and develop important attorney /client attorney important and develop this internship gave Danielle the much the Danielle gave this internship those with mental disabilities in the areas in the areas disabilities with mental those of immigration, education, and housing. education, of immigration, meetings with Dominican authorities. Ellie’s authorities. Ellie’s meetings with Dominican from reporting countries to make convincing convincing make to countries reporting from Watch—Asia Pacific (IWRAW), in Kuala in (IWRAW), Pacific Watch—Asia relationship skills. relationship needed opportunity to interact with clients interact to needed opportunity review process, avenues of advocacy, and of advocacy, avenues process, review demanding change. means for pleas to CEDAW committee members at members committee CEDAW to pleas ratify the Convention on the Elimination of the Convention ratify of women. status on legal reports research NGO participants that prepares program CEDAW review sessions. He learned about He learned sessions. review CEDAW Kerry Kennedy, RFK Center founder, founder, Kerry Kennedy, RFK Center Domingo with MUDHA, Movement of of individuals cases Ellie reorganized Besides research and writing skills, and writing Besides research Discrimination Against Women and wrote and wrote Women Discrimination Against to Global in IWRAW’s He also participated traning a unique two-week Program, Local Lumpur, Malaysia and New York. He York. New Lumpur, Malaysia and Ellie Happel She also helped coordinate the visit of She also helped coordinate Dominican Women of Haitian Descent, of Women Dominican Anurag Gupta Anurag Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center). Justice Linnea Nelson spent her summer LT Tierney worked at the Juvenile NYU School of Law Journal at Make the Road New York, a grassroots Justice Project of Louisiana (JJPL) in community organization in Bushwick, New Orleans. She was drawn to JJPL’s Memberships 2009-10 Brooklyn. Among other things, she attended “campaign-based” work, in which community several member-activist meetings, which organizing, litigation, and policy advocacy all Journal of International Law and Politics were like a balm to the soul after finishing form components of a strategy for change. Executive Editor her first year of law school. She also worked She helped JJPL prepare for settlement Beatrice Lindstrom ’10 on policy initiatives aimed at improving negotiations in a class action lawsuit over Symposium Editor enforcement of labor laws, mandating conditions of confinement at a pre-trial Matthew Baca ’10 interpretation in state agencies and chain detention center for youth. She regularly Notes Editor pharmacies for people with limited English visited JJPL’s clients at the facility and Joanna Edwards ’10 proficiency, and providing paid sick days to made frequent trips to the legislature in Journal of Legislation and Public Policy all workers. She learned about how these Baton Rouge. Most valuably, LT learned Notes Editors policies affect the immigrant community about JJPL’s organizational model, Susanna Mitchell ’10 in NYC. which prioritizes building power in the Susan Vignola ’10 communities most affected by the juvenile Staff Editor worked in the justice system. Meagan Powers Meagan Powers ’11 General Counsel’s office of Project Renewal, Inc., providing housing and services to Kosha Tucker worked for the Law Review homeless New Yorkers with persistent Southern Center for Human Rights Articles Editors mental illness and/or addiction to drugs and (SCHR) in Atlanta. Kosha mostly worked Beth George ’10 alcohol. She learned a great deal about the with the civil litigation team, where she Carmen Iguina ’10 Orientation Class of 2012 wide variety of legal issues that can arise assisted attorneys with a juvenile bail Julia Sheketoff ’10 at a non-profit organization on everything case, interviewed prisoners about their Nathan Wessler ’10 from housing court proceedings to corporate experiences at prisons and jails in Alabama Notes Editor governance to motion practice in New York and south Georgia, and edited briefs and Tess Bridgeman ’10 City Civil Court. She also had the wonderful white papers for important cases. From Executive Editor opportunity to tour all of Project Renewal’s her work at SCHR, Kosha gained many Rebecca Talbott ’10 facilities and meet with its passionate and valuable practical skills: she drafted her Staff Editors hard working staff. first motions and learned to interact effect- Stephen Kang ’11 ively with real clients. Marne Lenox ’11 Erin Scharff worked for the Center Erin Scharff ’11 on Budget and Policy Priorities, one of Mark Weiner worked at the Federal the nation’s premier policy organizations Defenders of New York, Eastern District. Moot Court Board working on fiscal policy and public programs He spent much of his time meeting directly Casebook Research & Writing Editors and Competition Coach that affect low- and moderate-income with clients, writing motions for their cases, Sara Zier ’10 families and individuals. As the Center’s tax and working with the defenders in court. Staff Member intern, she worked on a variety of current He also directly represented clients on Daniel Bowes ’11 issues with tax implications ranging from Petty Offense Days throughout the summer. Mark Weiner ’11 health care reform to the estate tax. She The cases and their respective motions learned a tremendous amount both about tax Mark worked on were incredibly diverse— Review of Law and Social Change policy and the legislative process from the from drug courier cases to terrorism Submissions Editors Center’s amazing and brilliant policy staff. allegations. He was inspired by the fierce Dan Firger ’10, dedication and compassion the Defenders Jeanette Markle ’10 Emerson J. Sykes worked gave to their clients no matter the circum- Student Articles Development Editor for Search for Common Ground, an stances, and wants to continue the fight for Angie Gius ’10 international NGO, in eastern Democratic clients’ rights. ■ Senior Articles Editor Republic of Congo. He worked on SFCG’s Alyssa Bell ’10 programming with the Congolese army that Staff Editors aims to raise soldiers’ awareness of human Noam Biale ’11 rights issues, decrease impunity for human Anurag Gupta ’11 rights abuses committed by the military and Ellie Happel ’11 repair military-civilian relations. Emerson Liz Kilstein ’11 came away with a deeper understanding of Ruben Loyo ’11 one of the world’s most vexing conflicts and Julie Mao ’11 he has been re-inspired to work on rule of LT Tierney ’11 law issues in Africa. 13 RTK News Fall 2009 The Deans’ Cup, the annual co-ed basketball game played between game played basketball Cup, the annual co-ed The Deans’ law school student-run law schools, is the largest at the two students the game supports public interest from Proceeds in the country. event at both NYU and Columbia. RTK Scholar Rebecca law programs the game’s scored trophy, with the coveted here ’10, shown Talbott final winning points! On April 2, in a hard-fought basketball basketball hard-fought a in 2, April On NYU Law the wire, to down game that came its on Law Columbia out edged students victory. 56-53 narrow a scoring turf, home Deans’ Cup Cup Deans’

Blairstown Center in Blairstown, New Jersey. Jersey. New in Blairstown, Center Blairstown Administrator Letizia La Rosa to the Princeton- Letizia La Rosa to Administrator M. D’Agostino Class of 2012 met for the first time the first of 2012 met for Class M. D’Agostino at the end of their law school years. as a group and traveled with Director Deb Ellis ’82, ’82, Ellis Deb Director with traveled and group a as

Interim Faculty Director Kenji Yoshino, and Program Program and Yoshino, Kenji Director Faculty Interim On August 17-18, the Root-Tilden-Kern and Filomen Filomen and Root-Tilden-Kern the 17-18, August On Pressure to Cover” and “Law School Without Cover” to Pressure a campfire by the lake and placed items in the items and placed by the lake a campfire education programming to at risk urban youth. to programming education onday evening, Scholars sat around sat around Scholars onday evening, On M Fear.” and conquered a rope bridge, learned to juggle, juggle, to bridge, learned a rope and conquered Class of 2012 time capsule, which they will open which they of 2012 time capsule, Class and participated in group discussions about “The discussions in group and participated The Princeton-Blairstown Center is a year-round is a year-round Center The Princeton-Blairstown camp that provides adventure-based experiential experiential adventure-based that provides camp Braving the hot weather, the group went on a hike hike a on went group the weather, hot the Braving Orientation Class of 2012 2012 of Class Orientation Financial Justice Hotline, a telephone legal Alumni Working in help service to provide information, self-help resources, brief services, and sometimes representation to individuals facing serious non-mortgage consumer problems. The Foreclosure and hotline was immediately inundated with requests for help. Many calls came in from individuals Consumer Issues who were being sued by debt collectors. According to Wilner, there has been an Each year we profile several alumni working in a specific exponential increase in the use of courts area. This year, in light of the depressed economy and the to collect debt. In New York City alone, housing crisis, we have decided to highlight the important over 300,000 law suits were filed in one year by the debt collection industry. In work some of our alumni are doing on foreclosure and these cases, Wilner notes that most consumer issues all across the country. defendants don’t appear in court, often because they do not get notice of the law- Legal Assistance Foundation of Bazer noted that it’s not just homeowners, suit. This often results in default judgments Metropolitan Chicago who have received most of the media for debt collectors and unfair outcomes Nicki Bazer ’01 coverage, who are suffering. Renters, who for consumers. Nicki Bazer is a civil have not done anything wrong, are also Wilner works both with individual legal aid attorney struggling as a result of foreclosures. clients and on policy reform. One major at the Housing Law Bazer has particularly been working with legislative success that Wilner has already Project of the Legal Section 8 voucher holders living in units achieved is working with a coalition to Assistance Foundation that are foreclosed. They often face serious draft a model bill to protect seniors and of Metropolitan problems, such as having utilities turned individuals with disabilities whose fixed Chicago (LAF). Bazer does a host of legal off and being unable to get needed repairs, incomes were targeted by debt collectors, work around housing issues on behalf sometimes without notice, when their who froze consumers’ bank accounts. of low-income families living in Chicago, landlords default and a bank takes over. The bill, known as the Exempt Income including assisting attorneys working from Moving to new units is a huge burden for Protection Act, was enacted in January neighborhood legal aid offices on their low-income families. They have to come 2009, preventing the predatory freezing individual, direct services cases, negotia- up with a deposit, while often unable to get of assets belonging to vulnerable ting policy with the Housing Authority, and back their deposit from an absent landlord individuals whose benefits are exempt working on eviction court reform. in a foreclosed building. There are timing from garnishment. Wilner and the coalition Bazer started her practice as a problems, too, because they have to get are now working on a follow-up bill, the general civil legal aid attorney, doing their new vouchers approved, assuming Consumer Credit Fairness Act. The bill, some of everything: housing, domestic they can even find a place that will accept if passed, would reform the way debt violence, family law, public benefits, their vouchers. Bazer noted that the Section collection law suits work, shortening unemployment, and more. She decided to 8 program has been trying to help but that the statute of limitations and raising the focus on housing issues full-time because there are still a lot of barriers. pleading and proof standards for getting housing work particularly appealed to In addition to her work at LAF, Bazer default judgments. her intellectually. Federal, state and local also teaches an undergraduate class about In addition to client services and policy legal issues all intersect, and she remains public housing at Northwestern University. work, Wilner and NEDAP provide training engaged in a mix of direct client services, to community groups and other lawyers policy work, community work with tenant Neighborhood Economic Development to expand the capacity of the community associations, and litigation. She is currently Advocacy Project, new york city to address serious consumer issues and co-counseling a case involving forty-five Claudia Wilner ’02 legal problems faced by many families and evictions in a subsidized housing building. After clerking and individuals. Wilner noted that it remains One particularly significant success for completing a Skadden incredibly difficult for low-income people Bazer was helping a tenant leader at a Fellowship at the to get access to fair, legitimate financial public housing building communicate with Mental Health Project services—that they instead end up with the Housing Authority to get a promised of the Urban Justice a high-cost, sub-prime type credit option computer lab on site. Now tenants take Center, Claudia which has a destabilizing effect in a lot of computer classes there and kids have a Wilner joined the Neighborhood Economic communities. She additionally noted that place to do their school work. Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP) NEDAP’s clients have been in a financial The national housing foreclosure crisis to launch their Consumer Law Project. crisis for a long time, years before the has had a big impact in Cook County, too. The project began in 2005 with the NYC current recession started. 15 RTK News Fall 2009

low-income housing low-income Wagner came to came Wagner in New York City, West City, West York in New NYU Law to explore explore NYU Law to Virginia native Jennifer Jennifer native Virginia something new. She something new. Her new clients’ experiences of experiences clients’ Her new Now living and working out of her and working living Now with Mountain State Justice, a public interest a public interest Justice, State with Mountain with housing advocates nationwide. Diane with housing advocates about her clients’ will be sharing more the urban-centered stories commonly commonly stories the urban-centered to design a project for a Skadden Fellowship, a Skadden Fellowship, for design a project to virginia Justice, west State Mountain for foreclosure services was especially was especially services foreclosure for Jennifer time for law school. So when it came law office in Charleston, West Virginia. West in Charleston, law office the new and intellectually demanding work and intellectually the new relationships her close and for the country, housing was again her focus. She is now housing was again her focus. of her fellowship year beginning the second learned how individual stories could could individual stories how learned family’s home in southern Illinois, Diane home in southern family’s how her simulation courses (even Lawyeri- (even courses her simulation how She of social justice. context broader when express- powerful more even become West Virginia has one of the highest home has one of the highest Virginia West and phone scam When mortgage brokers in criminal justice and immigration, but when and immigration, in criminal justice in homes passed down for generations or generations for down in homes passed rates) in the nation, with many people living many people in the nation, with rates) companies. departing coal from purchased NYU on January 25th as part of PILC’s NYU on January 25th as part of PILC’s Series. in the Public Interest Leaders relevant among the rural West Virginian Virginian West among the rural relevant predatory lending are far different than different far are lending predatory ng!) taught her to actively listen to clients, to listen actively her to ng!) taught associated with the “mortgage crisis.” associated and how learning about advocacy as part of as part about advocacy learning and how interest public vibrant and a diverse she considered the poverty issues that most issues the poverty she considered embraced the opportunity to work intensively intensively work the opportunity to embraced plagued her clients, housing concerns often The need the forefront. to rose consistently After spending three years advocating for for advocating years spending three After ownership rates (and lowest home value home value (and lowest rates ownership they Virginians, on West call operations communities that she hoped to serve after serve that she hoped to communities stories, and her own, when she returns to when she returns and her own, stories, exudes gratitude for her former clients, for clients, for her former for gratitude exudes across policies and implementing of creating community situated her work within a her work situated community of litigation, media a synergy ed through writing, community academic outlets, reform. and legislative organizing,

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happen,” observes housing advocate Diane Thompson. makes thingsmakes of clients is what “Telling the stories “Telling Prior to joining NCLC in 2007, Diane Diane 2007, in NCLC joining to Prior Diane now views her deep views Diane now Victor has a big task as the head of the as the task has a big Victor was regularly receiving 50 calls each week— 50 calls receiving was regularly took up mortgage defense cases, then cases, up mortgage defense took crisis,” “adjustable- “foreclosure like terms boston Center, Consumer Law National tenure at Land of Lincoln, Diane was filing at Land of Lincoln, tenure that still guide her work. Diane remembers Diane remembers guide her work. that still low-income homeowners. By the end of her homeowners. low-income educating lenders, lawsuits against large her days telling homeowners’ stories to stories homeowners’ her days telling affirmative and crafting began researching like to see people losing their homes or going losing see people to like her clients’ stories and had argued them and had argued stories her clients’ Currently serving of counsel to the National to counsel serving of Currently she spends (NCLC), Consumer Law Center housing and helping new Congress, for among advocates commonplace became about a wide and advocates homeowners Consumer Rights attorney in the Land of Consumer Rights attorney variety of housing-related issues, and serving issues, of housing-related variety hungry. That’s what drives me.” what drives That’s hungry. Oregon government’s anti-poverty agenda. anti-poverty government’s Oregon She also credits her time at NYU with help- She also credits St. Louis office. Her early work as a Skadden Her early St. Louis office. into a larger movement for change. for movement a larger into invaluable foundation for crafting advocacy advocacy crafting for foundation invaluable insights some of the core ing her develop New York Times reporters, weaving those weaving Times reporters, York New Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation’s East Foundation’s Legal Assistance Lincoln violations on truth-in-lending focused Fellow He’s determined to see it through. “I don’t see it through. to determined He’s many times over. rate mortgages,” and “predatory lending” lending” mortgages,” and “predatory rate Diane Thompson ’94 ’94 Thompson Diane attorneys build their own clients’ stories stories clients’ build their own attorneys but a wave land contracts, and fraudulent as her unit’s supervisory attorney. She knew supervisory attorney. as her unit’s understanding of clients’ stories as an stories of clients’ understanding stories into policy arguments before before policy arguments into stories Within months, she her arrival. after shortly homeowners sometimes 50 in one day—from spent 13 years learning, sharing, and learning, spent 13 years as a Housing and stories shaping her clients’ strategies alongside her NCLC colleagues. colleagues. her NCLC alongside strategies And Thompson is a seasoned storyteller. storyteller. And Thompson is a seasoned of subprime lending swept through the city through swept of subprime lending Diane quickly on the brink of foreclosure. before lenders—long against file claims to

the areas of economic of economic the areas has significant clout in clout has significant Services (OHCS), a Services Housing and CommunityHousing and agency, Victor Merced Merced agency, Victor As director of Oregon of Oregon As director government state and

ousing H Such a significant turnout is not un- Such a significant Victor is currently at the forefront of at the forefront is currently Victor On the housing finance side, OHCS On the housing finance ictor Merced ’85 ’85 Merced ictor regon work with banks to reset their mortgages reset with banks to work a town and organized senator with a state who we help is someone who does notwho we O Services Community to collaborate and tackle tough problems. problems. tough and tackle collaborate to fact, Victor also refers to the agency as the to also refers Victor fact, hundreds waves, in large occurs the latter hall. About 300 people attended, including attended, hall. About 300 people families homebuyers. “Every homeowner “Every homebuyers. families Governor’s cabinet. He also can rally people people rally He also can cabinet. Governor’s become homeless or go on public assist- homeless become housing. It also has a bond program to housing. It also has a bond program time single first mortgages for help pay for bank distribution.” Use Section 8 Projects, which refers to which refers Use Section 8 Projects, into 30 years ago with Oregon’s Housing ago with Oregon’s 30 years into Four months ago, Oregonians encountered encountered months ago, Oregonians Four mitigation process. Merced, recognizing the recognizing Merced, mitigation process. coordinated together, work to people for need ness support and prevention and food and food support and prevention ness contracts, signed new have landlords private pools tax credits and bonds to assemble assemble to and bonds credits pools tax at favorable rates or work through the through or work rates at favorable agency employees. agency employees. ance rolls.” rolls.” ance crisis with Expiring a potential addressing provide Agency to and Urban Development finance agency tackles not just housing not just tackles agency finance In issues. also poverty but financing issues significant difficulties when they sought sought to difficulties when they significant side parallels what we do for homeless- do for what we side parallels consumers, bankers, and government and government bankers, consumers, subsidized housing in their units. These common as the head of the state’s housing as the head of the state’s common do on the foreclosure and homeowner do on the foreclosure development and housing. He reports He reports and housing. development the and sits on the Governor to directly contracts are now expiring. While some While expiring. now are contracts sell their units or to looking are others units. If market-priced them into convert contracts that private landlords entered entered landlords that private contracts deals to build low-income multi-family multi-family build low-income deals to of families and individuals could be priced be priced and individuals could of families out of their apartments.

V “anti-poverty agency.” A lot of the work we of the work A lot agency.” “anti-poverty aren’t making the typical pushes for new homeownership or refinancing options. Instead, the culprits commit appraisal fraud, or aggressively push first- Invest in future time mortgages and consolidation of unsecured debt that could be discharged in bankruptcy into home-secured RTK Scholars. debt. Mountain State Justice has been Continue the cycle of giving. combating this predatory lending for the past five to ten years. Donate online at: www.law.nyu.edu/giving One aspect of Jennifer’s work that or send a check made payable she shares with her urban counterparts to NYU School of Law, is the community’s overwhelming need for legal representation. As the state’s Root-Tilden-Kern Annual Fund to: only free legal services provider working New York University School of Law on these issues, Mountain State Justice Office of Development and Alumni Relations takes almost every case that comes in the door. Most of Jennifer’s work involves 161 Avenue of the Americas, Fifth Floor litigating affirmative common law actions New York, NY 10013-1205 against lenders. Her caseload balances individual cases and class actions, demonstrating how impact litigation and direct services inform each other to make broad, lasting change. Jennifer spends significant time strategizing about how each case will affect the law and set legal standards that can be applied to other states. She notes that her years N Y U ! gi v e to in the Immigrant Rights Clinic and NYU’s simulation courses prepared her for litigation and introduced her to the steeper learning curve of working with opposing counsel. Jennifer also spent a year clerking for the Fourth Circuit’s Judge M. Blane Michael (RTK class of ’68), a time she credits with improving her writing skills, preparing her to think about facts as both a zealous advocate and as a judge, and helping her establish connections in the Charleston community. While working to preserve people’s homes is undeniably demanding, Jennifer finds encouragement in strong relationships with her clients, sharing her experiences with Skadden fellows working in similar issues, and the support and mentorship of Judge Michael. ■ Face Off! On September 30, Director Deb Ellis and Interim Faculty Director Kenji Yoshino faced off for Equality: A Debate Inspired by the Dr. Li-Ann Thio Appointment 17 RTK News Fall 2009

oting Rights Today orum F nterest I ublic P Rule of Law in Post-conflict Contexts of Law in Post-conflict Rule Lawyering in Support of CommunityLawyering Post-Racial America Aspiration or Aspiration America Post-Racial Power in Louisiana Power I Can’t Make this Stuff Up:I Can’t Make and Political Reform Indigent Defense Scholarship in the Public Interest Scholarship Suing Swamp Dawg and Other Stories nions, Politics & Public Policy & Public Unions, Politics Children in the Legal System in the Legal Children Organizing Oona Chatterjee ’98 Oona Chatterjee former ACLU Fellow, New York, NY York, New Fellow, ACLU former Diane Thompson RTK ’94 Rachel Barkow Professor Randy Hertz Professor Lauren Shapiro ’86 Shapiro Lauren (LL.M. ’00) Ryan Kevin Marty Guggenheim Professor Kaoru Okuizumi ’95 Michael Rothenberg ’91 Michael Rothenberg Debo Adegbile ’94 Debo Adegbile Derwyn Bunton RTK ’98 Derwyn Bunton of Saving Homes March 22 March February 1 February 22 February 8 March ovember 9 November 16 November U.N. Peacekeeping Department, U.N. Peacekeeping National Consumer’s Law Center, Consumer’s National MA Boston, NY NYU School York, Law, New of New York, NY York, New Brooklyn Family Defense Project, Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, Project, Defense Family Brooklyn NY York, NYU School Law, New of La Fuente, New York, NY York, New La Fuente, Make the Road, Brooklyn, NY the Road, Brooklyn, Make Lawyers the Public Interest, for York New NY York, New NAACP Legal Defense Fund, New York, NY York, New Fund, Defense Legal NAACP New Orleans, LA Orleans, New KnickerbockerSKD, New York, NY York, New KnickerbockerSKD, Covenant House, New York, NY York, Covenant House, New Orleans Public Defenders Office, Public Defenders Orleans Actuality: Minority V Amy Sugimori ’99 The Challenges of Strengthening the of Strengthening The Challenges The Legal Aid Society, Aid The Legal Julie Ehrlich ’08 Judith Waksberg ’82 Judith Waksberg Jennifer Cunningham RTK ’91 Cunningham Jennifer January 25 January 11 Juvenile Rights Practice, New York, NY York, New Practice, Juvenile Rights

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