Root-Tilden-Kern RT Fall 2012 News Scholarship Program

RTK Gets a New 40th Anniversary Executive Director!

In September, Denise of the First Women Tomasini-Joshi joined New York University School of Law to become the executive RTK Graduates director of the Root-Tilden- Kern Program. Previously, she In the spring of 1972, three women—Barbara A. Burnett, Erica Steinberger McLean, served as legal officer with the and Mary C. Morgan—walked across the stage at Convocation at NYU School of Law Open Society Justice Initiative, where she led efforts to become the first women to graduate from the Root-Tilden-Kern Program. This past to implement alternatives to pretrial detention in spring marked the 40th anniversary of that seminal moment in public interest law history. Latin America. Her role at Open Society Justice continued on page 2 Initiative involved forging partnerships across a wide and complex range of justice professionals while developing and executing strategic plans, training programs, and collaboration protocols among multiple government agencies. Denise also served as a senior policy analyst with the Council of State Governments’ Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project, where she developed and implemented protocols for collaboration among criminal justice and mental health agencies and presented at conferences nationwide. Denise has spoken and published widely on the issues of mental health and pretrial detention. She began her legal career as an attorney at the Columbia University/ Goddard Riverside Tenant Assistance Project and at MFY Legal Services. Denise received her Master of International Affairs from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs and her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law. The RTK Program is fortunate to have her wealth of experience and passionate commitment to public interest law! ■

40th Anniversary of the First Women RTK Graduates 1 Class of 2012 Employment Destinations 6 Alumni Profiles 16 RTK Gets a New Executive Director! 1 Leaders in Public Interest Series 2011-12 7 Class Notes 18 Letter from the Executive Director 2 Journal Memberships 2012-13 7 Deb Ellis ’82 Tribute 19 e e issu Ford Foundation Fellowships Awarded 3 Class of 2015 Biographies 8 Honor Roll of Donors 20 Roots Speak at J.D. Convocation—AGAIN! 4 Class of 2014 and 2013 Summer Jobs 13 Leaders in Public Interest this

I n Awards at Graduation 5 Orientation for the Class of 2015 15 Series 2012-13 23 Letter from the executive director These three women personify the success of a movement to advance the rights of female Dear RTK friends, law students that began in 1969 with the formation of the Women’s Rights Committee at NYU. The student-led committee was It’s my great pleasure and honor to write my very first formed to represent the interests of the Letter from the Executive Director. I officially began my duties growing number of women entering law as assistant dean for public service on September 10 and school at NYU. Its first goal was to make immediately had a sense of what an incredible opportunity women eligible for the RTK Program. After it is to be involved with the Root-Tilden-Kern Program. hearing the Committee’s arguments, the Law The quality of scholars and alumni is without match, and the program itself has School investigated whether admitting women no parallels in the law school world, even in places where they have tried to follow would violate the program’s trust agreement, our RTK model. An integral part of keeping the reputation and integrity of the which had been previously touted as the program was, clearly, the leadership of the previous executive director Deborah reason for barring women from the program. Ellis. I hope that you will join me in sending her a heartfelt thanks and recognizing The Law School found that nothing in the trust her achievements during the 10 years that she held the title. I know that current agreement kept women from becoming Root and former Roots greatly benefited from her tireless advocacy and commitment to scholars. With no further barriers in place to this amazing program. Please see page 19 for a fuller tribute to Deb. keep women from applying to the program, As I write this, the election cycle closes and we move “forward.” So it is at the Law School extended the application Public Interest Law Center, where we are implementing new programs and deadline to allow for women to apply, and in considering new ways to integrate the richness of the RTK community with other 1969 the RTK Program welcomed its first-ever public interest efforts. A new rule by the New York State Unified Court System female scholars. requires all who seek admission to the New York State bar, starting in January Barbara A. Burnett says being “the first 2015, to perform 50 hours of pro bono work and we are excited about using the woman anything can feel like being in a fish opportunity to have RTK scholars work hand in hand with other students who bowl.” When she enrolled at the Law School in would not have otherwise engaged in public interest work. No one carries the 1969, she was engaged to another scholar in torch for commitment to public service quite like the Roots, and if anyone can the program. Some people at the Law School convince aloof colleagues to get more involved, it’s a Root! assumed that she was planning a career as Another initiative that we are developing involves developing parallel her husband’s legal assistant. Barbara also support between the Bickel and Brewer Latino Institute for Human Rights and recalls that during her first year, a professor the RTK Program. Now that both are housed under PILC, new opportunities for commented that he was not sure that “the collaboration and cross-pollination are waiting to be explored. We expect that each girl from Kansas was getting it.” Undeniably, program will become stronger as a consequence. Barbara was “getting it,” as she earned high Next January we will also be welcoming back from sabbatical our academic marks in the class. Barbara continued to adviser Meg Satterthwaite. I would like to take this opportunity to thank David excel in her studies and in her final year of Golove for the wonderful job he’s done as interim academic adviser. I know that law school had several offers from prestigious the first-year Roots appreciated Professor Golove’s detailed account of the history New York City firms to choose from for her of the RTK program and his mushroom-hunting skills at the first-year retreat. first job as an attorney. After three years of We appreciate his willingness to connect and work on behalf of the program. work in a law firm, Barbara decided it was Finally, I would be remiss not to mention that Roots—both present and time to turn her attention back to public past—have done particularly well this year in the clerkship market. RTK alumna service. NYU needed a professor in property Julia Sheketoff ‘10 will clerk for the Honorable Stephen Breyer, associate justice and trusts, which were Barbara’s fields. She on the United States Supreme Court, while current 3Ls Yan Cao, Francesca applied and became one of the first women Corbacho, and Abigail Nurse are all headed for appellate court clerkships, just to to teach at the Law School. Eventually, she name a few. In total, 3L Roots have received an outstanding 13 clerkships to date. went on to become a professor at Syracuse In my first year there will be much to learn, and I am counting on RTK students University College of Law, where she taught and alums to provide feedback on the program, how to keep it prestigious, how to for 22 years. Reflecting on her career, Barbara make it stronger, and how to guide it into a new era. Please drop me a line if says, “It seemed that I was called to a position you’d like to discuss, and I look forward to meeting many of you in the future. where I could demonstrate that women were not only capable of practicing law but were also legitimate authority figures in a law school classroom.” For Erica Steinberger McLean, the story of her experience in the program is one she Denise Tomasini-Joshi frequently tells, as it “illustrates how life is so Executive Director, Root-Tilden-Kern 33 RTK News Fall 2012

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Ma any any Francis s Sheila Bayne Colorado. Colorado. Britt will work at the Nationalwill work will work at the Equalwill work Women’s Law Center in Law Center Women’s D.C. Washington, Fund (Air and Land, Water (Air and Land, Water Fund Montgomery, Alabama. Montgomery, nne Anne nvironmental Defense Defense at the Environmental in Boulder, and Wildlife) Justice Initiative in Initiative Justice We are happy to report that the following that the following report to happy are We The fellowship program is a new component component is a new program The fellowship The Ford Foundation is an independent, Foundation The Ford than 75 years it has worked with courageous with courageous it has worked than 75 years fellowship for summer 2013: for fellowship fellows from NYU School of Law, Harvard Law Harvard NYU School of Law, from fellows School, Stanford Law School and Yale Law School. Law School and Yale School, Stanford School Fellowship Program, which will fund Program, School Fellowship worldwide, guided by its mission to strengthen strengthen to mission guided by its worldwide, interest organizations in the U.S. and abroad. in the organizations interest human achievement. With headquarters in New With headquarters human achievement. 25 students from NYU to work in select public in select work NYU to from 25 students Fellowships Initiative. In its inaugural year, it will year, inaugural In its Initiative. Fellowships York City, the foundation has offices in Latin has offices the foundation City, York second-year RTK Scholars were awarded a awarded were Scholars RTK second-year ast, and Asia. East, the Middle Africa, America, provide $1.75 million in funding to support 100 $1.75 million in funding to provide nonprofit grant-making organization. For more more For organization. grant-making nonprofit of social change on the frontlines people and advance cooperation, international promote of the Ford Foundation's Social Justice Social Justice Foundation's of the Ford democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, and injustice, poverty reduce values, democratic of Law as a partner in the Ford Foundation Law Foundation the Ford of Law as a partner in Roots Receive Receive Roots Ford Prestigious Fellowships Foundation The Ford Foundation has selected NYU School has selected Foundation The Ford ’72 McLean teinberger S Erica my career without the my career mother was a teacher any her for asked have would not I would and a widow. support for law school.” law support for rogram—my Root Program—my could never have had have never “I could much a matter of finding the right people of finding much a matter open as opportunities and being flexible Hill during on Capitol working While up.” in college, of her junior year the summer she attend recommended her supervisor for NYU, and apply law school, specifically the applied to She scholarship. an RTK by a incorrectly being told despite program, and women, not open to that it was recruiter graduating After a scholarship. awarded was with she reconnected law school, from Martin securities professor, her former and a Law School reception ’55, at Lipton became she where Lipton, joined Wachtell of the program’s mindful Ever a partner. ’72

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rica strove throughout her career to support several support several to her career throughout strove Erica component, public service and in recruiting has been active social change. She for working organizations and supervised profession in the legal diversity increase law firms to mentoring housing childcare, such as emergency in areas bono work of pro a variety for and justice care health on sustainable initiatives discrimination, and global “I says, Erica her, gave Program the opportunity the RTK Recalling women. a mother was Program—my without the Root had my career have never could law school.” any support for her for asked not have I would and a widow. teacher but she Program, the Root from graduate to women is she one of the first only States. judge in the United be appointed to open lesbian publicly also is the first Law Development at the Economic NYU, she worked from graduating After she worked where in San Francisco, practice private going into before Project In 1980, she co- law. in family for Lawyers Area the Bay founded which (BALIF), Individual Freedom and largest the oldest is now law the LGBT for bar association In 1981, Governor community. the named her to Jerry Brown Municipal Court, San Francisco elected eventually she was where on judge. She went presiding on the municipal court serve to early until 1993, when she retired University at American teach to of Policy in the Office general attorney as deputy assistant serve and also to Administration. during the Clinton Justice at the Department of Development Gray Governor California after retirement back from called In 2003, Mary was San over Superior Court. She presided San Francisco her to Davis appointed and final the second for retiring Health Court before Behavioral Francisco’s time, in 2011. ■

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figures in a law school in a law figures t seemed that I was“It seemed Alumnus Anthony Foxx ’96 urged a fresh crop of Roots Speak at J.D. graduates to pursue their passions at NYU School Convocation—AGAIN! of Law’s Convocation ceremony on May 18, 2012: “Take the skills you have and the passion you have and make a difference.” Philip Kovoor ’12 was the student speaker. He delivered a reflective speech on the real-world superheroes who inspired him and his peers during law school. A portion of Philip’s speech is reprinted below. Philip Kovoor ’12 Anthony Foxx ’96

Thank you, Dean Revesz, and The past three years have been have seen you in that carrel in Vanderbilt congratulations, Class of 2012! demanding. They have been humbling. Library. And I remember those silent Today is an occasion for celebration. But above all, they have been inspiring. dance parties, only days before finals— We celebrate our community. We We have walked among real-life talk about fearlessness. celebrate our achievement. We celebrate superheroes—professors like Bryan But I have also witnessed you in our families and loved ones. We celebrate Stevenson, Rachel Barkow, and the action. Many of you have challenged mass our future (and especially our Loan late, great Derrick Bell. People who incarceration—from New York to New Repayment Assistance Program). have dedicated their lives to confronting Orleans. Others have defended major Like many of you, I didn’t always know injustice. People both uniquely human corporations against hostile competitors. that I wanted to be a lawyer. When I was and superhuman. Day in and day out, Those of you in the Suspension a child, I dreamed of being a superhero. we have witnessed these superheroes Representation Project have fought on I loved old comic book characters—like perform extraordinary feats. And we behalf of students across the city. Others Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, and have been their faithful sidekicks. still have worked to hold corporations Batman. I admired their passion, their In return, they have trained us well. accountable for their abuses here and righteousness, and their power. Somehow they taught us to “think like a abroad. And our basketball team has won So you can imagine how disappointed lawyer.” To write persuasive briefs and us pride and glory at the Deans’ Cup— I was when I realized that I had no deliver compelling arguments. They FOUR YEARS IN A ROW. superpowers. I could not fly. I could taught us also that too often the law has When we exit these doors, we will not shape shift. And I certainly was little to do with justice, but that we too can be many things. Proud. Happy. Hungry. not invincible. So, like you, I decided to still make a difference. Relieved. And, hopefully, employed—or become a lawyer. Over the past three years, I have soon to be. But above all, we will be I came to NYU not knowing witnessed you honing your superpowers. privileged—privileged whether the first what to expect. Most people I knew Powers of learning and lawyer in your despised lawyers, and most lawyers I thinking, powers of “When we walk out those family or following knew despised law school. But from listening and speaking, a family tradition. the moment we received that purple and powers of advocacy doors, we will be law When we walk out acceptance letter, this place seemed and compromise. Night school graduates. And those doors, we different. A place defined more by public after night, I have seen whether we work on Wall will be law school service than by private interest. A place you walk out of those graduates. And bustling with excitement. A place where clinic offices at ungodly Street or in the Deep whether we work everyone seemed surprisingly happy. hours. Day after day, I South, that has power.” on Wall Street or

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NYU School of Law, NYU School of Law, New York, NY 10012 York, New Office of Development Office Continue the cycle of giving. Continue the cycle or send a check made payable to or send a check made payable : to Annual Fund Root-Tilden-Kern New York University School of Law School University York New 110 West Third Street, Second Floor Second Street, Third 110 West Donate online at www.law.nyu/giving www.law.nyu/giving online at Donate RTK Scholars. RTK Invest in future in future Invest I remember a line from a comic a comic a line from I remember The past three years have also have years three The past when it’s the hard thing. the hard when it’s livelihoods. In response, our prisons In response, livelihoods. have swelled. Today, there are 2.3 are there Today, swelled. have been a dark time in our nation. Ourbeen a dark time in our We will be expected to give voice voice give to will be expected We book that my mother used to read read mother used to book that my to the voiceless. And we will be And we the voiceless. to in the Deep South, that has power. power. that has Deep South, in the million people incarcerated. The incarcerated. million people now on—whether we pass the bar pass on—whether we now me. It said, “With great power power “With great me. It said, speak up when others are silent. are speak up when others economy has faltered. And more than And more has faltered. economy their lost have eight million people expected to do the right thing, even the right thing, even do to expected or not—we will be expected to will be expected or not—we comes great responsibility.” From From responsibility.” great comes Saerom Park Class of 2012 Post- Service Employees International Union Graduate Employment Law Fellow, Washington, D.C. Nikki Reisch Judge Marsha S. Berzon, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, San Francisco, CA (for the 2012 term) Judge Raymond J. Lohier Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York, NY (for the 2013 term)

Martha Roberts Judge Carlos F. Lucero, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, Denver, CO (for the 2012 term)

Camilo Romero Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles, CA

Amanda Sen Sinsheimer Fellowship, Partnership for Children’s Rights, New York, NY

Liz Spector Proskauer Rose, New York, NY

Additional Fellowships and Clerkships Awarded in 2012 to Alumni

Noam Biale ‘11 Judge Gerard Lynch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (for the 2014 term)

Valerie Brender Ashley Grant Stephen Kang ‘11 NYU School of Law Human Rights Equal Justice Works Fellowship, Judge Kermit Lipez, U.S. Court of Appeals Watch Fellowship, New York, NY Advocates for Children, New York, NY for the First Circuit (for the 2012 term)

Sara Cullinane Adam Herling Anurag Gupta ‘11 Equal Justice Works Fellowship, Judge Stephanie K. Seymour, U.S. Court The Jacobson Make the Road, New York, NY of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, Tulsa, OK Leadership Program (for the 2012 term) in Law and Business Shannon Cumberbatch at NYU School of Law The Bronx Defenders, Bronx, NY Philip Kovoor awarded Anurag a New York County District Attorney’s Office, fellowship in Entrepreneurship, Social Rachael Dizard New York, NY Entrepreneurship, and Innovation. U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Frances Kreimer Julia Sheketoff ‘10 Newark, NJ Dolores Street Community Services, Justice Stephen G. San Francisco, CA Breyer, Supreme Talia Gooding-Williams Court of the United Palm Beach County Public Defenders, Zack Orjuela States (for the West Palm Beach, FL Orleans Public Defenders, 2013 term) New Orleans, LA 77 RTK News Fall 2012

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orker Power on the Job and in Power orker instrumental players in community organizing, as organizing, in community players instrumental Law.” the Community: Labor Law as Public Interest atthew Ginsburg ’05, Associate Ginsburg 6, Matthew On February , gave a talk AFL-CIO, gave the Counsel for General beto labor unions continue how explained Ginsburg entitled “Building W entitled Series on September 12 by delivering the 15th annual 12 by delivering Series on September . In her presentation, “Finding Heroes in a “Finding Heroes . In her presentation, Lecture eaders in Public Interest in Public Interest off the Leaders Brill ’85 kicked ommissioner Julie Commissioner Trade Federal States United Small World,” Brill described her path from the V Brill described her path from Small World,” brams Public Service Public Service Robert Abrams General Attorney ocally and Locally of Gender-Based Violence Survivors for enter for Battered W Battered for Center Families Sanctuary for egal Services, delivered her talk entitled “ entitled her talk delivered Legal Services, eidholdt ’88, Director of the Leidholdt ’88, Director Dorchen 14, On November Leidholdt’s talk focused on how the provision the provision on how focused talk Leidholdt’s Globally.” of locally focused direct services for battered women battered for services direct focused of locally

well as in legal and political struggles for social justice both domestically both domestically social justice for struggles and political as in legal well for finding inspiration as well as guidance. Today, Brill’s work at the FTC at the FTC work Brill’s Today, as guidance. as well finding inspiration for victories and challenges of her remarkable career in consumer protection protection in consumer career of her remarkable and challenges victories be flexible about their career paths in public interest law, noting that the law, paths in public interest career about their be flexible Ginsburg discussed the work he has done for the AFL- he has done for the work discussed Ginsburg and internationally. intersections between various types of public interest issues lead to diverse diverse to lead issues of public interest types various between intersections CIO to support worker organizing efforts and to create a more favorable favorable a more create and to efforts organizing support worker CIO to related to rapid advancements in information technology and technology in information advancements rapid to related described the various paths to entry into union-side labor law. union-side labor law. entry into paths to described the various data privacy. data and surprising career paths. and surprising career and international advocacy for women facing the specter of domestic abuse of domestic the specter facing women for advocacy and international to the audience also encouraged Leidholdt part of the same struggle. are addresses federal policy questions that stem from her early fights in V fights her early from that stem policy questions federal addresses and antitrust and emphasized the importance of mentors and role models and role of mentors the importance and emphasized and antitrust attorney general’s office to the North Carolina attorney general’s office office general’s attorney Carolina the North to office general’s attorney the She discussed (FTC). Commission Trade the Federal and, in 2010, to challenges and the new agencies and Big Tobacco, reporting credit against environment for unionized workers and social justice generally, and generally, and social justice unionized workers for environment alumni this past year. The three alumni discussed The three year. alumni this past

careers pursued by NYU’s public interest students. students. public interest by NYU’s pursued careers eaders in Public in Leaders

law, exemplifying the wide range of public interest of public interest the wide range exemplifying law, Interest Series 2011–12 Series Interest Interest Series featured three Root-Tilden-Kern Root-Tilden-Kern three Series featured Interest their work in government, direct services, and labor services, direct government, in their work The Public Interest Law Center’s Leaders in Public in Leaders Center’s Law The Public Interest Zachary Root-Tilden-Kern Dorado Andrew W. Mellon Scholar Class of 2015 Zachary graduated from Fordham University with Departmental Honors in English and sociology. He completed a thesis on literary censorship trials and received a Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Commitment to Service Amanda Bass Emma and Social Justice and a Certificate Filomen M. Clippinger of Accomplishment for Outstanding D’Agostino Scholar WilmerHale Leadership and Service to the University. for Civil Rights, Scholar He participated in and later assisted Civil Liberties, and/ Emma graduated with Urban Plunge at Fordham, which or Criminal Justice from Brown introduces incoming students to New Amanda was raised in West Chicago, University in 2009 with a degree in York City through direct service work and Illinois, and is the third eldest of comparative literature. Following a social justice education. He was also a seven children. Homeschooled by her summer internship with the Clinton founding member of the Justice Council parents, Reginald and Patricia Bass, Foundation Health Access Initiative in at his campus. until the age of 13, Amanda enrolled Rwanda, Emma co-founded Gardens Zachary spent two years on his at Amherst College in 2006, where she for Health International in 2007. The campus’ mock trial team. He later tutored double-majored in black studies and organization partners with rural health refugee students living in New York City mathematics and graduated magna cum clinics to provide agricultural solutions with the International Rescue Committee laude in December 2010. to the problem of chronic malnutrition. and interned with community organizers In 2008, Amanda spent six months Since its inception, the organization has at Housing Conservation Coordinators. working as a community organizer in received numerous accolades, including Zachary also completed a clerk internship Macon, Georgia, for Barack Obama’s awards from Echoing Green and Ashoka. at the Plymouth District Court and a presidential campaign. Amanda Brown awarded Emma a Starr Social paralegal internship with the Bronx office spearheaded voter registration and Entrepreneurship Fellowship to support of the Children’s Law Center. He hopes volunteer recruitment initiatives in her work with Gardens for Health to continue to explore social injustice by communities throughout middle Georgia International and an Arthur Liman Public working with indigent tenants in New York. and worked with African American Interest Fellowship to support her work Zachary is originally from Sandwich, businesses and churches, public officials, with the Rhode Island Department of Massachusetts, where he began and local media to register voters and Health’s Office of Minority Health. While at his interest in social justice while in to educate people about the electoral Brown, Emma was a founding member of high school by becoming a founding process and their right to vote. the Brown Social Innovation Initiative. member of In Good Company, which Throughout her months in Georgia, Following her graduation from college, uses techniques from the Theatre of the Amanda felt, for the first time in her Emma served as executive director of Oppressed to spread awareness through life, the full impact of unjust laws that Gardens for Health International for three theater to community and school groups. function as instruments of intimidation years. During this time, she developed and exclusion. At the time, Georgia’s a strong interest in access to land as it Brooks discriminatory voter registration relates to access to food and, ultimately, Emanuel laws had made possible the de facto health. She intends to use her law degree Brooks graduated disenfranchisement of more than 600,000 to advance global economic and social summa cum laude African Americans. justice. and Phi Beta Kappa It is through the political and legal Emma grew up in Cambridge, from the University battles that Amanda fought in Georgia that Massachusetts. She is looking forward to of Georgia in 1999, with an honors she became acutely aware of her need living in New York City for the first time. interdisciplinary studies major: race, to study and know the law, to understand gender, and sexuality in U.S. Society. its practical applications, and to be After a career as a professional dancer able to adeptly navigate its boundaries and choreographer (hip-hop, African, and of interpretation so that, as a future modern), including work with companies lawyer, she could help marginalized and in New York City and Atlanta, in 2007 underrepresented people find a voice. 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Sinsheimer vice Scholar Service Diane Johnston Diane Johnston Diane graduated from from Diane graduated in Emory University 2007 with a degree 2007 with a degree Rebecca grew up in Storrs, up in Storrs, grew Rebecca After returning from Latin America, from returning After After graduation, Rebecca moved toAfter graduation, Rebecca with various student-based volunteer volunteer student-based with various addressing youth with inner-city immigrant communities by teaching communities immigrant in her home state of Massachusetts in her home state Diane abuse matters. and substance in interdisciplinary studies focusing on focusing studies in interdisciplinary groups and local organizations on issues organizations and local groups She also interned in Atlanta. communities justice, juvenile care, foster education, and traveled Emory early from graduated income immigrants and ultimately hopes and ultimately immigrants income and developed a deep interest in immigration policy. an effort to register newly naturalized and Citizenship Coalition in Philadelphia.and Citizenship Coalition and organized teach-ins, protests, and protests, teach-ins, and organized for several months. She then moved to She then moved months. several for citizens to vote. She also coordinated the organization’s advocacy in opposition campaign for the Senate. Followingcampaign for the Senate. her Spanishelectoral organizing and executive board of the College Democrats. the College of board executive of college and immediately caught the caught immediately and of college relating to immigrant and low-income and low-income immigrant to relating her Spanish in immersion she developed non with local and volunteered programs agencies. profit social change in immigrant populations. social change in immigrant her NYU Law degree to represent low- represent to her NYU Law degree laws. immigration practical more pro bono Citizenship Days and managedpro bono Citizenship skills to the Pennsylvania Immigrationskills to the Pennsylvania political bug. Over the next four years years four the next bug. Over political campaigns on numerous she interned voter registration drives in her role on the in her role drives registration voter to Chile, Argentina, and Costa Rica, where where Rica, and Costa Argentina, Chile, to to help craft or advocate for fairer and fairer for or advocate help craft to to state-level anti-immigrant legislation the election, she took her passion forthe election, she took Connecticut. She looks forward to using to forward Connecticut. She looks Diane continued her pursuit to assist assist to her pursuit Diane continued language in Atlanta English as a second as a counselor City and worked York New mory, she worked she worked During her time at Emory, Pennsylvania to work on Joe Sestak’sPennsylvania to work U.S. Senate during her first semester semester her first during U.S. Senate As a program coordinator, she organized As a program coordinator,

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Prior to the WJP, she worked at a she worked the WJP, Prior to Sophie became inspired by the inspired Sophie became Sophie was raised in Maryland raised Sophie was Anna grew up in Kearny, New Jersey. Jersey. New Kearny, up in Anna grew nglish literature and in English literature with a degree writing services for development projects projects development for writing services thiopia building a public in Ethiopia building and worked and publicizing the project’s grassroots grassroots and publicizing the project’s development efforts while managing the managing while efforts development Justice of the World communications international relations with a focus on with a focus relations international and equity the health, prosperity, improve and government secrecy and surveillance. and surveillance. secrecy and government excited about gaining a new set of tools gaining a new about excited of law. Conveying the connection between the connection Conveying of law. agency, communications cause-oriented health projects. and global development continents and managed the launch of continents economic development. She has spent She has development. economic the world. around of communities from Washington University in St. Louis University Washington from law’s ability to bolster international bolster ability to law’s health website. health website. Ethiopia. She is to native by parents communities. marginalized measure countries’ adherence to the rule to adherence countries’ measure on perspective her new gave successes international supporting the firm’s her time since supporting efforts to supporting efforts her time since she worked on a variety of cases relating relating of cases variety on a she worked to continue her advocacy on behalf of on her advocacy continue to the rule of law and development goals of law and development the rule communities. empower ability to the law’s that works to advance the rule of law. At of law. the rule advance to that works on five efforts media she led the WJP, of Law Index Rule the WJP to the torture and detention of detainees, and detention the torture to rendition, killing, extraordinary targeted Claire McCaskill’s campaign for the for campaign McCaskill’s Claire Project (WJP), a non profit organization organization a non profit (WJP), Project Spanish. She began volunteering on Spanish. She began volunteering University in 2005 with a B.A. in University After college, she volunteered copy- she volunteered college, After Scholar indemann Family Family Lindemann Service Public Barnard College in College Barnard Anna Estevao Anna graduated from from Anna graduated Brooks has worked on a broad on a broad has worked Brooks After graduating from college, college, from graduating After After a stint in Boston serving on serving in Boston a stint After worked directly with the house minority with directly worked awarded with distinction. Anna also spent with distinction. awarded research factual a summer conducting inmates as an intern with the Prison with as an intern inmates and legal challenge to racially divisive racially to challenge and legal and defend against the most egregious egregious most the against and defend a coalition of 50 progressive groups. groups. 50 progressive of a coalition are consistent with the Constitution and with the Constitution consistent are convictions in capital punishment cases. in capital convictions grassroots coalition groups. Her senior groups. coalition grassroots on conditions of confinement and of confinement on conditions college, Anna spent a year visiting New Anna spent a year college, decennial redistricting process, he process, redistricting decennial for a study estimating the rate of wrongful of wrongful the rate estimating a study for for drug sentencing reform with reform drug sentencing for funding for public education; and death education; public funding for fundamental human rights. At the ACLU, At the ACLU, human rights. fundamental leader and whip, other caucus members, members, and whip, other caucus leader paralegal for the National Security for paralegal rehabilitation programs while advocating advocating while programs rehabilitation penalty abolition. range of issues including immigrant, immigrant, including of issues range and labor rights; reproductive, welfare parents, working for protections and tenants; homeowners, recipients, helped mount the Democratic legislative legislative helped mount the Democratic right-wing legislation. During the 2010 right-wing legislation. progressive advocates, and other lobbyists and other lobbyists advocates, progressive several political campaigns, Brooks Brooks campaigns, political several with the work to Atlanta to returned post-9/11 national security policies thatpost-9/11 In this role, he lobbied at the Georgia at the Georgia he lobbied In this role, thesis focused on the effects of long- on the effects thesis focused and was on inmates incarceration term to promote Caucus legislative priorities Caucus legislative promote to the progressive advocacy community. advocacy the progressive General Assembly and became involved in involved became and Assembly General Caucus. Democratic House Georgia Project of the American Civil Liberties Civil of the American Project Republican-drawn House maps. Republican-drawn Union, a legal team that advocates for for that advocates team Union, a legal isiting Project of the Correctional of the Correctional Visiting Project Anna worked as a legal assistant and assistant as a legal Anna worked Association of New York. She reported She reported York. of New Association As director of legislative services, he services, of legislative As director 2010 with honors in anthropology. During in anthropology. 2010 with honors York state prisons and interviewing state York to high-risk youth in Brooklyn. In 2009, Julie AmeriCorps serving as a JusticeCorps she took her first public interest law Krumwiede member at the Stanley Mosk Resource position as a paralegal in Staten Island Filomen M. Center for Self-Represented Litigants in Legal Services’ Homeowner Defense D’Agostino Scholar the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Project and has worked there since. In for Women or As a volunteer, she provided direct legal this role, she advocated on behalf of low- Children assistance to indigent litigants throughout income homeowners to obtain affordable Julie graduated summa cum laude all stages of their family law actions. mortgages and prevent unnecessary from the George Washington University, Following her work with the courts, she foreclosures on her clients’ homes. where she studied English and sociology studied with UCLA’s Center for American Diane plans to use her law degree to and began cultivating her penchant for Politics and Public Policy in Washington, continue advocating for the rights of social and restorative justice. Concerned D.C., where she interned with the indigent clients and hopes to focus on by the lack of resources available to American Bar Association’s Commission representing immigrant youth. marginalized groups in Washington, on Immigration. While at the ABA she D.C., she began volunteering with HIPS provided legal information to detainees in Andrew (Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive) immigration custody. Jondahl where she supported community Throughout her work in college, Jehan Coben Scholar members in making programming began to see a need for bilingual services Andrew graduated more inclusive for transgender sex in the law and the barriers to the judicial summa cum workers. She has done outreach with system that many people encounter. She laude from Boston the organization since 2008, hitting the hopes to use her law degree to empower University in 2007 with a degree in streets at night with HIV testing, safer traditionally marginalized communities. broadcast journalism. After graduation, sex and injection supplies and education. Jehan grew up in Whittier, California, Andrew moved to Senegal, West Africa, Julie has also worked at the National and graduated from Whittier High School. where he served for two years as an Abortion Federation Hotline Fund as She is excited and grateful for this agroforestry volunteer in the Peace a case manager, providing one-on- opportunity to continue her education Corps, working with rural farmers to one support to low-income individuals at NYU. incorporate trees into existing agricultural accessing reproductive health services systems. He spent a third year with the and abortion care. Julia McCarthy Peace Corps in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, Having been raised in Utah and Jacobson Public as a communications and volunteer Idaho, Julie’s work and life in D.C. Service Scholar support specialist, developing a series exposed her to a new set of ways in for Women, of iPod training videos for the greater which poverty, institutionalized racism Children & Families development community and leading and imprisonment drastically impact Julia graduated in innovation in the program’s pre- and in- low-income people, communities of 2008 from Georgetown University with service trainings. color, LGBTQ and gender non-conforming a degree in history and minor in biology. After returning to the United States individuals. These are issues she hopes to While at Georgetown, she captained the at the end of 2010, Andrew continued to further address by providing empowering, lightweight women’s rowing team and co- work in public service as a consultant culturally competent legal defense for founded the culinary club. for New York–based non profits Malaria groups as marginalized as street-based After graduation, Julia joined Teach No More and NetGuarantee. He served sex workers and drug users. for America in New Orleans, where as Malaria No More’s mobile health Julie is also passionate about pugs, she taught second grade. Despite New (mHealth) specialist, helping to design Scrabble, and female rappers and was Orleans’s strong culinary culture, Julia malaria awareness campaigns that once retweeted by Lil’ Kim. saw students, 99 percent of whom capitalized on an expanding mobile phone qualified for free lunches, subjected market in Africa. With NetGuarantee, Jehan Laner to nutritionally deficient meals, so she Andrew worked to apply innovative Doris C. and Alan J. investigated sourcing healthier, local financial mechanisms to international Freedman Scholar food. Julia researched policies affecting funding processes to expedite the Jehan graduated the National School Lunch Program, delivery of health commodities to magna cum laude started a community garden, and helped malaria-endemic countries. and Phi Beta Kappa the district resource teacher develop a Andrew grew up in Plymouth, from the University of California, Los healthy eating curriculum. Minnesota, and is excited to explore Angeles in 2011, with a double major in Realizing that the problem of healthy ways in which mobile devices can be Political Science and Communications food access for low-income communities used to protect civil rights, both Studies and with a minor in Civic was greater than the school lunch domestically and abroad. Engagement. program, Julia secured an internship Her involvement with public interest at the National Sustainable Agriculture law began when she interned with Coalition (NSAC) to better understand RTK News Fall 2012 11

. . Women or Women tino Scholar gostino A ’ or Filomen M Filomen D f Children Brence D. Brence Pernell For the past two years, Jack has years, two the past For Brence spent several years years several spent Brence Academic excellence, leadership, and leadership, excellence, Academic Jack spent the 2009-10 academicJack spent joining the RTK community at NYU. community joining the RTK worked at the World Resources Institute Institute Resources at the World worked justice–oriented programming for the for programming justice–oriented and international government agencies. government and international and international climate politics. He politics. climate and international negotiationsU.N. climate the attended observer NGO in Copenhagen as an ties between strengthen to and worked Jack received countries. and developing he helps D.C., where in Washington, environmental justice and is thrilled to be to thrilled and is justice environmental in history. At Duke, Brence co-led social co-led Brence At Duke, in history. care, education, and labor issues for U.S. for issues and labor education, care, dialogue. international fostering in South Carolina and Massachusetts. and Massachusetts. in South Carolina ducation grant and worked and worked grant in Education a Leadership group of student leaders dedicated to a to dedicated leaders of student group Brence's to led diversity to commitment organization liaison to schools and providing and providing schools liaison to organization for low-income families. low-income for for the Center for Law and Education. for the Center for life of service. Brence was awarded the awarded was Brence of service. life manage strategic relationships with U.S. relationships manage strategic historical scholarship.historical Wilson-Rockefeller Woodrow the receiving year on a Fulbright grant in Oslo, grant on a Fulbright year developed from activists climate youth research support for attorneys advocating attorneys support for research studies at Harvard. There, he was awarded awarded he was There, at Harvard. studies the 2009 Lois Roth Award for creatively creatively for Award the 2009 Lois Roth nglish and history English and history teaching thereafter communities in low-income students to the Durham community and received the and received the Durham community William J. Griffith University CommunityWilliam J. Griffith University Norway, where he studied the he studied where Norway, movement environmental Norwegian Senator Jeanne Shaheen.Senator History Department’s Canon Prize for his Canon Prize for Department’s History Aspiring for Fellowship Fund Brothers Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholars, a Memorial Scholars, Howard Reginaldo Brence graduated magna cum laude from magna cum graduated Brence degree in 2008 with a University Duke Service Award for his volunteer efforts in efforts his volunteer for Award Service serving as included His primary roles Teachers of Color to pursue graduate pursue to of Color Teachers Jack is looking forward to a career in a career to forward Jack is looking

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. . s Right Civil r Schola gostino iminal Justice Criminal A ’ or Filomen M Filomen D f Liberties Civil or in Russian. While in Russian. at Williams, he Williams College inWilliams College Hannah Mercuris 2007 with a degree 2007 with a degree Jack Nelson Jack graduated from from Jack graduated Hannah is proud to be from be from to Hannah is proud After graduation, Hannah moved to moved Hannah graduation, After work at the intersection of civil liberties at the intersection work was captain of the Nordic ski team and ski team of the Nordic captain was with the Africa Division of Human Rights Division of Human with the Africa and armed conflict and on inequality in and armed conflict attended Germantown Friends School. Friends Germantown attended and complicity in the torture at Abu torture in the and complicity in anthropology and human rights. During and human rights. in anthropology with Columbia’s and activism campaigns violence stop torture, for accountability the prison at and close women, against violence. and sexual graduating, he returned to his home to he returned graduating, college, Hannah led education initiatives initiatives education Hannah led college, social responsibility corporate on efforts Families. for for members of the military who were who were of the military members for field organizer for the Democratic Party. Party. the Democratic for organizer field law firm, Burke PLLC, in cases against in cases PLLC, law firm, Burke litigation addressing the failure of the the failure litigation addressing with the National Security assistant legal legislative correspondent covering health covering correspondent legislative private military contractors for fraud for contractors military private military to ensure justice and protection and protection justice ensure to military In the year assaulted. or sexually raped as a law school, Hannah worked before studied for a semester in Siberia. After a semester for studied as a work to Hampshire of New state In law school, she hopes to continue her continue In law school, she hopes to the justice system. the justice Washington, D.C., and assisted a small D.C., and assisted Washington, Ghraib prison. Hannah also worked on worked prison. Hannah also Ghraib Washington, D.C., where he worked as a he worked D.C., where Washington, Columbia University in 2010 with a degree a degree in 2010 with Columbia University Hannah also interned Bay. Guantánamo research she supported where Watch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she where Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Project of the American Civil Liberties of the American Project Following the 2008 election, he moved to he moved 2008 election, the Following Hannah graduated cum laude from cum laude from Hannah graduated Union and volunteered with Sanctuary Union and volunteered Amnesty International chapter to demandto chapter International Amnesty

. . classes onclasses Women or Women r Schola gostino A ’ or Filomen M Filomen D f Children Hannah McDermott ermont border. After law After ermont border. Hannah was born and raised in born and raised Hannah was After graduation, Hannah moved moved Hannah graduation, After Julia spent most of her school years in of her school years Julia spent most in the workplace and complicated and complicated in the workplace systems. immigration as community development programs for for programs development as community nglish language program for for an English language program gypt’s labor market. labor market. in Egypt’s as a student leader for the Immigrant for leader as a student advocates for adequate, healthy food for for food healthy adequate, for advocates advocated for inclusion of provisions of provisions inclusion for advocated industrial and labor relations. While and labor relations. industrial with the at Cornell, Hannah worked children in low-income communities. in low-income children organization that provides resources to resources that provides organization living in central New York. She served York. New living in central school, she hopes to return to the Middle to return school, she hopes to high school in Amman. researching the role of women and youth and youth of women the role researching gypt, working with Egypt, working in Cairo, semester supply-side barriers. At NSAC, Julia At NSAC, barriers. supply-side Bill and the 2012 Farm of nutrition title marker for language redline helped craft hopes Julia a law degree, bills. With V York– the New these groups. She also taught these groups. to Amman, Jordan, on a Fulbright on a Fulbright Amman, Jordan, to the International Labour Organization and Labour Organization the International the United States but calls Tokyo home. Tokyo but calls States the United to work for a policy organization that a policy organization for work to to promote healthy food access in the access food healthy promote to the underserved farmworker population farmworker the underserved Granville, New York, a small town near a small town York, New Granville, Cornell Farmworker Program, an Program, Cornell Farmworker ast to work with immigrant populations with immigrant work to East nglish and American culture at a girls culture English and American Sudanese and Somali refugees, as well as Sudanese and Somali refugees, Scholarship. She is working to develop develop to She is working Scholarship. Farmworker Initiative and founded the and founded Initiative Farmworker spent a Club. Hannah Outreach Refugee Hannah graduated from Cornell from Hannah graduated University in 2011 with a degree in in 2011 with a degree University (particularly youth) facing exploitation exploitation facing youth) (particularly An Education Pioneers fellowship Seth Silverman to explore Philadelphia, she also allowed him to write curriculum for Sullivan & served as a legislative intern for a city the Citizen Schools organization as Cromwell Scholar councilman, worked to provide abortion part of a $1 million National Science Seth is passionate access to low-income women at the Foundation grant; he also implemented about working in Women’s Medical Fund, and completed a new curriculum on global finance and the areas where an externship at the Reinvestment Fund, citizenship for Building Educated Leaders environmental and social challenges one of the city’s leaders in community for Life, an urban-based afterschool interact and hopes to pursue issues economic development, during her program. He spent two additional of international environment and undergraduate career. In her senior year, summers as a teaching scholar for the development throughout his career. she was initiated into the Mortar Board National Endowment for the Humanities. Graduating from Stanford University with senior honor society for her campus Brence grew up in Blackville, South an individually designed undergraduate leadership and academic achievement. Carolina, a mostly minority and low- major in the global politics of health, After graduating, Adrienne income community. He hopes to use his human rights, and the environment participated in Philly Fellows, a yearlong law degree to effect positive, sustainable and a Master of Science in civil and fellowship in non profit management, change for public school students who environmental engineering focusing working on the issues of homelessness come from backgrounds similar to his. on atmosphere and energy systems, and fair housing at Project H.O.M.E. Most Seth has worked and studied in eight recently, she has been learning about the Joshua Riegel countries. Upon graduation, Seth worked criminal justice system as a paralegal for Joshua spent seven as a John Gardner Fellow in the White the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern years working for House Council on Environmental Quality, District of New York. the American Civil advancing the efforts of the Interagency Adrienne was born in Washington, Liberties Union, Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, D.C., and raised in Bethesda, Maryland. first in its Women’s the first comprehensive federal effort She is eager to apply a legal education Rights Project, and most recently as the to build a U.S. national climate change to her passions for social justice and the senior paralegal in its Racial Justice adaptation strategy. revitalization of American cities. Program. While at the ACLU, he assisted Following his service in Washington, with impact litigation and other advocacy Seth moved to rural western Kenya, Matthew aimed at leveling structural barriers where he served as operations manager Wasserman to equality that disproportionately and for the One Acre Fund. One Acre Fund A New York City adversely affect women, girls, and provides a “comprehensive bundle” of native, Matt received communities of color. From 2011 to support to smallholder farmers, giving a B.A. from Reed 2012, he also facilitated a weekly support over 75,000 farm families and growing College in 2007. group for LGBTQ residents in a homeless in Kenya the tools they need to grow Following graduation, he worked shelter in Brooklyn as part of Queers for their own way out of poverty. Seth hopes as a paralegal on death row appeals, Economic Justice’s Shelter Organizing to continue moving between policy and taught English at a French high school, Project. practitioner roles and is excited about and performed research for a labor Born and raised in Aurora, Colorado, the ways in which a legal education can movement–oriented think tank. He Joshua graduated from Sarah Lawrence enhance the impact of his work. then investigated allegations of police College with a B.A. (2002) and M.A. (2004); misconduct for the New York City Civilian he was a Barbara Wallace Cornwall Adrienne Complaint Review Board for nearly Scholar. As an undergraduate, he studied Warrell three years. Subsequently, he obtained history and cultural anthropology, and as Filomen M. a master’s in political science from the a graduate student, he studied women’s D’Agostino Scholar Sorbonne (Université Paris 1), where he history with an emphasis in feminist and for Civil Rights, received high honors. queer political thought. Civil Liberties, and/ Matt is interested in issues of public Through his studies and professional or Criminal Justice policy, civil rights, and systemic inequality. endeavors, Joshua has become deeply Adrienne graduated summa cum laude After law school, he hopes to work toward interested in the history and development from the University of Pennsylvania in the reform of the criminal justice system of the law as it relates to the mediation 2010 with a degree in urban studies. In through impact litigation, policy advocacy, of power, the administration of difference her time at Penn, she was a program and grassroots organizing. ■ and recognition, and the regulation of coordinator for Community School low-income and queer communities of Student Partnerships and a Student color. He looks forward to a career as an Advisory Board member for the attorney advocating for economic and university’s Netter Center for Community criminal-justice reform. Partnerships. Always eager RTK News Fall 2012 13

Akiva Fishman ’14 Kendal Nystedt ’14 Kendal Nystedt widely available via website as an ongoing via website available widely ystedt ’14 spent her summer with the Nystedt unrepresented, who were asylum seekers, seekers, asylum who were unrepresented, immigration issues this summer. Kendal this summer. issues immigration nforcement in Florence, in Florence, Enforcement and Customs While themselves. represent to detainees independent research project focused on the focused project independent research by the environment to related in areas legal permanent residents with criminal permanent residents legal motions and appeals, and prepared legal and develop further, more successful successful more further, and develop environmental pollution. She hopes to pollution. She hopes environmental Elizabeth DeGori ’14 law. of the this area out under them, since and activities carried development of the U.S.-China relationship the U.S.-China relationship of development looking at formal government agreements, agreements, government at formal looking rights to life and health in the context of and health in the context life to rights she wanted to cry more often than she was than she often cry more to she wanted project to help all related actors in the field actors help all related to project services to men detained by Immigration men detained to services spent her summer in Beijing, China, at the AMers, and people with and people DREAMers, convictions, U.S. citizenship, among others. claims to create synergies, prevent redundancies, redundancies, prevent synergies, create in the future. cooperation continue working on pushing for reform in reform for on pushing working continue Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Refugee Immigrant Florence legal free she provided where Project, Natural Resources Defense Council. Liz’s Liz’s Council. Defense Resources Natural She screened for immigration relief, wrote wrote relief, immigration for She screened Immigration Arizona. Kendal worked alongside the alongside worked Arizona. Kendal Two students focused their attention on their attention focused students Two 1979. She hopes to make this information this information make 1979. She hopes to

which will determine the constitutionality of the constitutionality which will determine working in environmental law. Leslie law. in environmental working responsibility much by how pleased was work included commenting on proposed on proposed included commenting work management and waste restoration wetland arthjustice’s Sun ’13 spent her summer at Earthjustice’s nvironmental with the Environmental Fishman ’14 worked judicial decision’s impact on the agency’s the agency’s impact on judicial decision’s anti-subordination approach to heightened to approach anti-subordination in the rain forest, and helping draft a and helping draft forest, in the rain use to how learning office international of Texas. PA’s Office of General Counsel, of General Office at the EPA’s she example, For problems. legal timely assessment regimes in several African in several regimes assessment on a subgroup formed to assess a recent a recent assess to formed on a subgroup Leslie hopes to programs. enforcement domestic and international remedies to remedies and international domestic harms in the United environmental address fundamental people’s in protecting are race-conscious admissions at the University at the University admissions race-conscious respondent amici effort for the October for effort amici respondent nvironmental at the Environmental ’13 worked Coleman learned was how inadequate U.S. laws inadequate how was learned for reforming Liberia’s fee structure. Other structure. fee Liberia’s reforming for primarily working with the Solid Waste and with the Solid Waste working primarily the lead as serve had the opportunity to Akiva her career. in early the EPA to return national oil spill contingency plan. Relic national oil spill contingency programs, visiting development projects projects visiting development programs, scrutiny. They both assisted with the both assisted They scrutiny. she was given over complicated and complicated over given she was countries and developed recommendations recommendations and developed countries qual Protection Clause for a memo on an Clause for Equal Protection PA). She worked She worked Agency (EPA). Protection Leslie Law Office. Response Emergency Agency of Liberia. In particular, Protection Environmental Several students spent their summers students Several States and abroad. The main lesson Relic Relic The main lesson and abroad. States Abigail conducted legal research on the research legal Abigail conducted Akiva researched the environmental impact the environmental researched Akiva , Texas Fisher v. Court case Supreme 2012

This past summer, RTK Scholars scattered across the country the country across scattered Scholars RTK summer, This past and to issues of important on a variety work to and the world their internships grouped We’ve training. get hands-on legal of the highlights some share to scholars by theme and asked they work about the read you’ll Below of their summers. in work protection environmental from ranging undertook, House. policy in the Obama White domestic Liberia to worked at the New York State Attorney State York at the New worked working for the U.S. Department of Justice: the U.S. Department for working interned at ’13 interned Dennis ’13 and Abigail Nurse in support of an active school desegregation school desegregation in support of an active involved research and writing as well as and writing as well research involved decades. Aisha researched several issues several Aisha researched decades. the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Legal Defense the NAACP to have had the opportunity to work for a for work had the opportunity to have to to affirmative action and more. His work action and more. affirmative to to work on a broad range of issues, from from of issues, range on a broad work to government agency for the first time. Aisha the first agency for government discrimination. Gabe had the opportunity local civil rights laws and protects New protects laws and civil rights local field investigations. He is especially glad He is especially investigations. field fraud to disability access to voter rights voter to disability access to fraud has assisted African Americans and other Americans African has assisted in securing their civil and of color people housing discrimination to immigration housing discrimination to rights this summer. Gabe Hopkins ’13 this summer. rights case and a Section Two voting rights case. rights voting and a Section Two case Civil Rights constitutional rights for more than seven than seven more for rights constitutional General’s Office in the Civil Rights Bureau. Bureau. in the Civil Rights Office General’s Office for the District of Columbia. the District for Office Aisha Dennis ’13 Fund, a non profit legal organization that organization legal a non profit Fund, Department of Justice Special Litigation Section in D.C., and

lass of 2013 and of 2013 Class 2014 Summer Jobs Summer 2014 in the U.S. Attorney’s ’13 in the U.S. Attorney’s Abigail Nurse York residents from a wide range of a wide range from residents York in the Civil Rights Division— ’13 in the Civil Rights Julia Kaye Three students worked in the area of civil in the area worked students Three and state, federal, enforces The office Three students spent their summers students Three able to celebrate, she is thankful for the supportive colleagues in the intense work of Government whirlwind introduction to immigration law standing beside a client fighting the myriad Amelia Frenkel ’14 worked in the Civil and has solidified her status as a fierce and interconnected oppressions to which Rights Division of the Justice Department advocate for immigration reform. Jesse they are subject. Malika Lubell-Doughtie in the Employment Litigation Section. The Rockoff ’14 worked at the Immigrant ’14 spent her summer in Kathmandu, section helps to enforce Title VII of the Defense Project, the only nationwide Nepal, interning for the International Legal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Uniformed organization focused on the immigration Foundation (ILF-Nepal). ILF-Nepal is the Services Employment and Reemployment consequences of criminal convictions. only public defender organization in Nepal. Rights Act. In the Employment Litigation He analyzed criminal-immigration Along with her legal work, Malika assisted Section, she conducted legal research in issues in case calls received through the in the emergency fundraising campaign organization’s hotline, and researched and that allowed ILF-Nepal to remain open. wrote memoranda on cutting-edge criminal- She felt fortunate to learn from individuals immigration issues. Jesse also assisted committed to the creation of a legal-aid in giving Know Your Rights criminal- framework in Nepal. Malika witnessed immigration trainings and consultations the many trials and tribulations a legal at NYC prisons. While the consequences organization faces when the system the of criminal convictions for people subject organization functions within is in the midst to immigration laws are extraordinarily of political upheaval. harsh, he learned this summer that there is help that can be provided even in the most ACLU Amelia Frenkel ’14 desperate situations. Each summer, several Root Scholars intern at the ACLU. Matt Craig ’13 split his connection with ongoing investigations and Direct Legal Services summer between EarthRights International litigation. During her time with the Justice Sara Maeder ’14 interned this summer at in Washington, D.C., and the ACLU national Department, she learned not only a great the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), which office in New York. At the ACLU, Matt deal about America’s anti-discrimination provides free legal services to transgender, focused on the threats to free speech posed laws but also about how differences in the intersex, and gender non-conforming New by the material support statute and the FISA interpretation of those laws can impact Yorkers. She worked primarily with SRLP’s Amendments Act. Ariel Werner ’14 also Americans’ ability to claim their rights in Survival and Self-Determination Project, spent her summer at the ACLU’s national the courtroom, and how skilled advocacy where she helped clients legally change office. Working with the Center for Justice can impact those interpretations. Julia their names and amend the gender markers and the Affiliate Support and Advocacy Kaye ’13 spent the summer at the White on their identification. Sara also contributed department, Ariel focused on criminal House Domestic Policy Council, where she to SRLP’s policy work and Prisoner Justice justice policy reform related to solitary was the sole intern on a four-person team Project. Daniel Yu ’14 worked for the confinement, capital punishment, juvenile charged with developing and implementing housing practice of the East Bay Community justice, and indigent defense. Ariel was the president’s agenda on civil rights, Law Center (EBCLC), representing indigent pleased to learn about the different roles criminal justice, and regulatory policy. tenants in unlawful detainers and educating of policy advocacy and impact litigation in She performed research and wrote community members of their rights as a comprehensive strategy to improve our speeches for the special assistant to the tenants. Many of the EBCLC’s clients are prisons and fix our criminal justice system. president for justice and regulatory policy, Section 8 voucher recipients, and the legal Nicholas Melvoin ’14 interned at the ACLU identified and advanced new policy initiatives, services the center provides are often the of Southern California and participated in an wrote briefing memos to senior advisers, only protection between their clients and Education Pioneers Fellowship to work on and helped coordinate an interagency homelessness. Daniel was also able to work working group. Three highlights were on affirmative cases against slumlords and meeting the first lady, hearing the president banks that illegally foreclosed on tenants. announce his new immigration policy in the Rose Garden, and touring the Situation Room.Halfway through the summer, another Criminal Defense intern and Julia co-counseled a jury trial, Elana Fogel ’13 spent her summer at the and they won.” ■ Bronx Defenders, in the Criminal Defense and Immigration practices. By working in multiple areas, Elana was able to experience Nicholas Melvoin ’14 first hand the Bronx Defenders’ unique holistic defense model. In addition to the education reform in Los Angeles. Nicholas usual intern tasks of research and writing, focused on issues of educational equity Elana also conducted oral arguments, and criminal justice and worked on cases counseled and represented clients in on behalf of students at chronically failing court appearances, conducted intake schools, English learners, and inmates at interviews, and assisted clients in preparing county jails. One of the most valuable things immigration applications. She learned the Nicholas learned is the importance of telling inestimable power of having passionate, a compelling narrative. RTK News Fall 2012 15

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Rather than achieving Alumni Working victory through a single-impact litigation case—Baher notes Boumedienne, which upheld habeas corpus rights in National for Guantánamo detainees—they must be ready for a “long, low-level, and continuous struggle.” NYU and the Root Program were Security Law critical to the development of Baher's Every year, we profile alumni working in a particular area of law. career. Before law school, he was never in an environment that nurtured This year the focus is national security and the important work his instincts and aspirations for social alumni conduct in a vast and complex field that has come to justice work. But in the Root Program receive more attention from scholars, legal practitioners, and and at NYU, Baher was inspired by his colleagues and found a community in the general public since 9/11. which public interest work was genuinely valued. Academically, too, Baher had an Baher This holistic approach to advocacy incredibly rich experience. Classes with Azmy ’96 and lawyering informs Baher’s beliefs faculty members like Burt Neuborne As a public interest about the future of civil rights and human and work in NYU’s clinical programs law student at NYU, rights litigation: He recommends that played an intensive and meaningful role Baher always had a law students seeking careers in this in Baher’s education. He reflects, “NYU passion for civil rights field find ways to work at the grassroots was the best thing that happened to me and a self-described “moral and political and community level to develop professionally.” compulsion to work with disenfranchised political constituencies in opposition of people and transform their struggles into government abuses. He cites the New Ben Wizner ’00 legal vocabulary.” York City stop-and-frisk litigation, in Ben's legal career But it was after 9/11 that Baher, who which CCR is lead counsel, as an has traced the is Egyptian American, fused his interest example of a lawsuit buttressed by enormous expansion in protecting marginalized communities activism and challenges on the ground. of national security and responding to government abuses Baher’s mention of this local fight law, though Ben has with his personalized concern for how against an abusive police practice always been skeptical of this very concept. Muslim communities were being treated is also illustrative of his belief in the According to Ben, national security law in New York, New Jersey, and beyond. importance of coalition building among was not even taught in most law schools Indeed, it is the human element of civil the Muslim community, the African before the September 11 attacks; its rights litigation that has sustained Baher American community, and other current entrenchment reflects Americans’ over the years. What began for him as communities of color in challenging increasing willingness to discard a political opposition to government practices developed in the name of traditional civil liberties. “We didn’t need practices in the wake of 9/11 became national security or public safety that a new system of laws and rules,” Ben personal when he started meeting are often motivated by racism and says about the military commissions and with individual clients impacted by xenophobia. secret prisons that have mushroomed those practices and working to obtain a The work is not easy. Baher laments since he began working at the ACLU in measure of justice on their behalf. that, since 2008, “there has been a sort 2001. “The burden was on the government Baher's concern for both the personal of retrenchment or acceptance of the to show why existing civil and criminal and political elements of human and civil national security policies of the Obama systems that had survived the Soviet rights litigation makes him a great fit administration, which look a lot like the threat were inadequate for the struggle for the Center for Constitutional Rights national security policies of the Bush against terrorism.” (CCR), where he is now legal director. administration, minus the outrage.” As Today, Ben asserts, civil liberties and Unique to CCR’s litigation philosophy is a result of acquiescence by the public human rights advocates have largely lost recognition that social change grows from and courts to many of the Obama the battle against a developing corpus of communities and political movements, administration’s policies, CCR and its national security law. The result has been and that lawyers should support the allies are changing their orientation in a government routinely operating outside aspirations of affected communities recognition of the fact that the post-9/11 of longstanding human rights norms. rather than jumping ahead or trying “human rights crisis mentality” brought “You would think that ten years after 9/11, to achieve social change solely through to challenges to torture and detention at with Osama bin Laden dead and al-Qaeda legal rulings. Guantánamo must give way to a longer- weakened and dislocated, we would be RTK News Fall 2012 17

In the future, Mitra aspires to a to aspires Mitra In the future, on October 29, 2012. At theClapper on October had the opportunity to work on several on several work to had the opportunity in hours for and detained handcuffed, his language studies at Pomona College. at Pomona his language studies again, is once heart of this crucial case, continue to She seeks being violated. , her Rehiel v. In George cases. important Airportthe Philadelphia International with almost government the federal Americans’ monitor to power unchecked e-mails. and phone calls international in the proper role of the federal judiciary in of the federal role the proper , the ACLU’s challenge to the to challenge Clapper, the ACLU’s v. Project in New York. Thus far, Mitra has Mitra Thus far, York. in New Project Mitra is part of the team challenging Mr. Mr. challenging is part of the team Mitra has Mitra Amendments. and Fourth First Act of 2008. ThatFISA Amendments populations whose most basic rights are are rights basic populations whose most rights claims. ■ rights Civil Liberties Union’s National Security National Union’s Civil Liberties George’s treatment as a violation of the treatment George’s demanding a meaningful role for the for demanding a meaningful role also worked on the team for Amnesty for on the team also worked powers. of separated a system marginalized for advocate a lifelong simply because he was carrying English- carrying he was because simply has provided argues, ACLU the statute, client, Nick George, was interrogated, interrogated, was George, client, Nick and litigator as a constitutional career courts in reviewing key constitutional constitutional key in reviewing courts Arabic language flashcards related to related language flashcards Arabic The Supreme Court heard oral arguments arguments oral Court heard The Supreme Mitra is currently in the second year in the second is currently Mitra Mitra realized that courts were were that courts realized Mitra witnessed firsthand the essential role role the essential firsthand witnessed legal implications of the United States’ States’ of the United implications legal litigator in the United States led Mitra led States in the United litigator be a careful and responsible lawyer from from lawyer and responsible be a careful judicial review in the national security judicial review as a constitutional work judiciary and to the Ninth Circuit. Through clerking, Mitra clerking, Through the Ninth Circuit. in checking play that the judiciary must judges, who became remarkable two to understand the proper role of the role the proper understand to After clerkships. federal for apply to U.S. M. Morrow, Margaret the Honorable intern with the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Immigrants’ with the ACLU’s intern of national security and the intersection law. immigration Nadine Strossen Fellow at the American Fellow Nadine Strossen Betty B. Fletcher, U.S. Senior Circuit U.S. Senior Circuit Betty B. Fletcher, District Judge for the Central District of District the Central Judge for District Rights Clinic and then as a 2L summer Clinic and then as Rights at on cases she worked where Project, news stories led Mitra to research the research to Mitra led stories news practitioner in the International Human International in the practitioner California, and then for the Honorable the Honorable for and then California, and social rights context. Her desire Her desire context. and social rights executive power. She also learned how to how She also learned power. executive cherished mentors. as the inaugural term of a two-year often reluctant to provide meaningful provide to reluctant often in the economic were as they just context, for first clerked earning her J.D., Mitra Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for Court of Appeals for the U.S. Judge for “war on terror” policies, first as a student as a student policies, first on terror” “war

for international for Mitra entered law entered Mitra Mitra Ebadolahi ’08 school with a passion (LL.M. ’12) Ben argues that the entrenchment of the entrenchment that Ben argues The project focuses on the many focuses The project which the growing infrastructure of the infrastructure which the growing ways in which national security law is in which ways without charge or trial terrorism suspects or trial terrorism without charge for the renowned Constitutional Litigation Constitutional the renowned for frameworks developed to protect the protect to developed frameworks future president the authority to detain authority to the president future for the ACLU’s National Security Project, National Security Project, the ACLU’s for her, as a 1L, to serve as a research as a research serve as a 1L, to her, human rights, particularly economic economic particularly human rights, have not kept pace with technological technological with pace not kept have has meant that the technology and legal and legal has meant that the technology Unit of the Legal Resources Centre in Centre Unit of the Legal Resources justiciability of human rights motivated of human rights justiciability time—in the mid-2000s—more and more more and time—in the mid-2000s—more about the U.S. government’s information rendition and extraordinary use of torture innovations, he adds. The Speech, Privacy, The Speech, Privacy, he adds. innovations, issues. ”We need to understand the threat the threat understand need to ”We issues. the post-9/11 apparatus, national security into other areas of the law. Accordingly, Accordingly, of the law. other areas into Ben says. The laws that protect us from us from that protect The laws Ben says. post-9/11 became public. The emerging public. The emerging became post-9/11 Ben has been leading the organization’s organization’s the Ben has been leading now being brought to bear on domestic to being brought now picked up far from any battlefield. We’re We’re any battlefield. from up far picked ready for a new kind of discussion,” Ben of discussion,” kind a new for ready Congress has essentially handed every handed every has essentially Congress Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project Project and Technology Speech, Privacy, genes, and online privacy. government and corporate surveillance surveillance and corporate government assistant for the Center for Human Rights for the Center for assistant intern legal and as a Justice and Global and social rights. Her focus on the Her focus and social rights. and laptop searches, patenting of human patenting searches, and laptop and Technology Project’s docket includes docket Project’s and Technology and of national security law as a field, and of national security after serving as the litigation director serving as the litigation director after security state presents to our democracy,” democracy,” our to presents security state seeing some of the policies criticized asseeing some of the policies says. "But instead of ratcheting down the down of ratcheting instead "But says. since March 2012. March since challenges to warrantless GPS tracking warrantless to challenges enshrined as a new normal.” enshrined as a new Johannesburg, South Africa. Around this Around South Africa. Johannesburg, ‘extreme’ during the last administration administration during the last ‘extreme’ ‘global war' rhetoric, we’re doubling down. we’re rhetoric, war' ‘global “homeland” after 9/11“homeland” after bleed begun to have Mark Weiner ’11 Class Mark completed a clerkship with Judge Susan Illston in the Northern District of California and is now a public defender Notes with the Legal Aid Society in New York.

Erica Steinberger McLean ’72 Erica is now on the Steering Committee Honors for the Avon Global Center for Women and Justice. Jared Bybee ’06 Bridget Mary McCormack ’91 Jared, his wife, Mehrsa Baradaran (NYU Bridget was elected to the Michigan Claire Lipschultz ’76 Law ’05), and their three daughters, Supreme Court. After winning her Claire has been named State Policy Cyra, Lucia, and Ramona recently moved campaign in November, she will serve Advocate for California for the National to Athens, Georgia. Mehrsa and Jared as an associate justice on the Michigan Council of Jewish Women, representing accepted positions at the University of Supreme Court beginning in January 2013. the organization’s legislative and policy Georgia, where Mehrsa is a tenure-track goals for social and economic justice law professor and Jared teaches a clinic for women, children, and families. She on community economic development has been actively engaged in statewide while also working with the Fanning efforts to stop human trafficking. In Institute doing a variety of projects to June, Claire and her husband, Sage, strengthen communities around Georgia. celebrated the graduations of their two sons, one from McGeorge School of Law Kate Evans ’09 and the other with his undergraduate Kate completed her clerkship for the degree from UCLA. Honorable Diana E. Murphy, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Calvin Christopher ’04 Circuit, in August and launched a new Bridget joined the faculty at the Calvin lives in Johannesburg, South immigration litigation law firm, Casper University of Michigan Law School after Africa, working in an investment bank & Evans, P.A., with Twin Cities expert completing a teaching fellowship at Yale where he is a legal adviser for the bank’s Benjamin Casper. The firm will direct Law School in 1998. Since then, she has operations across Africa. He is married the Pro Bono Litigation Project for the been a leader within legal education, to Kgomotso Christopher and has two Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. strengthening nationally recognized children, a daughter (age 5) named This fall Kate joined the faculty of the programs such as Domestic Violence Larona and a son (age 3) named Lesika. University of St. Thomas School of Law as Litigation Clinic, the Pediatric Health an adjunct clinical professor. Advocacy Clinic, and the Michigan Zabrina Aleguire ’05 Innocence Clinic. After five years at the Brooklyn Family Dorothy Smith ’09 Defense Project, Zabrina has moved Dorothy will become the director of Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal ’05 to the San Francisco Bay Area and operations with Youth Venture, a Ivan has been recognized by the National is working at the National Center for subsidiary of an organization called LGBT Bar Association as one of the Lesbian Rights on impact litigation. Ashoka that is focused on supporting Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40. He is an social entrepreneurship and innovative attorney with Lambda Legal in New York. Angelica strategies for making change globally. Jongco ’05 Carlos Siso ’07 On June 10, 2012, Dan Firger ’10 Carlos received the Bronze Medal Award Angelica and her Dan was married in June. He and his wife, by the Department of Transportation’s husband, Daniel, Sonal Bains, got engaged last summer on Office of Chief Counsel in recognition of welcomed their an epic Montana camping trip with Ellie superior achievement in providing legal first child, Kaya Happel (RTK ’11) and friends. Several services to the Department. Grace Hutchinson. Roots, including Happel, Noam Biale (RTK The award inscription reads “For In Tagalog, Kaya ’11), and Ian Marcus Amelkin (RTK ‘09) sustained and extraordinary support to means “can,” were at the wedding. FAA’s critical air traffic modernization so she’s their little “can-do” baby. efforts, including acquisition competitions, Please look them up if you’re near awards, bid protest challenges, contract Oakland, California. administration, and external inquiries.” RTK News Fall 2012 19 In 2011, Deb was recognized with the National Association recognized In 2011, Deb was Promoted by Being a Prosecutor or Public Defender?” Deb or Public Defender?” by Being a Prosecutor Promoted such as the Outten fellowships, postgraduate new established at Fellowship Justice and the Reproductive Fellowship & Golden with She collaborated Project. Freedom Reproductive the ACLU program Spring Break the Alternative establish to groups student around do public service to students for opportunities create to with Legal Outreach, our partnership Deb facilitated the country. school and high school youth, middle for program a diversity each summer coaches; as debate serve our law students where designed to a summer program hosts at NYU, Legal Outreach high school what it is enter about to who are of color boys teach in law. a career have to like and a award, and Public Service Leadership Law Placement’s for In 2012, she received House Champions of Change Award. White on the Award Public Service the NYU Law Alumni Association ■ of her 30th reunion. occasion

Deborah Ellis ’82 has been Deborah Deb’s The Law School will miss Deb worked programs, existing expanding In addition to a leader at New York University University York at New a leader becoming School of Law since public dean for assistant first its director and the executive service Program of the Root-Tilden-Kern of the Lawin 1992. As an alumna Program, School and the RTK a gifted as students Deb served mentor, generous professor, and tireless insightful adviser, she made an enormous advocate; at NYU. Both difference positive and during her time asprior to an adjunct Deb was dean, assistant at the Law School and professor in a course taught the years over law and also the discrimination sex Clinic at the Advocacy Public Policy Justice. for Center Brennan experience, passion, intelligence, served which have and dedication, our institutional strengthen to She public service. to commitment helped thousands of law students their publicand alumni pursue been realized ethos has public service NYU’s aspirations. service tenure; during Deb’s of our graduates choices in the career in the increase saw a steady we of her leadership, as a result jobs and a significant public interest taking number of students Under programs. honors government in the federal expansion 20 12 to from growing flourished, Program the RTK her direction, Legal Career at full tuition; the Public Interest per year students kind in of its job fair public interest the largest has become Fair Summer Funding Law Center and the Public Interest the country; and significantly all students for guaranteed was Program of the the creation in 2008, Deb oversaw Moreover, expanded. number of in a record which resulted Office, Judicial Clerkship Court of Appeals level. at the federal especially clerkships, to programs new several institute to with her team diligently among Foremost NYU students. to the support provided enhance adopted Award, Recognition Bono/Public Service these is the Pro to recognition 2010, which will give in February by the faculty 50 or who perform of 2013 forward the Class from students She initiated work. bono or public service of pro hours more program mentoring including the public interest programs, new Best as “Is Social Justice popular debates and and such lively

Deb EllisDeb Tribute to Tribute Program Contributions William E. Donovan Class of 1967 Solomon “Sonny” Kamm Total Class Donors: 12 Harold Klapper Total Class Size: 17 Root-Tilden-Kern Manuel S. Klausner Total Giving: $1,206,250 (LL.M. ’63) Participation Rate of Giving: 71% Peter G. Nash Thomas R. Brome Honor Roll of Donors Peter J. O’Shea Jr. Jerome L. Getz Charles Delos Putz Jr. John G. Hoeschler Stephen C. Sandels Steven S. Huff to New York University Reginald Stanton Robert H. Johnson Vernon E. Vig ’62 Daniel E. Kirsch (LL.M. ’63) Irvin A. Leonard School of Law Richard C. Warmer Griffith B. Price Jr. Gerald H. Zarr David A. Ranheim We would like to thank the alumni and friends listed Joseph C. Scollan Class of 1963 Robert E. Shields below who gave this year to NYU School of Law. Total Class Donors: 7 Richard L. Weill Total Class Size: 16 Total Giving: $12,250 Class of 1968 Class of 1954 Arthur J. Mahon Participation Rate of Giving: 44% Total Class Donors: 9 Total Class Donors: 6 Harlan W. Murray Anthony C. Gooch (LL.M. ’64) Total Class Size: 17 Total Class Size: 8 Thomas S. Schrock Charles D. Gray, III Total Giving: $13,950 Total Giving: $95,877 Ralph B. Kelley (LL.M. ’68) Participation Rate of Giving: 53% Participation Rate of Giving: 75% Class of 1959 The Honorable Burt S. Pines Thomas L. Brejcha Jr. Robert V. Abendroth Total Class Donors: 7 Richard H. Robinson Jr. Roy C. Cobb Jr. L. Stewart Bohan Total Class Size: 15 Dennis P. Thompson Terrence R. Connelly Benjamin F. Crane Total Giving: $56,078 Edward J. Wynne Jr. Robert L. Henn Howard L. Greenberger Participation Rate of Giving: 47% David M. Kies Irving Novick Murray H. Bring Class of 1964 John W. Luhtala Herbert M. Wachtell Wesley E. Forte (LL.M. ’65) Total Class Donors: 10 M. Blane Michael Joe B. Munk Total Class Size: 19 John P. Scotellaro Class of 1955 Robert A. Small Total Giving: $40,500 John P. Warnock Total Class Donors: 7 William C. Sterling Jr. Participation Rate of Giving: 53% Total Class Size: 12 J. Ronald Wolfe Croil J. Anderson Class of 1969 Total Giving: $2,579,900 Harvey L. Zuckman Edward J. Costello Jr. Total Class Donors: 7 Participation Rate of Giving: 58% Richard John Cummins (LL.M. ’66) Total Class Size: 19 Robert R. Eidsmoe Class of 1960 John F. Dealy Total Giving: $36,259 Donald H. Gillis Total Class Donors: 12 Peter Dix Devers Participation Rate of Giving: 37% Anthony J. Iannarone ’55 (LL.M. ’66) Total Class Size: 22 Douglas S. Liebhafsky Ronald J. Bettauer Martin Lipton Total Giving: $56,300 Ray A. Mantle David O. Bickart Gerald E. Matzke Participation Rate of Giving: 55% Robert L. Podvey Jerome L. Coben David T. Washburn Thomas Buergenthal Robert Edgar Rose Michael Fitzpatrick Kimon S. Zachos Floyd F. Feeney Edwin D. Williamson F. Patrick Hubbard Dawnald R. Henderson James E. Kee Class of 1956 Robert A. Jacobs (LL.M. ’63) Class of 1965 Thomas E. Luebben Jr. Total Class Donors: 4 Jerome H. Kern Total Class Donors: 5 Total Class Size: 9 Jon F. LaFaver Total Class Size: 17 Class of 1970 Total Giving: $6,410 Edward N. Lange Total Giving: $5,250 Total Class Donors: 4 Participation Rate of Giving: 44% Gordon Albert Martin Jr. Participation Rate of Giving: 29% Total Class Size: 22 Steve Charles Dune Alan Eugene Norris Thomas E. Colleton Jr. Total Giving: $17,050 Stephen Frank Lichtenstein Richard H. Pierce Dean Richard Edstrom (LL.M. ’66) Participation Rate of Giving: 18% R. Philip Steinberg N. Gregory Taylor Edgar A. Lampert Francis J. Blanchfield (LL.M. ’74) Paul A. Wescott Benjamin Vinar William E. Nelson Michael D. Martin Matthew S. Watson Michael Trucano Class of 1957 Class of 1961 Frederick M. Van Hecke Total Class Donors: 6 Total Class Donors: 5 Class of 1966 Total Class Size: 11 Total Class Size: 16 Total Class Donors: 10 Class of 1971 Total Giving: $17,250 Total Giving: $55,650 Total Class Size: 24 Total Class Donors: 4 Participation Rate of Giving: 55% Participation Rate of Giving: 31% Total Giving: $21,900 Total Class Size: 17 Dino J. Caterini Burck Bailey Participation Rate of Giving: 42% Total Giving: $10,950 Donald H. Elliott Donald W. Brodie David A. Bennett Participation Rate of Giving: 24% Wayne R. Hannah Jr. Edward J. McAniff Frank R. Ciesla Jr. Mark S. Geston John W. McWhirter Jr. John B. Power Robert B. Cordle Jeffrey L. Kestler Stewart Glasson Pollock William J. Williams Jr. Roger S. Fine Nolan C. Leake Willard I. Zucker William H. Goebel Robert E. Shields Class of 1962 Thomas C. Morrison Class of 1958 Total Class Donors: 15 Robert D. Nelson Class of 1972 Total Class Donors: 5 Total Class Size: 17 Ron L. Quigley Total Class Donors: 10 Total Class Size: 13 Total Giving: $73,125 Gary L. Wood Total Class Size: 26 Total Giving: $2,475 Participation Rate of Giving: 88% Harry A. Woods Jr. Total Giving: $143,325 Participation Rate of Giving: 38% Robert B. Barnhouse Participation Rate of Giving: 38% Edward W. Beglin Jr. Ronald L. Blanc Stephen W. Berger Donal Aengus Kinney Charles Clifford Brown Barbara A. Burnett RTK News Fall 2012 21 Widney Brown Brown Widney William W. Carter William W. lass of 1992 Class of 1993 Class of 1994 Class lass of 1990 Class of 1991 Class lass of 1988 Class of 1989 Class Participation Rate of Giving: 43% Rate Participation Megan R. Golden Hidalgo-McCabe Rosemarie Mark A. Izeman Lida Rodriguez-Taseff Tsao Nai-kang Giving: 20% of Rate Participation C. CollinsKathleen Sherri B. Levine Giving: 54% of Rate Participation David Brian Cruz Mary Haviland M. Malveaux Suzette Diane E. Thompson ileen J. Shields J. Shields Eileen of Giving: 15% Rate Participation Hewitt Patricia Mark M. Kataoka of Giving: 25% Rate Participation A. Hitchcock Charlotte Participation Rate of Giving: 38% Rate Participation Cooper Elizabeth Barbara Wise GoodmanStephen Anne Leidholdt Dorchen Gail Quackenbos Barbara Diane L. Yee of Giving: 31% Rate Participation Carolyn N. Lerner Carolyn Caroline Green LaCheen Green Caroline irgil O. Wiebe Virgil Abraham SchuchmanAbraham Alma M. Gomez Total Class Donors: 6 Donors: Class Total Size: 14 Class Total Giving: $6,050 Total 2 Donors: Class Total Size: 10 Class Total Giving: $100 Total 7 Donors: Class Total Size: 13 Class Total Giving: $7,117 Total Eric Edelman Todd Total Class Donors: 2 Donors: Class Total Size: 13 Class Total Giving: $5,100 Total 3 Donors: Class Total Size: 12 Class Total Giving: $850 Total Total Class Donors: 6 Donors: Class Total Size: 16 Class Total $3,750 Giving: Total 4 Donors: Class Total 13 Size: Class Total Giving: $700 Total A. Amato Theresa Joseph Z. Scantlebury Joseph Z. Scantlebury alerie J. Bogart alerie William S. Bernstein William S. Bernstein lass of 1987 Class lass of 1986 Class lass of 1985 Class lass of 1984 Class lass of 1983 Class Participation Rate of Giving: 40% of Rate Participation Barbur T. Peter Cohn L.W. Debra Nelson Jay Robert J. SchulkindLaura Mary Agnes Sheehan Participation Rate of Giving: 18% of Rate Participation Susan Cary Cockfield ric S. Koenig Eric S. Koenig A. Silver Edward of Giving: 11% Rate Participation Lisa E. Davis Participation Rate of Giving: 40% Rate Participation Eisner Weinstein Laurel Patrick J. Cotter Patrick DeGetteDiana Louise A. Ellis Deborah R. Henak Robert Kandel F. Randy G. Koenigsberg Roberta Leary Shawn P. J. Schachter Madeleine B. Silverman Marcella Susan J. Sutherland D. Wong Derek of Giving: 31% Rate Participation CandeeHamilton M. Koneazny Peter Ruth L. Pulda Susan R. Ritz . Morris Jr. Cecil E. Morris Jr. E. Austin Christopher Chris Marie McAliley V Vicki L. Been Allan P. Haber Allan P. Total Class Donors: 6 Donors: Class Total Size: 15 Class Total Giving: $105,825 Total R. Lyman Timothy Total Class Donors: 2 Donors: Class Total Size: 11 Class Total Giving: $6,000 Total Total Class Donors: 2 Donors: Class Total Size: 18 Class Total Giving: $1,000 Total Total Class Donors: 6 Donors: Class Total Size: 15 Class Total Giving: $7,175 Total Total Class Donors: 8 Donors: Class Total 26 Size: Class Total Giving: $27,300 Total James E. Hough Janet E. Sabel James G. Steiker John Joseph Galban Jo Freeman Jo Freeman Janet L. Zaleon . Groudine . Groudine lass of 1980 Class of 1981 Class of 1982 Class lass of 1977 Class of 1978 Class of 1979 Class Participation Rate of Giving: 43% Rate Participation CollinsMichael W. Elaine E. Fink J. Freedman Karen V Beverly Heidi Jo Noun Martha J. Olson Harry G. Prince David L. Sugerman Giving: 19% of Rate Participation Blair G. Brown David G. Dreis Susan M. Jennik Nancy B. Morawetz Giving: 75% of Rate Participation Participation Rate of Giving: 45% Rate Participation David G. Adams Mindy G. Farber G. Green Lawrence Kozlov Herbert F. Wise D. Scott Lisa Sook Jun Yee of Giving: 36% Rate Participation Fung Margaret Michael B. Gerrard A. Hamman Rodd Allan ShickichBarbara Barry A. Weprin B. Zimmerman Lloyd of Giving: 28% Rate Participation A. Davis Florence L. Henderson Kenneth D. Hendrickson Kathleen K. Aidun Christopher Charles W. Leer Jr. Leer Jr. W. Charles Amelia J. McIntyre Amelia J. McIntyre Armond D. Budish Total Class Donors: 12 Donors: Class Total Size: 28 Class Total Giving: $532,800 Total J. LindonTimothy Thomas L. Riesenberg 4 Donors: Class Total Size: 21 Class Total Giving: $3,275 Total 15 Donors: Class Total Size: 20 Class Total Giving: $35,875 Total Total Class Donors: 9 Donors: Class Total Size: 20 Class Total $53,975 Giving: Total G. O’ConnorTimothy 8 Donors: Class Total 22 Size: Class Total Giving: $5,250 Total 5 Donors: Class Total Size: 18 Class Total Giving: $18,241 Total John J. Regan John J. Regan Arbes Jake Joseph E. Shickich Jr. Stewart Jane L. Bloom . Trinko . Trinko lass of 1976 Class lass of 1975 Class lass of 1974 Class lass of 1973 Class Ron M. Neumann Ron A. Peeples Ralph M. Raisler Kenneth Shtasel Sana Flanders ’77) (LL.M. M. Univer Scott David N. Hofstein David N. Hofstein G. Johnson Robert Johnson Hanneken Sandra Participation Rate of Giving: 55% of Rate Participation Eager Carter Mary Claire Participation Rate of Giving: 43% Rate Participation Bernard P. Richard Philip L. Douglas Louis Ellis Ronald G. Emerson Steven Susan M. Freeman II (LL.M. ’79) G. Kepple Lloyd Karl K. Kindig David L. Knudson J. Spriggs Edward Richard E. O’Connell (LL.M. ’82) Richard Riordan Dennis P. N. Robinson Edward Rodd T. Stephen Participation Rate of Giving: 48% Rate Participation Hartstone Holly Labinger Lynette Beth J. Lief Niels L. Pearson Niels L. Pearson David R. Schaefer dwards L. Edwards Steven Eugene I. Farber Curtis V Charles R. LucyCharles Participation Rate of Giving: 41% Rate Participation (LL.M. ’82) H. Blaker Richard Eugene S. Boggia rica Steinberger McLean Steinberger Erica B. Pedowitz Lawrence Michael W. Grainey Grainey Michael W. dward B. Cloues II B. Cloues Edward Dennis A. Estis Charles A. Citrin Charles Alphonse A. Gerhardstein Alphonse A. Gerhardstein Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr. Jr. Arthur B. Culvahouse Total Class Donors: 12 Donors: Class Total Size: 22 Class Total Giving: $54,925 Total Total Class Donors: 9 Donors: Class Total Size: 21 Class Total Giving: $13,825 Total Thomas J. Talcott Thomas J. Talcott Total Class Donors: 11 Donors: Class Total Size: 23 Class Total Giving: $10,650 Total Total Class Donors: 9 Donors: Class Total 22 Size: Class Total Giving: $26,935 Total Jeffrey L. Liddle Jeffrey James C. McMillin Jeffrey M. Weissman M. Weissman Jeffrey Janet C. Hall James P. Clark James P. J. Larson Jaenicke Jaenicke J. Larson John D. Grad John D. Grad Class of 1995 Michele Benedetto Neitz Class of 2009 Class of 2011 Total Class Donors: 3 Tara Adams Ragone Total Class Donors: 2 Total Class Donors: 5 Total Class Size: 11 Michael D. Sant’Ambrogio Total Class Size: 16 Total Class Size: 18 Total Giving: $400 Total Giving: $75 Total Giving: $171 Participation Rate of Giving: 27% Class of 2002 Participation Rate of Giving: 13% Participation Rate of Giving: 28% Diana M. Bianco Total Class Donors: 3 Sara L. Johnson Matthew R. Baca Arthur A. Krantz Total Class Size: 12 Katherine M. Mastman Betty B. Baez-Melo Abigail Trillin Total Giving: $2,200 Anurag Gupta Participation Rate of Giving: 25% Class of 2010 Elizabeth Happel Class of 1996 Benjamin S. Beach Total Class Donors: 11 Kosha S. Tucker Total Class Donors: 4 Jacob H. Sussman Total Class Size: 20 Total Class Size: 11 Christine Van Aken Total Giving: $15,421 Grand Total: 379 Total Giving: $6,300 Participation Rate of Giving: 55% Participation Rate of Giving: 36% Class of 2003 Theresa Bridgeman Baher A. Azmy Total Class Donors: 4 Elizabeth Lynn George Laurence J. Dupuis Total Class Size: 14 Carmen G. Iguina Christopher J. Meade Total Giving: $175 Beatrice Lindstrom David Ehrenfest Steinglass Participation Rate of Giving: 29% Jeanette E. Markle Sharlene Patrice Brown Hobson Keren G. Raz Class of 1997 Mindy S. Leon Rebecca S. Talbott Total Class Donors: 4 Markita S. Morris-Louis Danielle Candice Thomas Total Class Size: 12 Isaac Wheeler Susan Vignola Total Giving: $1,450 Kara J. Werner Participation Rate of Giving: 33% Class of 2004 Sara Anne Zier Teresa A. Cisneros Burton Total Class Donors: 3 Risa E. Kaufman Total Class Size: 12 Joanne C. Lin Total Giving: $1,315 Dionne R. Gonder Stanley Participation Rate of Giving: 25% Alexander M. Fong Non-RTK Alumni & Class of 1998 Joshua Gupta-Kagan Total Class Donors: 7 Anika Singh Lemar Total Class Size: 18 Friends Giving to RTK Total Giving: $6,300 Class of 2005 Participation Rate of Giving: 39% Total Class Donors: 4 Nancy Feins Adler ’83 Kim Schefler Raisler Davina T. Chen Total Class Size: 15 Wanyong Lai Austin ’83 Robert D. Rees ’03 Epin H. Christensen Total Giving: $425 Valerie Y. Belsky Richard L. Revesz Sabrina G. Comizzoli Participation Rate of Giving: 27% David S. Berg ’92 Cynthea L. Riesenberg ’81 Terry A. Maroney Matthew J. Ginsburg Laura E. Butzel ’91 Amy J. Roberts ’92 Jennifer McAllister-Nevins Angelica K. Jongco Jorge M. Castillo ’10 Michael A. Scheffler ’79 Nina R. Morrison Mina A. Kim Merry J. Chan ’03 Heidi J. Segal ’93 Jonathan D. Springer Nicolas M. King Gregory Z. T. Chen ’97 Penny Shane ’88 Oysim Chin ’98 Andrew L. Simon ’09 Class of 1999 Class of 2006 Scott Hu Christensen ’97 Alden B. Smith Total Class Donors: 5 Total Class Donors: 2 Elena N. Cohen ’84 David A. Stagliano ’80 Total Class Size: 25 Total Class Size: 12 Robert C. Eager Melissa Kaftarian Strecker ’97 Total Giving: $20,541 Total Giving: $5,700 Elizabeth M. Frankel ’05 Paul Strecker ’97 Participation Rate of Giving: 20% Participation Rate of Giving: 17% Seth R. Gassman ’03 Hendrik J. ter Kuile (LL.M. ’10) Arlo M. Chase Adam J. Heintz Michele Lew Gibbons ’98 M. Margaret Terry ’79 Deborah S. Goldman Jennifer M. Turner Brian A. Glasser Manuel D. Vargas ’84 Andrea H. Le Winter Adrienne L. Halpern ’80 Roger E. Weisberg Anne R.K. Reader Class of 2007 Brian E. Hamilton ’98 Frederick W. Wertheim ’87 Margaret Lockwood Satterthwaite Total Class Donors: 4 Ellen S. Henak ’83 Kim-Pok Wong ’82 Total Class Size: 12 Virginia A. Housum (LL.M. ’77) Patricia Yoder Class of 2000 Total Giving: $7,175 Aaron Jacobs-Smith ’11 Karen M. Yost ’74 (LL.M. ’82) Total Class Donors: 5 Participation Rate of Giving: 33% Carol Gottuso Jaenicke ’72 Jane Zimmy Total Class Size: 19 Marcia DelRios Eirini Kapellaki (LL.M. ’08) Total Giving: $1,900 Hannah Gladstein Phyllis J. Kessler ’72 Participation Rate of Giving: 26% Ani V. Mason Nancy L. Kiefer ’92 Michelle Lynn Light Carlos L. Siso Jody Rosen Knower ’93 Tanya Southerland Narcel Eric M. Krautheimer (LL.M. ’94) Jennifer Rachel Simon Class of 2008 Lino S. Lipinsky de Orlov ’82 Cassandra Stubbs Total Class Donors: 4 Charles J. Macellaro ’59 Benjamin E. Wizner Total Class Size: 16 John P. Mead ’77 Total Giving: $650 Ronald Millet ’90 Class of 2001 Participation Rate of Giving: 25% Peter G. Neiman ’91 Total Class Donors: 5 Mitra Ebadolahi (LL.M. ’12) Laurie J. Norris ’90 Total Class Size: 15 Randi H. Levine Robert Booth Opatrny ’81 Total Giving: $450 A. Tafadzwa Pasipanodya Joshua B. Parker ’81 Participation Rate of Giving: 33% Diana S. Reddy Lauren E. Pedley ’12 Jonathan William Anderson Timothy Pedley Jessica Ellen Marcus Richard A. Pollack ’88 Theodore Propp (LL.M. ’52) RTK News Fall 2012 23

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