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Alumni Spotlight: From Direct Service to Policy Work at the State Level
Jacquelyn Greene has spent her much of her career focused on youth and child advocacy, but in different public interest practice areas. Students may often wonder (and wrestle) with the decision of...
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Alumni Spotlight: Becoming a Peacekeeper with the United Nations
Becoming a human rights attorney takes risk, tenacity, and also some luck. Regina Fitzpatrick (HLS, 2008) had a little bit of everything to help launch her into the human rights field. Recognizing her...
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Alumni Spotlight: Shifting Paths Within the Public Interest Field
Jill Tauber (HLS, 2005) never expected to be an environmental attorney. While she was committed to doing public interest work in her career, she started off focused on civil rights and had been working...
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Alumni Spotlight: Taking Immigration Advocacy to Capitol Hill and Beyond
Kerri Sherlock Talbot (HLS, 2002) knew she wanted to focus on immigration work when she came to HLS, but wasn’t quite sure how a post-HLS career would look like in the field. Immigration positions are...
View ArticleThe Importance of Legal Aid
“What the Poor Really Need is Legal Aid” by Susan Beck discusses the need for Big Law to support legal aid services. You can read it on Law.com.
View ArticleAlumni becomes Interim Counsel for NYC Mayor
Politico features HLS alumnus, Brittny Saunders ’03, who will serve as interim counsel for MYC Mayor Bill de Blasio following the departure of Maya Wiley. You can read about Brittny on Politico’s website.
View ArticleLawyering in moments of crisis
Recent events highlighting anti-Black state violence and police brutality around the nation spark the question: what can lawyers do in these moments of crisis? Center for Constitutional Rights provides...
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