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A profile of alum Janson Wu (HLS, 2003) in The Progressive.

Thomas Garza had a variety of interests he was looking to pursue in law school including education law and LGBT related issues. He decided to work at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), a Boston based impact litigation organization because he thought it was doing the most interesting work for LGBT rights.

Wasserstein Fellows do great and courageous things. Mary Bonauto, Civil Rights Project Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is (and has been) no exception. As a Wasserstein Fellow during the 2004-2005 year, she mentored law students thinking about pursuing careers in civil rights and civil liberties.

Gideon's Army, a documentary film that follows three young public defenders in the south, was recently shown at Harvard Law School and features a former Wasserstein Fellow, Jonathan Rapping, the Founder and Executive Director for Gideon’s Promise (formerly the Southern Public Defender Training Center) based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Gideon's Promise works to help train and support public defenders in the south.

In Mika Brezinzski's "Women of Value" Series, she profiles Danielle Gray, who is currently the Cabinet Secretary and Assistant to the President. Gray graduated from HLS in 2003 and has worked with President Obama for a number of years

Last summer, Catherine Cooper worked with the Immigration Unit of Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS). The main focus of GBLS is providing direct services to local clients in a variety of areas, such as housing, employment and welfare. The immigration unit primarily represents low-income immigrants in asylum interviews and hearings before the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice. Catherine loved working at GBLS and thought it was a great place to supplement her immigration work at HLS with a more intensive hands-on experience.

Previously a public policy major at Princeton, Jared was looking for opportunities to get involved in state government as a Harvard Law student. In 2008 he spent his summer interning in the Office of the Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick, working on education policy. He returned there for his 1L summer, this time as a Legal Fellow in the Office of Legal Counsel. One of only three Fellows, Jared enjoyed the close contact with all five in-house counsels. While the State House reminded him of a largely formal working environment, it felt rather casual for Jared who became an integral part of the small legal office.

Two recent HLS alumnae, Devon Goodrich (HLS, 2011) and Leocadie (Lee) Welling (HLS, 2011) received rookie of the year honors from the New York City Law Department, as top rookies in their field.

Last year, as a 1L, Emily Freeman looked for organizations in New York where she could pursue her interest in special education law. When she…

Lara Berlin, originally from California, is in her third year of a four-year joint-degree program with Harvard Law School and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts. She spent last summer working with the Center for Civilians in Conflict located in Washington DC. The organization “works to make warring parties more responsible to civilians before, during, and after armed conflict.”

The United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division – Special Litigation Section: long name, great summer experience. Jeremy Feigenbaum worked for Special Lit in…

Read about two recent HLS alums, Ariane Tschumi and Neha Sheth, and the exciting work they're involved in within the federal government. Tschumi and Sheth are both Heyman Fellows, a program at HLS that seeks to encourage HLS graduates to pursue careers in federal government.

Sam Birnbaum left home far behind when he went to Thailand to spend the summer working for the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking. Landing in Thailand, Sam got acquainted with the office, which is small and diverse—with only 15-20 people in the UN compound in Thailand and only about 50 across Southeast Asia, every member of the community can quickly feel at home.

During the summer of 2012, Stephanie Berger, current 3L, worked for ten weeks at the Disability Rights Section of the DOJ Civil Rights Division. The primary job of the Disability Rights Section is to enforce the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and use the ADA to expand civil rights.

Daniel Grooms knew early on during his time at HLS that he wanted to work in public service, and specifically work in the federal government. Through the Heyman Fellowship Program , he was able to get his start. As he says in this great profile in the Washington Post, he "hasn't looked back since."

James Levine (HLS, 2010) and Matthew Greenfield (HLS, 2012) were named Assistant District Attorneys in Middlesex County this year. They are among 18 new ADA hires in Middlesex County this year.

In Bryan Stevenson's recent TED Conference talk, he provides some incredible insights on his own personal history, and also tackles larger issues of mass incarceration, racial divides and disparities.

The Supreme Court weighed in on juvenile incarceration and found in favor of youth.

Ken Zimmerman, HLS class of 1988, has been picked to head Open Society Institute's U.S. Programs, where he will oversee the direction of U.S. programs that handle over $100 million in grants annually. Ken was previously with the firm Lowenstein Sandler where he was a Member of the Litigation Group and Chair of the Lowenstein Center for the Public Interest.

This year's Kaufman Dinner, being held on April 12 at the Harvard Faculty Club, will feature a keynote speech by HLS alum Matthew Colangelo '02, currently the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Last summer, Dan Saver worked with the ACLU Center for Democracy in New York City. Dan was mostly responsible for memoranda and brief write-ups in…