Below you will find Wasserstein Fellows from the program’s inception in 1990 listed by their areas of practice at the time they were Fellows at HLS. Their current positions, if known, are included in parentheses.
If you would like to contact any of our past Wasserstein Fellows, please email OPIA at opia@law.harvard.edu.
Unions
| NAME | POSITION AND ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| Robin Alexander, 1994-1995 | Director, International labor Affairs United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers Union | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Richard Brean, 2000-2001 | General Counsel, United Steel Workers of America | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Emma Leheny, 2014-2015 | Chief Counsel, California Teachers Association | Burlingame, CA |
| David Prouty, 1998-1999 | Southern Regional Counsel and Counsel to the Organizing Department, UNITE, AFL-CIO (currently Chief Labor Counsel for the Major League Baseball Players Association) | New York, NY |
| Bart Sheard, 2022-2023 | Legislative Representative, AFL-CIO | Takoma Park, MD |
Capitol Hill
| NAME | POSITION AND ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| Tori Anderson, 2020-2021 | Counsel, House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Reform | Washington, D.C. |
| Shara Aranoff, 2001 – 2002 | International Trade Fellow, Democratic Staff, United States Senate, Committee on Finance (currently Chairman, U.S. International Trade Commission) | Washington, D.C. |
| Phil Barnett, 2011-2012 | Minority Staff Director, House Committee on Energy and Commerce | Washington, D.C. |
| Carter Burwell, 2018-2019 | Chief Counsel to Senator John Cornyn, Senate Judiciary Committee | Washington, D.C. |
| Eve Hill, 2013-2014 | Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division | Washington, D.C. |
| Neal Kravitz, 1995-1996 | Principal Deputy Democratic Special Counsel, Senate Whitewater Investigation (currently Associate Judge for the Superior Court of the District Of Columbia) | Washington, D.C. |
| Rod Rosenstein, 1997-1998 | Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Kenneth Starr (currently U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland) | Washington, D.C. |
Courts (U.S.)
| NAME | POSITION AND ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| Frederica Brenneman, 1993-1994 | Senior Judge, Superior Court for the State of Connecticut | Glastonbury, CT |
| Edmund Ludwig, 1996-1997; 2004-2005 | Federal Judge, US District Court, Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA |
| Richard Savignano, 2004-2005 | Justice, Massachusetts District Court | Brockton, MA |
Criminal Prosecution / Defense
| NAME | POSITION AND ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Adachi, 2012-2013 | Public Defender of San Francisco, San Francisco Public Defender’s Office | San Francisco, CA |
| Azalea Aleman Bendiks, 2020-2021 | Senior Litigation Counsel, Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Texas | McAllen, TX |
| Carol A. Brook, 2005-2006 | Executive Director, Federal Defender Program, Northern District of Illinois | Chicago, IL |
| Denise Casper, 2008-2009 | Deputy District Attorney, Middlesex District Attorney’s Office (currently Federal Judge for the District of Massachusetts) | Boston, MA |
| James Chavez, 2019-2020 | Trial Attorney, Federal Defenders of San Diego | San Diego, CA |
| David Coleman, 1998-1999 | Chief Assistant Public Defender, Contra Costa County (retired) | Martinez, CA |
| John Corrigan, 1991-1992 | Assistant District Attorney, Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office | Dedham, MA |
| Angela Jordan Davis, 1993-1994 | Director, Public Defender Service (currently a Law Professor at American University’s Washington College of Law) | Washington, D.C. |
| Eileen Decker, 2007-2008 | Chief, National Security Section, Office of the United States Attorney, Central District of California (currently Deputy Mayor for Homeland Security and Public Safety in the Office of the Mayor of Los Angeles) | Los Angeles, CA |
| Traci Douglas, 2004-2005 | Director of Youth Programs and Community Outreach, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem (currently Director of Operations, DREAM Charter School) | New York, NY |
| Sean Driscoll, 2019-2020 | Assistant US Attorney, US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois | Chicago, IL |
| Todd Edelman, 2003-2004 | Chief of the Serious Felony Section Public Defender Service (currently Associate Judge for the D.C. Superior Court) | Washington, D.C. |
| James B. Farmer, 1995-1996 | Chief, Organized Crime Strike Force, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts (currently Chief of the Anti-Terrorism and National Security Unit) | Boston, MA |
| Richard Goldberg, 2011-2012 | Chief, Economic Crimes Section, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA |
| Caroline Heck-Miller, 1994-1995 | Senior Litigation Counsel, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida | Miami, FL |
| Emilio Estela, 2007-2008 | Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorney’s Office | New York, NY |
| James Hingeley, 2008-2009 | Public Defender, Albemarle County and Charlottesville | Charlottesville, VA |
| Robert Holdman, 2001-2002 | Senior Trial Attorney, Sex Crimes/Domestic Violence Bureau Bronx District Attorney’s Office (currently Supreme Court Justice, New York State Supreme Court) | New York, NY |
| Darryl Gorman, 2006-2007 | Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Office of Rulemaking and Legislative Affairs, Office of the Attorney General (currently Deputy Executive Director for the Detroit Public Schools) | Washington, D.C. |
| Stephen Harris, 2001-2002 | Public Defender, the State of Maryland (currently Interim Director and Distinguished Attorney-in-Residence, University of Baltimore, School of Law) | Baltimore, MD |
| Elliott Jacobson, 2008-2009 | Senior Litigation Counsel, United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York | New York, NY |
| William Kenety, 1999-2000 | Senior Trial Attorney, Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division (currently Senior Trial Attorney with the Human Rights and Special Prosecution Section of the Department of Justice) | Washington, D.C. |
| Emma Ketteringham, 2017-2018 | Managing Director, Family Defense Practice, The Bronx Defenders | The Bronx, NY |
| Marc Lindemann, 2013-2014 | Principal Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office | Riverhead, NY |
| Barbara Martinez, 2016-2017 | Chief, Special Prosecutions Section, Human Trafficking/Project Safe Childhood Coordinator, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida | Miami, FL |
| Juliette Martinez, 1993-1994 | Chief, Domestic Violence Bureau, Kings County District Attorney’s Office | Brooklyn, NY |
| Gregg Maisel, 2005-2006 | Senior Litigation Counsel, Assistant U.S. Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia (currently Chief, U.S. Attorney’s Office, National Security Division) | Washington, D.C. |
| John McNeil, 2010-2011 | Deputy Chief, Criminal Division, Office of the U.S. Attorney, District of Massachusetts | Boston, MA |
| Marjorie Meyers, 2010-2011 | Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Texas | Houston, TX |
| Dana Mulhauser, 2021-2022 | Chief, Independent Investigations Unit, Maryland Attorney General’s Office | Baltimore, MD |
| Kristen Nelson, 2015-2016 | Deputy State Public Defender, Office of the Colorado State Public Defender | Denver, CO |
| Victor Olds, 1996-1997 | Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York (currently Senior Counsel, Legal Services for New York City) | New York, NY |
| Asit Panwala, 2006-2007 | Assistant District Attorney, San Francisco County District Attorney’s Office | San Francisco, CA |
| Runa Rajagopal, 2019-2020 | Managing Director, The Bronx Defenders, Civil Action Practice | Bronx, NY |
| Jonathan Rapping, 2009-2010 | Founder and Executive Director, Southern Public Defender Training Center | Atlanta, GA |
| Seann Riley, 2013-2014 | Deputy Director, The Bronx Defenders | The Bronx, NY |
| Rachael Rollins, 2020-2021 | District Attorney, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office (MA) | Boston, MA |
| Jordan Schreiber, 2006-2007 | Deputy Public Defender, Contra Costa County Office of the Public Defender | Martinez, CA |
| Amy Schwartz, 1999-2000 | Assistant District Attorney, Trial Division, Office of the New York County District Attorney’s Office (currently Senior Trial Counsel) | New York, NY |
| Andrew Sonner, 1992-1993 | State Attorney, Montgomery County State Attorney’s Office (retired Judge, Court of Special Appeals for the 7th Circuit in 2004) | Montgomery County, MD |
| Vincent Southerland, 2016-2017 | Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Defenders of New York | New York, NY |
| Robin Steinberg, 2002-2003 | Founder & Executive Director, Bronx Defenders | Bronx, NY |
| Carlie Ware Horne, 2018-2019 | Deputy Public Defender, Santa Clara County | Santa Clara, CA |
| Brendon Woods, 2016-2017 | Public Defender, Alameda County Public Defender | Oakland, CA |
Federal / State / Local Government
| NAME | POSITION AND ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| Alden Abbott, 2002-2003 | Assistant Director for Policy and Evaluation Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission (currently Deputy Director, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and the John, Barbara, and Victoria Rumpel Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation) | Washington, D.C. |
| Alice Abrokwa, 2019-2020 | Senior Attorney, National Center for Youth Law | Washington, D.C. |
| Lauri Adams, 1997-1998 | Regional Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior | Anchorage, AK |
| Dennis Aftergut, 1996-1997- | Chief Assistant City Attorney, San Francisco Attorney’s Office | San Francisco, CA |
| Gerald M. Alexander, 2008-2009 | Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (currently Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation) | Washington, D.C. |
| Gina Allery, 2018-2019 | Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Tribal Justice; Chair of the Justice Native American Association | Washington, D.C. |
| Astrid Andre, 2006-2007 | Counsel, New York City Economic Development Corporation | New York, NY |
| Aaron Bayer, 1994-1995 | Deputy Attorney General, Connecticut Attorney General’s Office (currently Partner at Wiggin and Dana LLP) | Hartford, CT |
| Michelle Benecke, 2011-2012 | Chief of Staff, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Office of National Capital Region Coordination, Department of Homeland Security | Washington, D.C. |
| Susan Beck, 1994-1995 | General Counsel, Executive Office for Administration and Finance, Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Boston, MA |
| Michael Best, 2009-2010 | General Counsel, New York City Department of Education | New York, NY |
| Eileen Brewer, 1999-2000 | Chief Counsel to Cook County, Board President John H. Stroger (currently Judge for the Circuit Court of King County) | Chicago, IL |
| Sonia Carson, 2023-2024 | Attorney, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice | Washington, D.C. |
| Stephen Cha-Kim, 2017-2018 | Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York | New York, NY |
| Danny Chou, 2014-2015 | Assistant County Counsel, County of Santa Clara | San Jose, CA |
| Alice Daniel, 1990-1991 | Deputy Attorney General, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office | Boston, MA |
| Kathryn Ellis, 1999-2000 | Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Business and Administrative Law, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education (currently Senior Counsel to the Deputy General Counsel for Program Service and Agency Dispute Resolution Specialist in the Department of Education) | Washington, D.C. |
| Judith Fabricant, 1995-1996 | Chief, Government Bureau, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (currently Associate Justice for the Superior Court of Massachusetts) | Boston, MA |
| Mark Fittipaldi, 2008-2009 | Attorney Advisor, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) | Washington, D.C. |
| Paul Fishman, 1993-1994 | First Assistant, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey (currently U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey) | Newark, NJ |
| Andrew Fois, 1997-1998 | Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice | Washington, D.C. |
| Terry Goddard, 2011-2012 | Former Attorney General of Arizona | Phoenix, AZ |
| Nicole Gordon, 1998-1999 | Executive Director, New York City Campaign Finance Board | New York, NY |
| Barbara Hammerle, 1996-1997 | Senior Counsel, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury (currently Deputy Director) | Washington, D.C. |
| Emlee Hilliard-Smith, 2012-2013 | Senior Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Enforcement Division | Chicago, IL |
| James Holbein, 1998-1999 | U.S. Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, U.S. Department of Commerce (currently President of Global Trade Consulting, LLC) | Washington, D.C. |
| Randy Hummel, 2012-2013 | Chief, Major Crimes Section, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Florida | Miami, FL |
| Clifton M. Johnson, 2009-2010 | Assistant Legal Adviser, Department of State, Office of Law Enforcement and Intelligence | Washington, D.C. |
| Darin Johnson, 2004-2005 | Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser | Washington, D.C. |
| Ingrid Johnson, 2013-2014 | Director, City of Newark Office of Reentry | Newark, NJ |
| Roscoe Jones Jr., 2016-2017 | Senior Counsel, Office of U.S. Senator Cory A. Booker | Washington, D.C. |
| Patricia Kakalec, 2010-2011 | Bureau Chief, Labor Bureau, New York State Attorney General’s Office | New York, NY |
| Mark Kreitman, 2003-2004 | Assistant Director, United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Enforcement | Washington, D.C. |
| Jon Laramore, 2003-2004 | Chief Counsel to the Governor of Indiana (currently Partner, Baker & Daniels) | Indianapolis, IN |
| Kirby Lee, 2012-2013 | Senior Policy Advisor, Executive Office of the President, Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator | Washington D.C. |
| Esmeralda Lopez, 2015-2016 | Advocacy Officer, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigration | Arlington, VA |
| Drew Luten III, 2003-2004 | Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Management, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) | Washington, D.C. |
| Peri Lynne Johnson, 2023-2024 | Director and Legal Advisor, The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | New York, NY |
| Brent Mitchell, 2015-2016 | Senior Counsel, Enforcement Division, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | Washington, D.C. |
| ReNika Moore, 2015-2016 | Section Chief of Civil Enforcement, Labor Bureau, New York Attorney General’s Office | Albany, NY |
| Michelle Morales, 2022-2023 | Deputy Director, Office of Policy and Legislation, U.S. Department of Justice | Washington, D.C. |
| Melanie Nakagawa, 2015-2016 | Member, Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff | Washington, D.C. |
| Brian Nicholson, 2016-2017 | Trial Attorney, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice | Washington, D.C. |
| Michael Novey, 2004-2005 | Associate Tax Legislative Counsel, Office of Tax Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury | Washington, D.C. |
| Leo Orenstein, 1994-1995 | Assistant Chief and Litigation Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (currently Deputy Chief Litigation Counsel at FINRA) | Washington, D.C. |
| Dennis Parker, 2005-2006 | Chief, Civil Rights Bureau of the New York State Attorneys General Office (currently Director, ACLU Racial Justice Program) | New York, NY |
| Lucy Pittman, 2022-2023 | Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia | Washington, D.C. |
| Pierre-Richard Prosper, 2000-2001 | Special Counsel and Policy Advisor to the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Office of War Crimes Issues, Office of Secretary of State, United States Department of State (currently Counsel, Arent Fox) | Washington, D.C. |
| Alejandro T. Reyes, 2017-2018 | Director, Program Legal Group, US Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, formerly, Senior Counsel, Lawyers’ Committee, and Equal Justice Works Fellow | Washington, D.C. |
| David Riemer, 1997-1998 | Director, Department of Administration, State of Wisconsin (currently Director of the Community Advocates Public Policy Institute) | Milwaukee, WI |
| Brittny Saunders, 2018-2019 | Deputy Commissioner for Strategic Initiatives, NYC Commission on Human Rights | New York, NY |
| Donald Sherman, 2017-2018 | Senior Counsel, Democratic Staff, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Washington, D.C. |
| Retu Singla, 2023-2024 | Partner, Julien, Mirer, Singla & Goldstein PLLC. | New York, NY |
| Daniel Skoler, 1994-1995 | Associate Commissioner of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration | Falls Church, VA |
| Jonathan Skrmetti, 2021-2022 | Chief Deputy Attorney General, Tennessee Attorney General’s Office | Nashville, TN |
| Jack Smith, 2011-2012 | Chief, Public Integrity Section, U.S. Department of Justice | Washington, D.C. |
| David H. Solomon, 2003-2004 | Chief, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (Currently Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP) | Washington, D.C. |
| David Sullivan, 1998-1999 | Counsel to the Massachusetts State Senate | Boston, MA |
| Lisa Taylor, 2011-2012 | Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section, | Washington, D.C. |
| Alessandro Terenzoni, 2022-2023 | Deputy Director, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice | Washington, D.C. |
| James E. Tierney, 1992-1993; 2004-2005; 2010-2011 | Formerly the Attorney General of Maine (currently, Director for National State Attorneys General Program, Columbia Law School and visiting lecturer at Harvard Law School) | Augusta, ME |
| Anne Tremblay, 2017-2018 | Director, Mayor’s Office of Gang Reduction & Youth Development, Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti | Los Angeles, CA |
| Mónica Vaca, 2011-2012 | Assistant Director, Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection | Washington, D.C. |
| James Vigil, Jr., 1995-1996 | Assistant Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice (currently Senior Advisor at the State Department) | Washington, D.C. |
| Elizabeth Westfall, 2010-2011 | Trial Attorney, Voting Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice | Washington, D.C. |
| Leslie Winner, 1993-1994 | North Carolina State Senator (currently the Executive Director of the Z Smith Reynolds Foundation) | Charlotte, NC |
| David Young, 2014-2015 | Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Agency for International Development | Washington, D.C. |
| Ken Zimmerman, 1998-1999 | Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing, HUD (currently Member of the Firm, Lowenstein Sandler) | Washington, D.C. |
Foundations / Think Tanks
| NAME | POSITION AND ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Jenkins, 2001-2002 | Director Human Rights and International Cooperation Unit at the Ford Foundation (currently Executive Director and Co-Founder, The Opportunity Agenda) | New York, NY |
| Spencer Boyer, 2007-2008 | Director of International Law and Diplomacy at the Center for American Progress(currently Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of European & Eurasian Affairs) | Washington, D.C. |
| Antonia Hernández, 2007-2008 | President and CEO, California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA |
| Purvi Shah, 2015-2016 | Bertha Justice Institute Director, Center for Constitutional Rights | New York, NY |
| Kathleen Welch, 2002-2003 | Deputy Director of the Pew Environmental Group, Pew Charitable Trusts (currently a Private Consultant and Philanthropic Adviser) | Washington, D.C. |
Intergovernmental / Multilateral
| NAME | POSITION AND ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| Sareta Ashraph, 2014-2015; 2015-2016 | Chief Analyst, UN Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Adejoke Babington-Ashaye, 2019-2020 | Senior Counsel, World Bank | Washington, D.C. |
| Lisa Bhansali, 2010-2011 | Senior Public Sector Management Specialist in Government & Anti-Corruption, World Bank, Latin America and Caribbean region | Washington, D.C. |
| Lisa Biersay, 2023-2024 | Lawyer and Consultant of International Criminal Law | The Hague, Netherlands |
| El Cid Butuyan, 2007-2008; 2009-2010 | Legal Counsel, World Bank Legal Vice Presidency | Washington, D.C. |
| Priyanka Chirimar, 2017-2018 | Legal Officer, Office of the Co-Investigating Judges, UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Valerie Dabady Liverani, 2004-2005 | Principal Legal Counsel, African Development Bank | La Marsa, Tunisia |
| María Cecilia Ercole, 2022-2023 | Human Rights Officer, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Warda Henning, 2016-2017 | Political Affairs Officer, United Nations Headquarters | New York, NY |
| Todd Howland, 1996-1997 | Field Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights | Kigali, Rwanda |
| Larry D. Johnson, 1991-92; 2008-09; 2010-11 | Former Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, United Nations | New York, NY |
| Mona Khalil, 2012-2013 | Senior Legal Officer, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs | New York, NY |
| Lillian Langford, 2018-2019 | Head of Rule of Law, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina | Vienna, Austria |
| Joanne Neenan, 2016-2017 | Senior Assistant Legal Adviser at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office | London, UK |
| Kaoru Okuizumi, 2010-2011 | Justice Policy Coordinator, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations | New York, NY |
| Andrew Painter, 2013-2014 | Senior Protection Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Naresh Perinpanayagam, 2021-2022 | Advisor, Office of the United Nations Secretary-General | New York, NY |
| Tanya Smith, 2008-2009 | Officer In Charge, United Nations Regional Office for the Pacific of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Suva, Fiji |
International NGOs
| NAME | POSITION AND ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| Alejandra Ancheita, 2012-2013 | Founder/Executive Director, Project on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ProDESC) | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Betsy Apple, 2011-2012 | Legal Director & General Counsel, AIDS-Free World | New York, NY |
| Clive Baldwin, 2006-2007 | Head of International Advocacy, Minority Rights Group International | London, UK |
| Kathleen Campbell, 2010-2011 | Associate Director, Aid Effectiveness Project, Save the Children USA (currently Senior Policy Advisor/Team Lead, OAPA at US Agency for International Development) | Washington, D.C. |
| Yasmine Chubin, 2020-2021 | Independent international Legal Consultant, The Sentry | Washington, D.C. |
| Brian Concannon, 2006-2007 | Founder and Director, Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti | Joseph, OR |
| James A. Goldston, 2009-2010 | Executive Director, Open Society Justice Initiative | New York, NY |
| Katrin Kuhlmann, 2012-2013 | President, Transfarm Africa | Washington D.C. |
| Beatrice Lindstrom, 2017-2018 | Staff Attorney, Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti | New York, NY |
| Sabrina Mahtani, 2013-2014 | Co-founder and Executive Director, AdvocAid | Sierra Leone |
| Paul D. O’Brien, 2011-2012 | Vice President for Policy and Campaigns, Oxfam America | Washington, D.C. |
| Param-Preet Singh, 2013-2014 | Senior Counsel, Human Rights Watch-International Justice Program | New York, NY |
| Annie Tierney Goldstein, 2011-2012 | Human Rights Education Director, International Association of Women Judges | Washington, D.C. |
| Viviana Waisman, 2012-2013 | Executive Director, Women’s Link WorldWide | Madrid, Spain |
Legal Aid / Services
| NAME | POSITION AND ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| Ralph Santiago Abascal, 1992-1993 | General Counsel, California Rural Legal Assistance | San Francisco, CA |
| Jonathan Asher, 1996-1997 | Executive Director, Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Denver | Denver, CO |
| William Beardall, 1997-1998 | Director, Migrant Farm Worker Division, Texas Rural Legal Aid (currently Executive Director at the Equal Justice Center) | Austin, TX |
| Jia Min Cheng, 2021-2022 | Supervising Attorney, Disability Rights California | San Francisco, CA |
| Martha Dicus, 1992-1993 | Neighborhood Legal Assistance Program | St. Helena Island, SC |
| Steve Eppler-Epstein, 2010-2011 | Executive Director, Connecticut Legal Services | Middletown, CT |
| James Gomes, 1994-1995 | CEO, Environmental League of Massachusetts (currently the Director of the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise at Clark University) | Boston, MA |
| Joan Graff, 1992-1993 | Executive Director, Legal Aid Society of San Francisco (now Legal Aid Society Employment Law Center); currently President | San Francisco, CA |
| Donna Harati, 2020-2021 | Director of Legal Services, Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA |
| Beth Harrison, 2017-2018 | Supervising Attorney, Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia | Washington, D.C. |
| Levon Henry, 2008-2009 | Executive Director, DNA – People’s Legal Services, Inc. | Window Rock, Navajo Nation, AZ |
| Lam Ho, 2016-2017 | Founder and Executive Director, Community Activism Law Alliance | Chicago, IL |
| Taylor James, 2022-2023 | Senior Staff Attorney, The Legal Aid Society | Deer Park, NY |
| Stacie Jonas, 2018-2019 | Managing Attorney, Texas Riogrande Legal Aid | Austin, TX |
| Len Kamdang, 2023-2024 | Director of Litigation Strategy and Trials, Everytown for Gun Safety | New York City, NY |
| Linda Kilb, 1998-1999 | Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund/Director, California Legal Services Support Center | Berkeley, CA |
| Bill Lienhard, 2007-2008 | Executive Director, Volunteers of Legal Service | New York, NY |
| Dan Lindsey, 2014-2015 | Supervisory Attorney, LAF | Chicago, IL |
| Dorianne Mason, 2022-2023 | Director of Health Equity, National Women's Law Center | Washington, DC |
| Maryum Jordan Jamal, 2022-2023 | Climate Justice Attorney, EarthRights International | Washington, DC |
| Fátima Menéndez, 2023-2024 | Southwest Regional Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund | San Antonio, TX |
| Lindsay Nako, 2022-2023 | Director of Litigation and Training, The Impact Fund | Berkeley, CA |
| Chiquisha Robinson, 2022-2023 | Deputy Chief: Prisoner & Reentry Legal Services, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia | Washington, D.C. |
| Gregory Schell, 1992-1993 | Director, Farmworker Employment Group-Florida Rural Legal Services (currently Managing Attorney at the Migrant Farmworker Justice Project) | Lake Worth, FL |
| Jeff Selbin, 2006-2007 | Executive Director, East Bay Community Law Center (currently Faculty Director, Clinical Professor of Law; Faculty Director of the East Bay Community Law Center) | Berkeley, CA |
| Kenneth Schorr, 1993-1994 | Executive Director, Legal Services of Southern Piedmont | Charlotte, NC |
| Nargess Shadbeh, 2006-2007 | Director of the Farmworker Program, Oregon Law Center | Portland, OR |
| Carolyn Silver, 2013-2014 | Director of Legal Advocacy and Organizing, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House | New York, NY |
| Jeanne Smoot, 2011-2012 | Director of Public Policy, Tahirih Justice Center | Falls Church, VA |
| Douglas Stevick, 2006-2007 | Managing Attorney, Southern Migrant Legal Services | Nashville, TN |
| Carol Vaughn, 2003-2004 | Senior Attorney, Northwest Justice Project (currently Partner, Thompson & Howle) | Seattle, WA |
| Richard Weishaupt, 2007-2008 | Senior Attorney, Community Legal Services, Inc., Health and Human Services Unit | Philadelphia, PA |
Nonprofit Organizations
| NAME | POSITION AND ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| Nancy Abudu, 2021-2022 | Interim Director of Strategic Litigation & Deputy Legal Director, Voting Rights Program, Southern Poverty Law Center | Atlanta, GA |
| Paul Achitoff, 2006-2007 | Managing Attorney, Earthjustice | Honolulu, HI |
| Leah Aden, 2020-2021 | Deputy Director of Litigation, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. | New York, NY |
| Jody Adler, 2011-2012 | Director, The Law Project of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Chicago, IL |
| John Affeldt, 2011-2012 | Managing Attorney, Public Advocates, Inc. | San Francisco, CA |
| Ahilan Arulanantham, 2014-2015 | Deputy Legal Director, ACLU of Southern California and Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project | Los Angeles, CA |
| Michael Allen, 2004-2005 | Senior Staff Attorney and Director of the Housing Program at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law (currently Partner, Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC) | Washington, D.C. |
| Theresa Amato, 1998-1999 | Founder and Executive Director, Citizen Advocacy Center (currently partner at Amato & Main, LLC) | Elmhurst, IL |
| Shereen Arent, 2003-2004 | Executive Vice President, Government Affairs & Advocacy of the American Diabetes Association | Alexandria, VA |
| Nisha Agarwal, 2013-2014 | Deputy Director for Immigrant and Civil Rights, Center for Popular Democracy | New York, NY |
| Emily Arnold-Fernandez, 2012-2013 | Executive Director, Asylum Access | San Francisco, CA |
| Neelum Arya, 2011-2012 | Research and Policy Director, Campaign for Youth Justice | Arlington, VA |
| Diana MTK Autin, 1993-1994 | Managing Attorney, Advocates for Children (currently Co-Executive Director of Statewide Parental Advocacy Network, Inc.) | Long Island City, NY |
| Joaquin Avila, 1997-1998 | Voting Rights Attorney/Former President of Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (currently Distinguished Practitioner in Residence and Director, National Voting Rights Advocacy Initiative at Seattle University School of Law) | Milpitas, CA |
| Dina Bakst, 2020-2021 | Co-Founder & Co-President, A Better Balance | New York, NY |
| Eric Balaban, 2017-2018 | Senior Staff Counsel, ACLU National Prison Project | Washington, D.C. |
| Robert Bank, 1999-2000 | Director, Legal and Advocacy Department, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Inc. (currently Vice President of American Jewish World Service) | New York, NY |
| Eugene Benson, 2013-2014 | Executive Director of the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions (MACC) | Boston, MA |
| Jacqueline Ann Berrien, 1991-1992 | Staff Attorney, ACLU Women’s Rights Project (currently Chair of the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission) | New York, NY |
| Nancy Biberman, 1990-1991 | Project Director, Highbridge Community Housing Development Fund Corporation | New York, NY |
| S. Elizabeth Birnbaum, 2005-2006 | General Counsel and Vice President for Governmental Affairs, American Rivers | Washington, D.C. |
| Victor Bolden, 1995-1996 | Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund (currently Corporate Counsel for the city of New Haven, CT) | New York, NY |
| Mary Bonauto, 2004-2005 | Civil Rights Project Director, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders | Boston, MA |
| Benjamin Botts, 2019-2020 | Legal Director, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante (Mexico) | Baltimore, MD |
| Eric Brettschneider, 2005-2006 | Executive Director, Agenda for Children Tomorrow (currently Assistant Commissioner/Regional Coordinator, New York State Office of Children and Family Services) | New York, NY |
| Amanda Broun, 2012-2013 | Senior Vice President, Public Education Network (currently Vice President of Independent Sector) | Washington D.C. |
| Arthur Bryant, 1996-1997 | Executive Director, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice | Washington, D.C. |
| Helene Caloir, 2001-2002 | Former Assistant General Counsel, Local Initiatives Support Corporation | New York, NY |
| Steven Choi, 2009-2010 | Executive Director, Empowering the Korean American Community | Flushing, NY |
| Kim Clark, 2019-2020 | Senior Staff Attorney, Reproductive Rights, Health and Justice, Legal Voice | Seattle, WA |
| Chloe Cockburn, 2014-2015 | Advocacy and Policy Counsel, National American Civil Liberties Union | New York, NY |
| Abre’ Conner, 2021-2022 | Directing Attorney, Health Program, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley | Sacramento, CA |
| Jamil Dakwar, 2018-2019 | Director, ACLU Human Rights Program | New York, NY |
| Martha Davis, 1997-1998 | Legal Director, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (now Legal Momentum) (currently Professor of Law at Northeastern University) | New York, NY |
| Premal Dharia, 2020-2021 | Founder and Director, Defender Impact Initiative (currently, Executive Director of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration at Harvard Law School) | New York, NY |
| Jennifer Di Toro, 2009-2010 | Legal Director, Children’s Law Center (currently Associate Judge District of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia) | New York, NY |
| Kevin Díaz, 2013-2014 | Legal Director, ACLU of Oregon (currently Chief Legal Advocacy Officer & General Counsel at Compassion & Choices) | Portland, OR |
| Deborah Ellis, 1995-1996 | Legal Director, NOW Legal Defense Fund (now Legal Momentum) (currently Assistant Dean for Public Service, NYU Law School) | New York, NY |
| Olivia Ensign, 2021-2022 | Staff Attorney, Capital Punishment Project, ACLU | Durham, NC |
| James Esseks, 2008-2009 | Litigation Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & AIDS Project, ACLU Foundation (currently Director of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project at the ACLU) | New York, NY |
| Roger Evans, 1990-1991 | Director of Litigation, Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY |
| James A. Ferg-Cadima, 2008-2009 | Legislative Counsel, ACLU of Illinois (currently Regional Counsel for MALDEF) | Chicago, IL |
| Barbara Finamore, 1993-1994 | China Programs Director, Natural Resources for Defense Council (also President of the China-U.S. Energy Efficiency Alliance) | San Francisco, CA |
| Davida Finger, 2008-2009 | Staff Attorney, The Katrina Law Clinic (currently Assistant Clinical Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans) | New Orleans, LA |
| Caitriona Fitzgerald, 2023-2024 | Deputy Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center | Washington, D.C. |
| Karen Florini, 1992-1993 | Chair, Toxics Programs, Environmental Defense Fund (Currently Director of Strategic Alliances, National Climate Campaign for EDF) | Washington, D.C. |
| Richard Foltin, 1999-2000 | Legislative Director and Counsel, American Jewish Committee (currently Director of National and Legislative Affairs at American Jewish Committee) | Washington, D.C. |
| Betsy Fordyce, 2018-2019 | Director, Youth Empowerment & Legal Advocacy Program, Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center | Denver, CO |
| Michael Foreman, 2008-2009 | Deputy Director of Legal Programs for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Lawyers’ (currently Director, Civil Rights Appellate Clinic, Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law) | Washington, D.C. |
| Elizabeth Forsyth, 2021-2022 | Senior Attorney, Biodiversity Defense Program, Earthjustice | Seattle, WA |
| Doug Foy, 1990-1991 | Executive Director, Conservation Law Foundation | Boston, MA |
| Jim Freeman, 2016-2017 | Founder and Executive Director, Grassroots Action Support Team | Arapahoe County, Colorado |
| Hannah Fried 2023-2024 | Executive Director, All Voting is Local | Washington, D.C. |
| Andrew Friedman, 2006-2007 | Co-Founder, Make the Road by Walking, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY |
| Madeline Garcia Bigelow, 2010-2011 | Director, Domestic Violence Project, Urban Justice Center | New York, NY |
| Steve Gardner, 2014-2015 | Director of Litigation, Center for Science in the Public Interest | Dallas, TX |
| Dorcas Gilmore, 2012-2013 | Assistant General Counsel, NAACP Legal Department | Baltimore, MD |
| Miriam Gohara, 2004-2005 | Assistant Counsel, Criminal Justice Project, NAACP Legal Defense Fund (currently Resource Counsel, Federal Capital Habeas Project) | Washington, D.C. |
| Sally Goldfarb, 1992-1993 | Senior Staff Attorney, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (now Legal Momentum); (currently a law professor at Rutgers School of Law) | New York, NY |
| Karen Goldstein, 2013-2014 | Vice President and General Counsel, Vera Institute of Justice | New York, NY |
| Jessica Gonzalez, 2013-2014 | Vice President, Policy and Legal Affairs, National Hispanic Media Coalition | Los Angeles, CA |
| Hayley Gorenberg, 2010-2011 | Deputy Legal Director, Lambda Legal | New York, NY |
| Jon Greenbaum, 2013-2014 | Chief Counsel & Senior Deputy Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Washington, D.C. |
| Michael Grinthal, 2018-2019 | Supervising Attorney, Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center | New York, NY |
| Leslie Harris, 1996-1997 | Director of Public Policy, People for the American Way (currently Executive Director for the Center for Democracy and Technology) | Washington, D.C. |
| Thomas Harvey, 2015-2016 | Co-Founder and Executive Director, ArchCity Defenders | St. Louis, MO |
| Brian Hauss, 2021-2022 | Senior Staff Attorney, Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, ACLU | New York, NY |
| Michael Hess, 2001-2002 | Corporation Counsel, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (currently Partner, Giuliani Partners) | New York, NY |
| Dale Ho, 2016-2017 | Director, Voting Rights Project, ACLU | New York, NY |
| Blan Holman, 2009-2010 | Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center | Charleston, SC |
| Alvaro Huerta, 2017- 2018 | Staff Attorney, National Immigration Law Center | Los Angeles, CA |
| Alesdair Ittelson, 2020-2021 | Director of Law and Policy, interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth | Providence, RI |
| Meena Jagannath, 2020-2021 | Director of Global Programs, Movement Law Lab | Miami, FL |
| Bern Johnson, 1994-1995 | Executive Director, Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide | Eugene, OR |
| Derrick Johnson, 2015-2016 | State President for the Mississippi State Conference NAACP, and Executive Director of One Voice, Inc. | Jackson, MS |
| Ruth Jones, 1994-1995 | Staff Attorney, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (now Legal Momentum) (currently Professor of Law at the University of the Pacific) | New York, NY |
| Christopher Kemmitt, 2018-2019 | Senior Counsel and Director of Professional Development, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. | Washington, D.C. |
| Corene Kendrick, 2010-2011 | Staff Attorney, Youth Law Center | San Francisco, CA |
| Michael Kirkpatrick, 2007-2008 | Staff Attorney, Public Citizen Litigation Group | Washington, D.C. |
| Kenneth Kimerling, 2002-2003 | Legal Director, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund | New York, NY |
| Katherine Kennedy, 1999-2000 | Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council (currently Director of National and Legislative Affairs) | New York, NY |
| Elizabeth Kristen, 2012-2013 | Director of the Gender Equity and LGBT Rights Program/ Senior Attorney, Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center | San Francisco, CA |
| Sophia Lakin, 2019-2020 | Deputy Director, ACLU Voting Rights Project | New York, NY |
| Lenora Lapidus, 2000-2001 | Legal Director ACLU of New Jersey (currently Director, ACLU, Women’s Rights Project) | Newark, NJ |
| Douglas Lasdon, 1992-1993 | Founder/Executive Director, Legal Action Center for the Homeless (now the Urban Justice Center) | New York, NY |
| Ellen Lawton, 2004-2005 | Director of the Family Advocacy Project Pediatrics Department Boston Medical Center (currently Executive Director, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership) | Boston, MA |
| M. Dru Levasseur, 2021-2022 | Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, National LGBTQ+ Bar Association | Hartford, CT |
| Craig Levine, 2006-2007 | Senior Counsel and Policy Director, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice | Newark, NJ |
| Michael LeVine, 2011-2012 | Pacific Senior Counsel, Oceana | Juneau, AK |
| William Lienhard, 2007-2008 | Project Director, Mental Health Project, Urban Justice Center (currently Executive Director, Volunteers of Legal Service) | New York, NY |
| Sarah Ludwig, 2010-2011 | Executive Director, Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project | New York, NY |
| Robyn Mar 2023-2024 | Deputy Director, The Bronx Defenders | New York, NY |
| Nancy Marks, 2013-2014 | Senior Attorney, National Resources Defense Council, Inc. | New York, NY |
| Andrea Marsh, 2005-2006 | Founder and Director, Texas Fair Defense Project | Austin, TX |
| Miranda Massie, 2010-2011 | Director, Litigation and Training, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest | New York, NY |
| Maria McFarland, 2014-2015 | Deputy US Program Director, Human Rights Watch | New York, NY |
| Patricia Mendoza, 2000-2001 | Regional Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (currently Associate Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County ) | Chicago, IL |
| Scott Michelman, 2014-2015 | Staff Attorney, Public Citizen Litigation Group | Washington, D.C. |
| Linda Mills, 1991-1992 | Founder and Executive Director, The Hawkins Center of Law Services for the Disabled | Richmond, CA |
| Mercedes Montagnes 2022-23 | Executive Director, Promise of Justice Initiative | New Orleans, LA |
| William R. Montross, Jr., 2007-2008 | Director, Capital Litigation Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights | Atlanta, GA |
| Kary Moss, 1998-1999 | Executive Director, ACLU of Michigan | Detroit, MI |
| Katherine Moss, 2020-2021 | Staff Attorney, Southern Center for Human Rights, Capital Litigation Unit | Atlanta, GA |
| Julie Murray, 2020-2021 | Staff Attorney, Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washington, D.C. |
| Rajesh Nayak, 2018-2019 | Deputy Executive Director, National Employment Law Project | New York, NY |
| John Nethercut, 2013-2014 | Executive Director, Public Justice Center | Baltimore, MD |
| Chris Newman, 2011-2012 | Legal Programs Director, National Day Laborer Organizing Network | Los Angeles, CA |
| John O’Toole, 1995-1996 | Director, National Center for Youth Law | San Francisco, CA |
| Leslye Orloff, 2002-2003 | Associate Vice President; Director, Immigrant Women Program, National Organization for Women Legal Defense and Education Fund (now Legal Momentum) | Washington, D.C. |
| Laurie Parise, 2012-2013 | Founder/Executive Director, Youth Represent | New York, NY |
| Clare Pastore, 2004-2005 | Of Counsel, ACLU of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA |
| Wendy Patten, 2004-2005 | U.S. Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch (currently Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Foundations) | New York, NY |
| Elena Paul, 2000-2001 | Executive Director Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts(currently Executive Director, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts) | Washington, D.C. |
| Nina Perales, 2009-2010 | Southwest Regional Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) | San Antonio, TX |
| Lori Potter, 1993-1994 | Regional Director, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund (currently a Partner at Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell) | Denver, CO |
| John Powell, 1992-1993 | National Legal Director, ACLU (currently Professor of Law at Ohio State University) | New York, NY |
| Nora Preciado, 2013-2014 | Staff Attorney, National Immigration Law Center | Los Angeles, CA |
| Ajmel Quereshi, 2016-2017 | Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. | Washington, D.C. |
| Eric Rassbach, 2012-2013 | Deputy General Counsel, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Washington D.C. |
| Brooke Richie, 2008-2009 | Executive Director, Resilience Advocacy Project (RAP) | New York, NY |
| Michael Risher, 2010-2011 | Staff Attorney, ACLU of Northern California | San Francisco, CA |
| Stephen Roady, 2007-2008 | Attorney, Earthjustice | Washington, D.C. |
| Gilbert Rogers, 2014-2015 | Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center | Atlanta, GA |
| Marcia Rosen, 2012-2013 | Executive Director, National Housing Law Project | San Francisco, CA |
| Jennifer J. Rosenbaum,2010-2011 | Legal Director, New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice | New Orleans, LA |
| Mark Rosenbaum, 1998-1999 | Legal Director and General Counsel, ACLU Foundation of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA |
| Stephen Rosenbaum, 2002-2003 | Staff Attorney, Protection and Advocacy Inc.(currently Staff Attorney, Disability Rights California) | Oakland, CA |
| Michael Rosman, 2001-2002 | General Counsel, Center for Individual Rights | Washington, D.C. |
| Robert Rubin, 1997-1998 | Deputy Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights (currently Director of Litigation) | San Francisco, CA |
| C. Mario Russell, 2007-2008 | Senior Immigration Litigation Attorney, Catholic Charities Community Services | New York, NY |
| Michael Russell, 1995-1996 | Senior Public Safety Adviser, Corporation for National Service | Washington, D.C. |
| Kevin Ryan, 2000-2001 | Director and General Counsel for the Youth Advocacy Center (currently President, Covenant House) | New York, NY |
| Shirley Sachi Sagawa, 1997-1998 | Executive Director, Learning First Alliance (currently visiting Fellow at the Center for American Progress & Founder of the Consulting Firm Sagawa/Jospin) | Washington, D.C. |
| Thomas Saenz, 2011-2012 | President & General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) | Los Angeles, CA |
| Stephen Saloom, 2014-2015 | Strategic Advisor, Themis Fund | New York, NY |
| Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, 2021-2022 | Legal Director, Immigrant Advocacy, Legal Aid Justice Center | Charlottesville, VA |
| Alan Schlosser, 1994-1995 | Managing Attorney/Staff Counsel, ACLU of Northern California (currently Legal Director) | San Francisco, CA |
| David Seligman, 2023-2024 | Executive Director, Towards Justice | Denver, CO |
| Shari Shink, 1999-2000 | Founder and Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center | Denver, CO |
| Reginald Shuford, 2009-2010 | Senior Staff Attorney/Attorneys of Color Recruitment & Retention Officer, ACLU Racial Justice Program (currently Director of Law and Policy, Equal Justice Society) | New York, NY |
| James Simon, 1992-1993 | Director, Citizen Enforcement Project at the Natural Resources Defense Council (currently Executive VP at Oceana) | New York, NY |
| David Singleton, 2006-2007 | Executive Director, Ohio Justice & Policy Center | Cincinnati, OH |
| Oramel (O.H.) Skinner 2023-2024 | Executive Director, Alliance for Consumers | Phoenix, AZ |
| Katherine Ewing Slaughter, 1998-1999 | Senior Staff Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center | Charlottesville, VA |
| Sharon Slotnick, 1994-1995 | Director, Project Safety Net, Americorps | New York, NY |
| Will Snowden, 2021-2022 | New Orleans Director, Vera Institute of Justice (currently Assistant Professor of Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law) | New Orleans, LA |
| Michael Steinberg, 2007-2008 | Legal Director, ACLU of Michigan | Detroit, MI |
| Eve Stotland, 2012-2013 | Director of Legal Services, The Door | New York, NY |
| Chase Strangio, 2018-2019 | Staff Attorney, ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project | Washington, D.C. |
| Gail Suchman, 2000-2001 | Formerly Senior Environmental Counsel, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (currently Special Counsel, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP) | New York, NY |
| Kasey Suffredini, 2007-2008 | State Legislative Director, National Gay and Lesbian task Force (currently Executive Director for Mass Equality) | Washington, D.C. |
| Lauren Sudeall Lucas, 2010-2011 | Staff Attorney, Southern Center for Human Rights | Atlanta, GA |
| Jason Szanyi, 2013-2014 | Staff Attorney, Center for Children’s Law and Policy | Washington, D.C. |
| Philip Tegeler, 2003-2004 | Legal Director, Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Foundation (currently Executive Director, Poverty & Race Research Action Council) | Hartford, CT |
| Eric Thompson, 2002-2003 | Senior Litigation Counsel, Children’s Rights Inc. | New York, NY |
| Joshua Thompson, 2020-2021 | Director of Legal Talent, Pacific Legal Foundation | Sacramento, CA |
| Sonja Tonnesen, 2019-2020 | Deputy Director, Root and Rebound | Oakland, CA |
| Sylvia Torres-Guillen, 2019-2020 | Statewide Director of Educational Equity, ACLU of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA |
| Jora Trang, 2017-2018 | Managing Attorney, Worksafe | Oakland, CA |
| Kenta Tsuda, 2020-2021 | Staff Attorney, Conservation Law Foundation | Boston, MA |
| Donnell “Trip” Van Noppen, 2004-2005 | Managing Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center (currently President, Earthjustice) | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Janet Varon, 2006-2007 | Founder and Executive Director, Northwest Health Law Advocates | Seattle, WA |
| Anthony Varona, 2001-2002 | General Counsel and Legal Director, Human Rights Campaign and HRC Foundation (currently Professor of Law/Director of the S.J.D. Program, American University, Washington College of Law) | Washington, D.C. |
| Jill Witkowski, 2012-2013 | Waterkeeper, San Diego CoastKeeper | San Diego, CA |
| Brian Wolfman, 1993-1994 | Staff Attorney, Public Citizen Litigation Group (currently Co-Director of the Institute for Public Representation at Georgetown University Law Center) | Washington, D.C. |
| Haeyoung Yoon, 2014-2015 | Deputy Program Director, National Employment Law Project | New York, NY |
| Sara Zampierin, 2017-2018 | Senior Staff Attorney, Southern Poverty Law | Montgomery, AL |
Private Public Interest Law Firms
| NAME | POSITION AND ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| Nicole Austin-Hillery, 2006-2007 | Associate at Mehri & Skaler, PLLC(currently Director and Counsel for the Brennan Center for Justice, D.C. office) | Washington, D.C. |
| Morris Baller, 1999-2000 | Partner, Saperstein, Goldstein, Demchak & Baller | Oakland, CA |
| Nick Brustin, 2011-2012 | Partner, Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP | New York, NY |
| Andrew Celli, 2012-2013 | Co-Founding Partner, Emery, Celli, Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP | New York, NY |
| Teresa Demchak, 2011-2012 | Managing Partner, Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian | Oakland, CA |
| Kelli Evans, 2002-2003 | Associate at Relman & Dane (currently Associate Director, ACLU, Northern California) | Washington, D.C. |
| James Fishman, 2008-2009 | Founder and Partner, Fishman & Neil, LLP | New York, NY |
| Renée Flaherty, 2019-2020 | Attorney, Institute for Justice (VA) | Washington, D.C. |
| Andrew Freeman, 2006-2007 | Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP | Baltimore, MD |
| Deepak Gupta, 2018-2019 | Founding Principal, Gupta Wessler PLLC | Washington, D.C. |
| Eric Havian, 2020-2021 | Partner, Constantine Cannon | San Francisco, CA |
| Gerry Hebert, 2022-2023 | J. Gerald Herbert PC | Alexandria, VA |
| Cara Hendrickson, 2007-2008 | Partner, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. | Chicago, IL |
| Jacob Howard, 2016-2017 | Of Counsel & Adjunct Professor, MacArthur Justice Center; Attorney, McDuff & Byrd Law Office | Oxford, MS |
| Jenny Huang, 2008-2009 | Co-Founder and Partner, Justice First, LLP | Oakland, CA |
| Mikkel Jordahl, 2000-2001 | Director, Coconino Legal Aid (currently a Private Immigration Law Attorney) | Flagstaff, AZ |
| Richard Kanoff, 1991-1992 | Private Public Interest Practice | Harvard, MA |
| Kalpana Kotagal, 2018-2019 | Partner, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC | Washington, D.C. |
| Ira Kurzban, 2003-2004 | Partner, Kurzban Kurzban Weinger Tetzeli and Pratt P.A | Miami, FL |
| Nancy Maldonado, 2019-2020 | Attorney at Law, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C. | Chicago, IL |
| Robert McDuff, 2004-2005 | Solo Civil Rights Practitioner | Jackson, MS |
| Betsy Miller, 2021-2022 | Partner and Chair, Public Client Practice, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll | Washington, D.C. |
| Tara Ramchandani, 2016-2017 | Attorney, Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC | Washington, D.C. |
| Jennifer Sang, 2023-2024 | Partner, Berney & Sang | Philadelphia, PA |
Tribunals
| NAME | POSITION AND ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Boyle, 2021-2022 | Legal Officer, International Tribunal | The Hague, The Netherlands |
| Peggy Kuo, 2000-2001 | Legal Officer, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (currently Chief Hearing Officer, New York Stock Exchange) | The Hague, The Netherlands |
| Kenneth Scott, 2004-2005 | Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia | The Hague, The Netherlands |