Fellow & Organization   Year   Veronica Allen Duke University School of Law Georgia Legal Services Program - Macon Regional Office Macon, GA   Direct representation for at-risk students struggling to stay in school. Will hold legal clinics in schools and community centers.   2010     Avni Bhatia New York University School of Law Advocates for Children of New York New York, NY   Direct representation and policy advocacy to ensure that low-income students with behavior challenges get the support to which they are entitled, and stay and succeed in school.   2010     Eunice Cho Stanford Law School National Immigration Law Center Los Angeles, CA   Direct representation, impact litigation and community education to ensure that immigrant children are not wrongly denied admission to public elementary and secondary schools in violation of their constitutional rights.   2010     Meredith Desautels University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco, CA   Direct service and impact litigation to challenge the re-entry barriers faced by formerly incarcerated African-American women.   2010     Daniel Hafetz Fordham University School of Law Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, Community & Economic Development (CED) Unit Brooklyn, NY   Provision of transactional legal assistance to Cypress Hills Local Development Corp., a nonprofit organization seeking broad economic redevelopment for the Cypress Hills area of Brooklyn. Will focus on facilitating energy-efficient retro-fits to homes and launching a green-collar job training center.   2010     Nicole Hallett Yale Law School Urban Justice Center, Community Development Project New York, NY   Direct representation of domestic workers through new legal clinics formed in partnership with community organizations to implement and enforce Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights.   2010     Jonathan Harris City University of New York School of Law Manhattan Legal Services New York, NY   Direct representation of working poor and recently unemployed persons to rebuild their financial lives through integrated legal services and systemic advocacy through employment and consumer law.   2010     Rebecca Heller Yale Law School Urban Justice Center - Iraqi Refugees and Returning Veterans Project New York, NY   Direct legal services for Iraqi refugees and Iraq War veterans on a range of matters including treatment for PTSD, access to benefits, housing and workers compensation claims.   2010     Elizabeth Joynes Fordham University School of Law LatinoJustice PRLDEF New York, NY   Direct representation and impact litigation on behalf of low-wage Latina immigrant workers in Long Island who are subjected to exploitative labor conditions.   2010     Lauren Lowe Vanderbilt University Law School Equip for Equality Chicago, IL   Direct representation of persons with mental illness in employment disputes and enforcing their rights under the Americans With Disabilities Act.   2010     Sarah McBroom William Mitchell College of Law Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota Grand Rapids, MN   Direct representation and community education in rural northeastern Minnesota. Will serve residents of Leach Lake reservation and manufactured home communities.   2010     Charlotte Noss Northeastern University School of Law The Wage Justice Center Los Angeles, CA   Direct representation and impact litigation to address rampant wage theft among day laborers in Los Angeles.   2010     Nicole Ochi Loyola Law School Los Angeles Asian Pacific American Legal Center Los Angeles, CA   Direct representation, community education and impact litigation to enforce the education rights of low-income Asian and Pacific Islander students in Los Angeles.   2010     Anya Prince Georgetown University Law Center Cancer Legal Resource Center Los Angeles , CA   Direct representation of persons with genetic predispositions for cancer who do not have, or are at risk of losing, health insurance. Will also provide community education in English and in Spanish.   2010     Amy Retsinas University of Pennsylvania Law School Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. Providence, RI   Direct representation, community outreach and education to enforce employment rights of low-wage workers state-wide.   2010     Kathleen Rubenstein University of Chicago Law School Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law Chicago, IL   Direct representation and policy advocacy to help low-income individuals secure opportunities for education, training or employment that fit their needs, including the opportunities created by the emerging green economy in Illinois.   2010     Samuel Salganik Columbia University School of Law Community Service Society of New York New York, NY   Direct representation and community education to ensure that uninsured New Yorkers can gain access to charity care at hospitals as required by New York law.   2010     Amy Saltzman University of Virginia School of Law Maryland Disability Law Center Baltimore, MD   Direct representation, community education and training of service providers to ensure children with disabilities gain access to mental health and educational services when they are involved in Maryland’s juvenile justice system.   2010     Heather Scheiwe Northwestern University School of Law Center for Conflict Resolution/Resolution Systems Institute Chicago, IL   Will develop a mediation program to meet pressing legal needs of low-income Illinois residents who cannot afford court. Will analyze court referring models and will develop a framework that may be replicated in other states.   2010     Jacqueline Silva Sánchez Stanford Law School Greater Boston Legal Services/Harvard Immigration & Refugee Clinic Boston, MA   Will establish a medical-legal partnership to provide holistic advocacy in the form of representation of, and outreach to, victims of domestic violence.   2010     Robert Silverman Yale Law School Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI) Chicago, IL   Prevention of low-income families losing their homes through the creation of mandatory foreclosure mediation. Will stabilize and strengthen communities by lessening the impact of vacant properties.   2010     Jenna Statfeld Harvard Law School Education Law Center Newark, NJ   Direct representation of indigent students with disabilities who are not receiving appropriate educational services. Will also train parents about their rights under special education law as well as attorneys who want to represent children with disabilities pro bono.   2010     Michael Tan Yale Law School ACLU Immigrants Rights Project New York, NY   Impact litigation and community education to defend immigrant students’ rights to public education.   2010     Angela Turner University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA   Provision of comprehensive services for families with children who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The focus will be helping families obtain and maintain affordable housing, gain access to public benefits and resolve issues involving family law.   2010     Shira Wakschlag University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) Berkeley, CA   Direct representation, community education and impact litigation to ensure that low-income Californians with disabilities gain access to safety net services necessary for their survival and success.   2010     Rebecca Walters American University Washington College of Law Ayuda Sterling, VA   Comprehensive direct services for immigrant victims of domestic violence in rural Virginia, addressing interrelated issues of domestic violence, family law and immigration.   2010     Aaron Wenzloff University of Michigan Law School Connecticut Legal Services Middletown, CT   Direct representation of low-income tenants whose residences have been foreclosed or are facing foreclosure. Will work with housing authorities and the lending community to establish housing protections for tenants living in the distressed communities of Bridgeport and Waterbury, Conn.   2010