Immigration and Impact Litigation at the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project
Eva Bitran, 2L, spent her summer at the American Civil Liberties Union national headquarters in New York City working for the Immigrants’ Rights Project. Most of her day-to-day work involved research...
View ArticleSummer Planning With an Eye Toward the Future: Building Skills with the U.N.
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...
View ArticleWorking One-on-One With Clients at Catholic Charities
Lerae Kroon spent last summer working at Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New York in the Immigration Office. This department provides legal consultations and direct representation to immigrants...
View ArticleMentorship and Litigation Experience at the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
The United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division – Special Litigation Section: long name, great summer experience. Jeremy Feigenbaum worked for Special Lit in Washington, D.C. his 1L...
View ArticleInterning with Center for Civilians in Conflict: Research, Legislation, and...
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Working on Special Education Litigation at the New York Legal Assistance Group
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 found out about New York Legal Assistance Group, an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Policy and Legislative Work at Deval Patrick’s Office of Legal Counsel
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...
View ArticleRepresenting clients in the Immigration Unit of Greater Boston Legal Services
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...
View ArticleProviding Legal Services in Coastal Africa
Timap for Justice, a legal services organization based in Sierra Leone, provides legal services through their 19 offices in both rural and urban areas. Lynnette worked for 10 weeks in the summer of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Summer Experience: Working on LGBT issues at GLAD
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),...
View ArticlePursuing Juvenile Justice in New Orleans
Current 3L Jessica Frisina spent last summer in New Orleans as an intern at the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights (formerly known as Juvenile Regional Services). This agency provides public...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exploring Education Law in State Government
Alison Tong, now a 2L, spent last summer at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). She worked in Malden, MA at the Department’s Office of Legal Counsel. Alison was...
View ArticleGrassroots Organizing and Immigration Reform in Oakland, CA
Current 3L Abbey Marr spent her summer working at the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NWDA) in Oakland, CA. The NDWA and its 45 affiliate organizations advocate for “respect, recognition and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alumni Spotlight: Practicing human rights law in Europe
Until recently Emma Fenelon was a Legal Project Manager at the AIRE Centre (Centre for Advice on Individual Rights in Europe). She hails from Ireland and earned her undergraduate law degree at Trinity...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Litigation at the Department of Justice’s Criminal...
Last summer, 2L Steven Green worked at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section. In this role, Steven worked on a variety of projects, ranging from legal research and...
View ArticleBuilding a Career in Environmental Law
Meg Holden, a 3L, is deeply interested in environmental law, which she hopes to build into a career in environmental litigation and policy work. Prior to attending law school, Meg worked for two years...
View ArticleHuman Rights and Impact Litigation at the Legal Resources Centre in South Africa
Last summer, Caroline Sacerdote worked for the Legal Resources Centre (“LRC”) in South Africa. Most of her time was spent working on domestic impact litigation, but she also had the opportunity to work...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alumni Spotlight: Alison Elgart ’05, Legal Director at the Equal Justice Society
Allison Elgart ’05 currently serves as the Legal Director of Equal Justice Society (EJS), a nonprofit focused on establishing more safeguards and legal protections against racial discrimination....
View ArticleInternational Development Work Abroad
Last summer, Melanie Botho Emmen worked at the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) in Rome. IDLO is an intergovernmental organization with a mandate to promote the rule of law around the...
View ArticleWorking on Illegal Detainment Issues in Arizona
After 2L year, Greg Baltz (a current 3L) spent his summer with the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (FIRRP) in Florence, Arizona. FIRRP is a non-profit organization with its central office...
View Article
