“I am a Senior Staff Attorney at the New York Legal Assistance Group (“NYLAG”), a legal services nonprofit in New York City. I work in the Special Litigation Unit, where I do impact litigation, class actions, and advocacy on behalf of low-income New Yorkers in a variety of substantive areas, including housing, immigration, special education, and public benefits. Prior to my time at NYLAG, I clerked for Chief Judge David Barron on the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, and Judge Charles Breyer in the Northern District of California in San Francisco. I also worked as a Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Civil Rights Fellow at Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, a civil rights law firm, where litigated civil rights cases on behalf of people wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit and people who suffered abuse while incarcerated.”

– Kate Fetrow, JD ’17, Senior Staff Attorney, New York Legal Assistant Group (NYLAG)

Since graduation, Hannah clerked for Judge Stephen Reinhardt and Judge Richard Paez on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and then Judge Christopher Cooper on the District Court for the District of Columbia. Beginning in September 2019, she will be a Social Justice and Impact Litigation Fellow at the Santa Clara County Counsel’s Office.

– Hannah Kieschnick, JD ’17, Social Justice and Impact Litigation Fellow, Santa Clara County Counsel’s Office

“I am a Trial Attorney in the Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. My job involves enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act around the country through investigations and litigation on topics ranging from voting, to corrections, to child welfare, to access to medication for individuals with opioid use disorder. Prior to joining the Civil Rights Division, I clerked for Judge Richard Seeborg in the Northern District of California and Judge Roy McLeese on the D.C. Court of Appeals.”

– Adam Lewis, JD ’17, Trial Attorney, Department of Justice Civil Rights Division

“I am a research fellow at the Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School, where my work focuses on issues related to the wildlife trade and live animal markets. I also teach Animal Law at Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Prior to this, I worked with the Animal Protection Unit for the City of Austin, Texas, helping them process their animal cruelty and neglect cases.”

– Ann Linder, JD ’17

“I ended up on a somewhat less traditional path: after a clerkship in the Southern District of Texas and then a couple years as a felony trial attorney in the federal public defender’s office in San Diego, I’m now at Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, where I represent public pension funds, union retirement funds, and individual plaintiffs in class action suits against public corporations and their executives for fraud, insider trading, and related misdeeds. I also maintain a pro bono immigration practice, and I help people obtain domestic violence restraining orders through the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program.”

– Sean McGuire, JD ’17

“I am currently a Sullivan & Cromwell Fellow at Public Counsel, the largest public interest law firm in the country. I work with the Community Development Project, where I focus mainly on working with coalitions and organizations to create healthy and economically vibrant communities in Los Angeles through the development and preservation of affordable housing. Through this work, I do a mixture of direct services, policy work, and impact litigation.”

– Katherine McKeon, JD ’17, Sullivan & Cromwell Fellow, Public Counsel

“I’m now an assistant district attorney at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office in the Conviction Integrity and Special Investigations Unit. Most of my time is spent reviewing possible wrongful convictions, but I’m starting to get more involved in the special investigations side, which focuses on prosecuting official misconduct.”

– Zehava Robbins, JD ’17, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office

“I’m currently a staff attorney on the Preventing and Ending Homelessness team at Public Counsel in Los Angeles, where I provide holistic legal services to people experiencing homelessness and defend unlawful detainer actions. Before this, I was a fellow at Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto in the Economic Advancement Program, and clerked in the Central District of California.”

– Amy Tannenbaum, JD ’17, Staff Attorney, Public Counsel

“I’m currently working as an environmental law fellow at Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, a San Francisco law firm specializing in government, land use, renewable energy, and environmental law. Before this, I clerked for a year for Judge R. Brooke Jackson in the District of Colorado.”

– Lauren Tarpey, JD ’17, Environmental Law Fellow, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger

“I’m currently a Litigation & Advocacy Fellow at the Stanford Community Law Clinic. Prior to this, I had a two-year Equal Justice Works fellowship hosted by Public Counsel and sponsored by Latham & Watkins and Spotify. My project aimed to interrupt the cycle of poverty and improve the life outcomes of LA’s transition-age foster youth by preventing and challenging vehicle impoundments. After law school, I served as a federal clerk, first with the Ninth Circuit and second with the District of Nevada.”

– Lauren Zack, JD ’17