Haley grew up in Los Angeles County and graduated from Duke University in 2018 with a major in philosophy. Before law school, she volunteered with client intake at the Sojourn Domestic Violence Shelter legal clinic. Haley is interested in the intersection of technology, civil rights, and civil liberties. She spent her 1L summer as a law clerk at the Federal Trade Commission, and her 2L summer (remote from her dad’s kitchen table in Los Angeles) as a summer associate at Covington & Burling’s D.C. office. At Stanford, she is Symposium Editor of the Stanford Law Review, and has participated in the Three Strikes Project, the Domestic Violence Pro Bono Project, the Social Security and Disabilities Pro Bono Project, and an alternative spring break with Orleans Public Defenders. Haley will participate in the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic in the fall and extern for the Electronic Frontier Foundation in the winter. Outside of school, Haley enjoys hiking, is a devoted participant of Carmen’s barre class, and shouts at the television during Duke basketball games. 

Kat is a “Jersey girl” born, raised, and educated in New Jersey up through her undergrad at Princeton University, where she studied psychology with minors in theater and musical theater. The summer before coming to law school, Kat worked for a solo practitioner in consumer protection. Kat spent her 1L summer at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, New York through a Fair and Just Prosecution Fellowship, carrying her own misdemeanor caseload and crafting a policy project on progressive approaches to parole. Kat then spent her 2L summer (virtually) at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP’s New York office. At SLS, Kat is a dedicated member of the Stanford Latinx Law Student Association and the Women of Stanford Law. Kat enjoys serving as a senior editor of the Stanford Law Review and President of the Stanford Youth and Education Advocates. One of the highlights of Kat’s law school experience has been participating in the Youth and Education Law Project, a clinic dedicated to serving disadvantaged youth and their communities to ensure their access to equal and excellent educational opportunities. In her free time, Kat produces and performs in the law school musical, and she loves traveling, exercise classes, and soaking up the California sunshine.

Mathias grew up in Alexandria, VA and graduated from Brown University in 2015, concentrating in history and economics. After college, he worked at a management consulting firm in New York and at a public affairs consulting firm in Washington, DC. At Stanford, Mathias has worked in the Community Law Clinic and served as a managing editor of the Stanford Law & Policy Review, an American Constitution Society board member, and a Project Clean Slate pro bono participant. He spent his 1L summer at the Office of the Virginia Attorney General and his 2L summer at a law firm in DC. Outside of school, he enjoys running, reading about history and politics, and hunting for quality ice cream spots.

Brock gets his love of cheese, nature, and the Packers from his upbringing in a small town in south-central Wisconsin. He attended the University of Chicago where he majored in Political Science and Public Policy, with a focus on education policy. Between college and law school, he worked at Civic Consulting Alliance, a non-profit organization that provided pro bono consulting services to Chicago’s local government agencies. While at CCA, Brock focused on projects with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, various public and non-profit hospitals, and Chicago Public Schools. At Stanford, Brock is involved in a variety of student organizations, including Project Clean Slate, the American Constitution Society, Stanford Christian Legal Fellowship, Stanford Law Association, and SPILF. Brock spent his 1L summer with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and did a remote 2L summer internship with Dorsey and Whitney’s Minneapolis office. He plans to return to the Midwest after law school. In addition to his law school activities, Brock enjoys cheering on Stanford sports, learning random pieces of trivia, and growing his autograph collection.

Mishi was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She graduated from Rice University with a double major in Political Science and Policy Studies and is a 2017 Truman Scholar. Before starting law school, Mishi was a Strategy Analyst at Accenture Strategy and subsequently interned at Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC working on policy advocacy. At SLS, Mishi served as the Co-President of the Women of Color Collective, Executive Editor of the Stanford Law and Policy Review, Co-President of the Middle Eastern and South Asian Law Students Association, Co-Leader of the Immigration Pro Bono Project, and Treasurer of the Animal Law Pro Bono Project. She also participated in the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic her 2L Winter. Mishi spent her 1L summer at the Appellate Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Texas. She spent her 2L summer at Covington & Burling in Washington, DC and also assisted Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC with immigration impact litigation. Mishi is passionate about working on complex appellate issues across substantive areas and civil and immigrants’ rights impact litigation. In her free time, Mishi enjoys experimenting with vegan recipes, mentoring high school students for college readiness, and being outdoors.

Will was born and (besides a brief stint in England) raised in New York City, but he nevertheless is a devoted Boston Red Sox fan. He concentrated in Latin American History at Brown University, from which he graduated in 2015. After graduation, he joined a strategy consulting firm in New York before working on political campaigns in New Jersey and Maryland. At Stanford, he is the former Co-President of the Election Law Project (ELP) and served on the Executive Boards of the American Constitution Society (ACS) and Stanford Advocates for Immigrants’ Rights (SAIR). He also was the Lead Symposium Editor for this year’s volume of the Stanford Law and Policy Review. Will has worked in the Youth and Education Law Project Clinic and has participated in two Alternative Spring Break trips. He spent his 1L summer as a Law Clerk for Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Judiciary Committee staff and split his 2L summer between a law firm in New York and a nonprofit focusing on voting rights. Outside of school, he enjoys cooking, watching soccer and baseball, and spending way too much time on Twitter.

Natalie grew up in Half Moon Bay, California and completed her undergraduate degree in Global Studies at UCLA, where she co-led an all-female a cappella group and studied abroad in Paris. She worked at Pandora Radio for several years after graduation, first writing content for listener and artist support, and later marketing concerts. Just prior to law school she spent a year fundraising for Human Rights Watch in the Bay Area. She attended UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco for her 1L year, where she was active in several clubs and volunteered with the Wage Claim Clinic, and over her 1L summer worked at the National Immigration Law Center in DC. She then transferred to Stanford Law, and during 2L edited for the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, served as the transfer representative to SLA, worked as a research assistant for Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom and the American Law Institute, and externed with the Gender Equity and LGBTQ Rights program at Legal Aid at Work. She split her 2L summer between Munger, Tolles and Olson and Edelson PC. This year, she will participate in Moot Court and the Community Law Clinic, and will clerk on the Southern District of New York in 2022. Natalie enjoys singing and attending concerts in her free time, as well as biking, camping, and exploring new cities.

Ariella grew up in Athens, Ohio. She received her B.S. in International Relations and an M.S. in International Development at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Before law school, Ariella spent four years in Boston working at the Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT, working to promote evidence-informed policies for global poverty alleviation. At SLS, Ariella was a board member of the Social Security Disability Pro Bono Program, vice president of the Asian and Pacific Islander Law Student Association, and is involved in the Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation and the Tax Pro Bono Program. She interned at the Oakland City Attorney’s Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Unit during her 1L summer, and she spent her 2L summer at the plaintiff-side firm Altshuler Berzon focusing on labor and employment issues. Ariella is a dedicated cat and plant mom, who also enjoys crocheting and spending her free time outdoors.

Annie grew up in Oakland, California, and graduated from the University of Southern California in 2016 with degrees in Political Science and Economics. After graduating, Annie served as a White House intern during the final six months of the Obama Administration. Annie then returned to Oakland and worked for Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson, where she focused on increasing access to jobs for people coming home from jail and prison. Annie then spent a year on San Francisco’s labor negotiations team. Annie is currently the Executive Vice President of the Stanford Law Association and previously served on the board of Women of Stanford Law and as the president of Women in Politics. Annie spent her 1L summer on the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Affirmative Litigation team, and spent this past summer at O’Melveny & Myers.

Sam is from Lake Como, Wisconsin. He graduated from Yale in 2014, then spent two years in Cairo, Egypt and two more teaching Arabic in New York City. At SLS, Sam is a member of the Workers’ Rights Pro Bono Project and frequent Justice Bus passenger, the president of the Stanford Law Review, and an alum of the Supreme Court Litigation clinic. Back when sports were a thing, he was also a regular pick-up soccer and volleyball participant. Sam split his 1L summer between opioid litigation work at the Wisconsin DOJ and prison conditions work at Reichman Jorgensen. He spent the first half of his 2L summer at Miner, Barnhill & Galland, a small plaintiffs’ firm in Madison and Chicago. After clerking in Chicago, Sam plans to go into plaintiff-side litigation or government service. In his free time, he enjoys pool, hiking, Wisconsin sports, and electric scooters.