Class of 2024 2L Public Interest Mentors
Helena Abbott
Helena is from Portola Valley, CA, close to Stanford, but moved away to the East Coast for college. She graduated from Duke University before moving to Washington, DC to work for a litigation consulting firm. At SLS, Helena is a co-president of Women of Stanford Law, an Executive Editor of the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and a leader of the Workers' Rights Pro Bono Project. She spent her 1L summer split between a boutique law firm in San Francisco and a criminal justice non-profit in New Orleans.
Emily Alpert
Emily grew up in Berkeley, CA. After graduating from Georgetown in 2012 with a degree in Government and French, she spent two years teaching English in France and Spain. Emily then worked at Google for five years, splitting her time between reviewing trademark violation complaints for the legal team and advocating for large mixed-use development projects for the California public policy team. Having always wanted to work in public service, she left Google to work for the City and County of San Francisco. There, she had the privilege of deploying to the San Francisco COVID-19 Command Center during the first wave and working with the San Francisco City Attorney's Office on employment law issues related to COVID. At SLS, Emily is the Co-President of OWLS and DAMNS (Disability and Mental Health Network at Stanford), Executive Editor of the Environmental Law Journal, and Mentorship Chair of the Environmental Law Society. She split her 1L summer between the San Francisco City Attorney's Office (Port Team) and California Attorney General's Office (Natural Resources Law Section). During the fall quarter, she is externing at the U.S. Department of Justice (Environment and Natural Resources Division). In her free time, she loves hiking, reading, and trying to win back her long-distance cat's affection.
Taylor Applegate
Taylor is from Vancouver, WA, and a proud native of the Pacific Northwest. They attended the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, majoring in Political Science and Law, Societies, and Justice. Taylor commissioned into the Air Force through UW’s ROTC program and served six years on active duty as an intelligence officer. They were stationed in Hawaii, Korea, and Boston, with temporary assignments in Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam. At SLS, Taylor is Co-President of Stanford National Security and the Law Society (SNSLS), Vice President of Stanford Law and Technology Society (SLATA), and a board member for the Stanford Law and Policy Review (SLPR). During their 1L summer, Taylor interned with the federal prosecutor’s office in Yosemite National Park and as a legal clerk for the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee in DC. Taylor is an outdoors fanatic and loves biking, running, soccer, any other sport you can convince them to try, and snowboarding (+ a slope-side IPA après-ski, of course).
Denni Arnold
Denni is originally from Needham, Massachusetts and was living in Mesa, Arizona prior to law school. They attended Smith College, a historically women's college in Western Massachusetts, and studied Comparative Literature and Spanish, with a concentration in Community Engagement and Social Change. In college, they studied abroad in Cuba and Peru and interned in Guatemala. After college, they worked as a legal assistant for the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, assisting detained immigrants in removal proceedings. At Stanford, they co-lead the Workers’ Rights Pro Bono Project and are Executive Director of the 2023 Shaking the Foundations Conference. Denni spent their 1L summer at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas, interning for Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. Denni plays the cello and enjoys teaming up for occasional collaborations with the Learned Hands (if you don't know them yet, you will!) and other classmates.
Ari Berman
Ari is from Los Angeles, CA. She graduated from Harvard College in 2019 with a degree in Government. Before law school, she worked as an editor at Foreign Affairs and local publications. At Stanford Law, Ari serves as the co-president of the Jewish Law Students Association, is a member editor of the Stanford Law Review, and is a member of the Stanford Law Social Security Disability Pro Bono Project. She spent her 1L summer in the Civil Division of the US Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York. She looks forward to participating in the Immigrants' Rights Clinic during her 2L year. Ari enjoys reading fiction, writing plays, watching Survivor, and participating in trivia contests.
Ella Bohn
Ella grew up between the Boston area and Portland, OR. She graduated from Brown University in 2017 with a major in history. Before law school, she worked in New York for several years at a live event ticketing startup (SeatGeek). Ella is interested primarily in Native law (federal Indian law and tribal law) and environmental justice, but also prison abolition, ending cash bail, etc. etc. etc. During her 1L summer, Ella worked in South Dakota at Dakota Plains Legal Services providing civil legal aid and criminal defense to low-income Native clients in state and tribal courts. At SLS, she co-leads the Native Law Pro Bono Project, is on the board of the Environmental Law Society and the Native American Law Students Association (non-Native), and a member of Stanford Law Students for Climate Action.
Lily Bou
Lily is a Washington, D.C. native who is passionate about police and prison abolition and building safe, flourishing communities. She co-leads the Legal Education for Adolescents Project Pro Bono (LEAP), which teaches legal concepts to students in juvenile jails. She volunteers with the housing and family law Pro Bono projects. She also serves on the boards of the Stanford Prisoner Advocacy and Resources Coalition (SPARC) and SLS' National Lawyers Guild chapter (NLG). Outside of law school, she organizes with Abolish Stanford and the local Care First Jail Last coalition. She spent her 1L summer at Detroit Justice Center, an organization that advances criminal and economic justice locally in Detroit. Prior to law school, she worked for three years as an investigator at Civil Rights Corps, a litigation non-profit fighting injustices in the criminal-legal system. She graduated from the policy school at Princeton University in 2018. She loves cooking, baking, running, biking, and rambling around outside.
Marin Callaway
Marin grew up in Encinitas, California and graduated from Stanford University in 2018, where she studied International Relations and Spanish. She then worked as a Partners for Justice Advocate at the Alameda County Public Defender's Office in Oakland for two years. During a one year deferral from SLS, Marin worked on political campaigns and at a COVID vaccine site in San Diego County. After her 1L year, Marin interned at the ACLU of Southern California in Los Angeles. As part of the Economic Justice team, she worked on advocacy and litigation challenging punitive fines and fees that trap low-income Californians in poverty. At SLS, Marin co-leads the Family-Defense Pro Bono Project and is on the NLG Board. She's excited to participate in the Criminal Defense Clinic this year and deepen her commitment to compassionate holistic defense. Marin enjoys hiking, talking about and eating bagels, and cooking for friends!
Ben Clark
Born and raised in Georgia, Ben graduated from Middlebury College in 2016, where he studied history, sociology, and Spanish. Ben worked primarily in community organizing and state policy advocacy between college and law school. Committed to advancing a just transition for communities impacted by the fossil fuel industry, Ben is interested in movement lawyering at the intersection of environmental justice, poverty law, and workers’ rights. At SLS, where he is pursuing a joint JD-MS degree with the Earth Sciences School, Ben is President of the Stanford Environmental Law Journal, Co-Director of the Workers’ Rights Pro Bono Project, Community Development Chair for Outlaw, and a member of Stanford Law Students for Climate Action. Ben interned at the Southern Environmental Law Center in Atlanta last summer, supporting litigation and administrative advocacy on clean energy and water issues.
Lauren Courtney
Lauren Courtney (she/her) is originally from Rochester Hills, Michigan. She graduated from the George Washington University in 2018 where she double-majored in Political Science and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Prior to law school Lauren worked as a domestic violence advocate and later as a paralegal in the Antitrust Division of DOJ. She spent her 1L summer at the Family Violence Appellate Project in Oakland, CA, representing survivors of domestic violence in family law appeals. Lauren is passionate about the intersection of domestic violence, family law, and criminal law and hopes to dedicate her career to defending criminalized survivors of intimate partner violence. She is a co-leader of the Domestic Violence Pro Bono Project, a Managing Editor on the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties (CRCL), is a Community Development Chair for First-Generation/Low-Income Professionals (FLI), and is excited to join the Community Law Clinic this spring. In her free time she loves playing with her rescue pup Dusty, watching basketball, and reading long-form journalism.
David Cremins
David grew up in Houston, Texas and graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California in 2018, where he was a Cognitive Science major. Before law school, he worked as a software engineer in the East Bay and for several asylum law organizations. At Stanford, David co-leads the Workers' Rights Pro Bono Project, is a Research Assistant with the Immigration Policy Tracking Project, and is involved with too many acronyms (SLSCA, NLG, SIHRLA, SPILF, SLPR...). He spent his first summer with Centro de los Derechos del Migrante in Mexico City and is excited for future opportunities at the intersections of migration, labor/employment, and climate law. Outside of all that nonsense, David loves playing music, juggling books, and slowly biking the hills of the South Bay.
Ana Cutts Dougherty
After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ana worked in Central America for two years for the NGO Global Partnerships. The best part of her 1L year at Stanford from 2019-2020 was her involvement in Prisoner Legal Services and the Stanford Prisoner Advocacy and Resources Coalition. Ana is returning as a 2L after a two-year leave of absence during which she was living in the Netherlands, interning in the Appeals Chamber at the International Criminal Court and working as a Legal Officer for the NGO Redress on projects related to the prevention of torture and to reparations for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence. She is eager to chat about prisoners' rights, reparations, transitional justice, gender equality, disability rights, mental health, and our responsibility/opportunity as law students to be ever critical of existing power structures and social/global inequalities. Ana also loves singing, dancing, and poetry
Colby Dickinson
Colby grew up in Alexandria, VA. She graduated from the University of Virginia in 2017 with a degree in Political Philosophy, Policy, and Law. Then, Colby taught middle and high school math in Nashville, TN. At SLS, she is Vice President of the Student Law Association (SLA) and Co-President of Youth and Education Advocates (YEA). She also volunteers with the Housing Pro Bono Project. During her 1L summer, Colby worked at the NAACP Office of General Counsel as a Law Fellow. She enjoys exercising, being outdoors, and baking various combinations of peanut butter and chocolate.
Kelsey Dunn
Kelsey is from Portland, Oregon. She graduated from Wellesley College in 2021 with a degree in Environmental Studies and Political Science. She spent the summer after 1L at Our Children’s Trust, supporting the organization’s current youth climate litigation. At SLS, she is involved with the Environmental Law Pro Bono Project, the Stanford Environmental Law Journal, Stanford Law Students for Climate Action, and the Environmental Law Society. She is also pursuing a joint degree in Environment and Natural Resources through the E-IPER program. In her free time, Kelsey loves hiking, watching movies, reading climate fiction, and visiting the Cal. Ave farmers’ market.
Maya Frost-Belansky
Welcome to SLS! Prior to coming to SLS, Maya interned with the Boulder County Public Defender. She also worked as a paralegal at a plaintiff-side firm representing employees in discrimination and harassment cases. At SLS, she is leading the Prisoner Legal Services pro bono project and is the mentorship chair for the Jewish Law Student Association. This past summer, Maya worked for ACLU SoCal's jail project doing work to improve conditions in Los Angeles county jails. Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions about SLS or to grab coffee!
Mark Goldstein
Mark grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and moved to San Francisco after graduating from Princeton University in 2018. In college, he majored in Public Policy and International Affairs and completed minors in Environmental Studies and American Studies. After graduation, he worked at Philanthropy U, an education technology nonprofit aiming to serve social sector leaders around the world. In 2020, he joined the Wisconsin Democrats as a Field Organizer during the presidential election cycle. He also worked at Merit America, a national economic development nonprofit, before starting law school. At SLS, he is a member of the Boards of the American Constitution Society and Stanford Latinx Law Students Association and is a co-leader of the Social Security Disability Program pro-bono project. He is also a member of the Jewish Law Students Association and the Housing pro-bono project. In his free time, he enjoys exploring California's beautiful outdoors, whether skiing, surfing, hiking, or walking the streets of San Francisco.
Priscilla Guo
Priscilla is a rising 2L from New York, NY. She spent her 1L summer at the Department of Justice Civil Division Constitutional & Specialized Tort Litigation Section and the New York Attorney General Civil Rights Bureau. At SLS, she serves as Co-President of the Asian and Pacific Islander Law Students Association, a member editor of the Stanford Law Review, a Stanford Technology and Racial Equity Graduate Fellow, and a member of the Social Security Disability Pro Bono. Previously, she was a representative on the New York City Youth Board and has worked in both technology and public policy roles at Facebook, Microsoft, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Most recently, as a Policy Advisor for the Day One Project, she curated, developed, and advised science and technology policy proposals to inform the Biden-Harris Administration and Congress. Priscilla holds an M.S. in Global Affairs from Tsinghua as a Schwarzman Scholar, M.Sc. in the Social Science of the Internet from Oxford as a Clarendon Scholar, and a B.A. in Technology, Policy, and Society with a secondary in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Harvard University. Outside of school, Priscilla enjoys museum hopping, cooking for supper clubs, and discovering new music.
Jamie Halper
Jamie is from Golden Valley, Minnesota. She attended Harvard for college and graduated in 2020, majoring in History & Literature. Before law school, she worked for Judge David Tatel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals as his reader. At Stanford, she co-leads the Prisoner Legal Services Pro Bono Project and the Stanford Prisoner Advocacy and Resources Coalition. She's also a member editor on Stanford Law Review. Jamie hopes to pursue a career in post-conviction criminal defense and criminal law academia with a focus on capital defense and prison conditions work. She enjoys hiking, backpacking, cooking, and concerts.
Benjamin Held
Benjamin (Ben) is from La Jolla, CA, and graduated from Yale University in 2017 with majors in Political Science and East Asian Studies. Prior to law school, Ben worked as a federal government economic and foreign affairs analyst in Washington, DC. At SLS, he is a member of the Stanford Law Association (SLA), is a board member of the Stanford Law & Policy Review, and is a member editor of the Stanford Law Review. He spent his 1L summer in Los Angeles working for the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, touching on issues relating to immigration, healthcare, government transparency, and litigation fees and affordability. Ben loves a good true-crime show, iced coffee, and virtually any word-based game or puzzle.
Mary Cate Hickman
Mary Cate is from Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2018, she graduated from the University of Southern California where she double majored in Cinema & Media Studies and Religion. She spent the next eight months teaching English in two high schools in Lyon, France. Upon her return to the U.S., Mary Cate completed a two-year master's program at the University of Chicago Divinity School where she focused on religious freedom and health care access. At Stanford, she is involved with the Plaintiffs' Lawyers Association and Women of Stanford Law. She spent her 1L summer working for the California Attorney General's office on the Health Quality Enforcement team as well as externing for Judge Bacharach on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is passionate about health justice and consumer protection.
Andrew Hiyama
Andrew was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he studied public policy and Spanish at the University of Michigan. Post-college and pre-law school, he spent a year teaching English in Madrid, and another year interning at the Mississippi Center for Justice as their COVID eviction hotline manager and at the Public Defender Service for D.C. as an intern investigator. At SLS, he is a co-leader of the Legal Education for Adolescents Project (FKA Street Law) and a co-Advocacy Chair for the Asian and Pacific Islander Law Student Association. During 1L, he also worked on the Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Immigration Pro Bono Project. He spent his 1L summer at the Center for Appellate Litigation, an appellate public defender in New York City, and will participate in the Criminal Defense Clinic in spring. Andrew enjoys cats, chess, and every kind of music.
Alisa Hoban
Alisa was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She attended Brown University prior to law school and majored in political science. In college she participated in an International Human Rights program where she traveled to Nepal, Jordan, and Chile to study human rights issues. After college, she worked as a paralegal for the Department of Justice in the Antitrust Division. While working as a paralegal she also volunteered with childcare programming for survivors of domestic violence and also did intake for the DC Legal Clinic for the Homeless. At SLS she is a Community VP for the Stanford Latinx Law Student Association, an Academic Affairs VP for the Stanford Law Association, and Treasurer of the Criminal Law Society. Alisa also participates in Fresh Lifelines for Youth where she works with youth being held in juvenile prison. She also participated in Stanford’s Three Strikes Project and does research for Professor Lawrence Marshall. While not doing school work, Alisa enjoys going to Stanford sporting events, hiking, and cooking.
Caroline Hunsicker
I am originally from Minneapolis, MN, but went to Harvard University (2017) and worked in Washington, DC after graduating from college. I worked as a Senior Policy Advisor in the U.S. Senate and worked on financial service and housing issues, Native American policy, transportation policy, and more. At Stanford I run the Housing Pro Bono Project and serve as an editor on the Stanford Law and Policy Review and the Stanford Law Review. The summer after my 1L year I interned in the California Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Enforcement Section, where I did work on racial and identity profiling in police departments across the state.
Emma Leeds Armstrong
I am a 2L (currently) focused on government litigation and election law. In my three year career before law school, I worked in politics (for the largest Democratic super PAC) and government (for NYC’s COVID response). In my free time I enjoy hiking, swimming, and cooking.
Ariel Lowrey
Ariel is from San Francisco, California. She graduated from Yale University in 2018, where she studied Psychology with a focus on Neuroscience. Prior to law school, she worked at Giffords Law Center, where she worked on gun violence prevention policy. At SLS, she is on the boards of BLSA, OutLaw, and the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. She also participates in the law school musical. During the summer after 1L, she worked for the California Department of Justice in the Healthcare Rights and Access section. She looks forward to joining the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic this fall.
Luke Norquist
Luke grew up in northern Minnesota and received his BA in southern Minnesota from Carleton College. At SLS, he is involved with Stanford Law Students for Climate Accountability, the the American Constitution Society, Youth and Education Advocates, and the Racial and Disability Justice pro bono project. He spent his 1L summer at the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, and he is excited to join the environmental law clinic this winter. Luke is an avid reader of fiction, a reader of nonfiction, and a lover of nordic skiing and all things coffee.
Steven Ortega
Pronouns: He/him Hometown: Colorado Springs Before Law School: New Mexico Congressional Delegation Office, D.C. SLS Groups: Housing Pro Bono Project, SLLSA, Law and Political Economy Project 1L Internship: East Bay Community Law Center, Housing Unit Best Kept Secret at SLS: Levin Center lounge fridge
Jordan Payne
I am a rising 2L interested in public defense and abolition of our current criminal legal system. During my 1L summer, I interned at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office and prior to starting at SLS, I worked at Prison Law Office in Berkeley.
Shafeen Pittal
Shafeen grew up in San Diego, California and graduated from UC San Diego in 2019 where she studied political science and computer science and served as a community organizer with multiple non-profits supporting Muslim student communities. Before law school, she worked at Apple as an engineering program manager and studied the Islamic sciences at an Islamic seminary in the US. She spent her 1L summer working on illegal detention at Reprieve in London, currently serves as an editor on the Stanford Law Review, and looks forward to taking the Religious Liberty clinic in the winter. Interlacing her legal education with Islamic ethics, she intends to uplift oppressed communities domestically and globally around the issues of human rights, wrongful convictions, and discriminatory national security measures. Outside of law school, she enjoys spending time amidst nature and with family and friends, book clubs, buying overpriced lattes at cute coffee shops (the anti-capitalist lifestyle is a work in progress), and learning about Islam.
Raul Prakash Quintana
Raul grew up in San Antonio, Texas (Go Spurs Go!) and graduated from Harvard University in 2014 with a degree in Social Studies. After living in Indonesia on a Fulbright Grant, he worked for six years as a speechwriter in Washington, DC, specializing in environmental and climate communications. At Stanford, he is a Submissions Editor for the Stanford Environmental Law Journal and a Project Leader for the Environmental Pro Bono Project, as well as an active member of the Asian and Pacific Islander Law Student’s Association, the Stanford Latinx Law Students Association, the American Constitution Society, and Older, Wiser Law Students. He spent his 1L summer in the Natural Resources Law Section of the California Attorney General’s Office in San Francisco. He enjoys hiking, cooking, reading books of all kinds, and playing just about every word game the New York Times has to offer.
Jacob Randolph
Jacob grew up in Fontana, CA (the heart of the Inland Empire), and graduated from Stanford in 2019. Between college and law school, Jacob worked as a Caseworker and Press Aide with the Office of Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35) where he resolved constituent issues with federal agencies. This past summer, Jacob externed with the Civil Division at the US Attorney's Office in Los Angeles. He currently serves as Co-President of Stanford Law's First-Generation Professionals (FLI), Co-President of Stanford Law Democrats, and Recruitment Chair for Stanford Latinx Law Students Association. His broader substantive areas of interest include appellate/complex litigation, constitutional torts, civil liberties, and labor and employment. During his free time, Jacob binge watches the Netflix Top 10, searches for the best coupon for his next purchase, and spends an obscene amount of time in coffee shops.
Stephen Read
Stephen grew up in San Francisco and went to college at U.C. Santa Barbara, where he majored in political science and environmental studies. He then lived in Washington, D.C., where he interned on Capitol Hill, worked as a campaign consultant during the 2018 midterm elections, and spent several years in communications and research roles with the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU School of Law. At Stanford, Stephen is involved with the Environmental Law Society, Law Students for Climate Action, and the Energy and Infrastructure Club. He is also a joint-M.S. candidate in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER). Stephen loves the Warriors and Giants, road trips, hiking, the ocean, and National Geographic.
Aaron Schaffer-Neitz
Aaron is from Northumberland, PA and received his B.A. in Philosophy from Columbia University in 2019. Before law school, he worked at a strategy consulting firm in NYC. He is particularly interested in election law and workers' rights, and spent his 1L summer working on farmworkers' rights impact litigation. At SLS, Aaron is a member editor of the Stanford Law Review. He will be working in the Environmental Law Clinic in the Fall quarter.
Erin Sifre
Erin (she/her) grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts and is a lifelong Red Sox fan. A graduate of Tufts University, she worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell's Structured Products and Derivatives group in New York City prior to starting law school. While at DPW, Erin helped represent multiple survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence in family law, criminal, and immigration matters pro bono, sparking her interest in public interest work. During her 1L summer, she interned at the FCC in Washington working on digital discrimination and anticompetition matters. At SLS, Erin is the co-president of SLLSA, an editor on the Stanford Technology Law Review, a research assistant, professional development chair for OutLaw, a member of the Domestic Violence pro bono project, and is excited to join the Immigrant's Rights Clinic in the spring. Erin is interested in the intersection of technology, telecommunications, and civil rights, as well as reducing the influence tech corporations have on economic competition. In her free time, Erin loves to practice ballet, play guitar, bake, travel, and wipe out on her surfboard.
Elliot Stahr
Elliot is a rising 2L from Orange County, California. Prior to SLS, he earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Philosophy from Rice University in Houston, Texas. At Stanford, Elliot serves as the Professional Development Chair for the American Constitution Society and the Vice President of Mental Health & Wellness for the Stanford Law Association. He also co-leads Project Clean Slate, a pro bono project which helps individuals who have been convicted of crimes to clear or reduce the charges on their criminal records. Elliot spent his 1L summer with the California Attorney General’s Office, interning with the Employment and Administrative Mandate section in Oakland. In his free time, he enjoys tennis, taking long walks around campus, and exploring the Bay Area’s food and arts scene.
Katherine Viti
Katherine Viti is originally from rural Virginia, and spent her college years at the University of Virginia. She spent her 1L summer clerking at the Supreme Court of Rwanda, in Kigali, Rwanda, and is generally interested in public international law. In law school, she still has very broad interests, including international work, as well as civil rights, youth and education, and labor and employment issues. Come recommend a novel to her!
Nathan Weiser
A native of Austin, Texas, Nathan graduated from Stanford in 2018 with a BA in American Studies. After a stint as a researcher at the University of Texas, Nathan worked as a paralegal at a plaintiff-side employment law firm in Oakland. At Stanford Law, Nathan is the Academic Chair of the Jewish Law Students Association and an active member of the Social Security and Disability Benefits Project. He spent his 1L summer at Disability Rights Advocates, supporting their housing and immigration impact litigation efforts, and looks forward to participating in the Religious Liberty Clinic this winter. Outside of law school, Nathan enjoys Tex-Mex, soccer, and giving unsolicited movie recommendations.
Garrett Wen
Garrett is from Rapid City, SD. He graduated from Harvard College in 2018 with a degree in Chemistry and Physics. Before law school, Garrett was a crisis counselor for the Trevor Project. And at SLS, he is a project leader for Project Clean Slate. Garrett spent his 1L summer (i) prosecuting hate crimes and police misconduct in the Appeals Unit and Civil Rights unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and (ii) working on class action lawsuits in the Special Litigation Unit of the New York Legal Assistance Group. Garrett cannot function without soy lattes.