Class of 2027 3L Public Interest Associates
Lucia Jiang
Lucia is from Rockville, Maryland and graduated from USC with a degree in Intelligence and Cyber Operations. Prior to law school, she worked as a cybersecurity engineer. She spent her 1L summer with Goethals & Stone working on plaintiff-side civil litigation and criminal defense matters. Her 2L summer was split between Munger, Tolles & Olson and the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California. At SLS, she's involved with ACS, VLAP, and SLR. Ask me about cybersecurity, criminal procedure.
Rachel Li
Rachel Li is a 3L from Dallas, TX, but she's also lived in Mississippi, Maryland, Ohio, and Washington D.C. where she attended college. Rachel was a student coordinator for her undergraduate new student orientation program, and her background growing up in several states as well as this experience largely shaped her interest in education law as well as plaintiffs' law as a tool for advocacy. At SLS, Rachel has been involved in the Youth and Education Law Project (YELP) clinic, the Christian Legal Fellowship, Plaintiffs' Law Association, Asian and Pacific Islander Law Students Association, and the Youth and Education Advocates. Rachel spent one summer at the Legal Aid Society in New York City on the Education Law Project team, and she spent her second summer at Boies Schiller Flexner in SF, where she will be returning post-grad. She is currently pursuing a joint J.D./M.A. in Education at SLS and the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Ask me about Plaintiff's law, education law, SLS's clinic program (and advanced clinic!).
Vivian Li
I'm a 3L from Sacramento, California. I went to undergrad in Philadelphia, and then worked for a few years in finance in New York before law school. I'm interested in government regulatory / policy work in the long term, but am not sure yet which area! Ask me about Antitrust, admin law, tech/privacy/AI.
Riley Martinez
Riley grew up in Utah before heading east for college, graduating from Princeton University in 2023 with a degree in Politics. Before law school, Riley spent a year working as a paralegal in the Criminal Division of a U.S. Attorney’s Office. At Stanford, Riley is involved with the Stanford Law Review, the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, and various student organizations. He has split both of his summers between private-sector and public-service opportunities, including interning for the Honorable J. Michelle Childs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit during his 1L summer and for the New Jersey Solicitor General’s Office during his 2L summer. Riley's interests include playing beach volleyball around campus, winning plushies from arcade games, and venturing off campus to eat good food.
Anna McGuire
Anna is a 3L from Cabin John, Maryland interested in the intersections between criminal justice and tech policy. Prior to SLS, Anna worked as a legal assistant at a litigation boutique, as a bartender, and for a non-profit advocating for greater civil rights in digital spaces. During her 1L summer, she worked as a law clerk for the House Judiciary Committee Democrats. During her 2L summer, Anna worked for Gibson Dunn's San Francisco office. Anna holds an MSc in Criminal Justice Policy from the London School of Economics and a BA from Davidson College. In her free time, Anna loves going to concerts and trying new NYT Cooking recipes.
Michelle Phan
Michelle is a current 3L. She worked as a data scientist before starting law school. Michelle spent her 1L summer at the Federal Public Defender's office for the Northern District of California. She split her 2L summer between Munger, Tolles & Olson and the CA DOJ (Government Law Section). Outside of school, she enjoys doing puzzles and playing Mario Party. Ask me about: public defense, state government, career switching.
Tess Turner
Tess Turner is a JD candidate at Stanford Law School and a master's student in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER) at the Doerr School for Sustainability. Her academic research focuses on climate adaptation and community-level resilience strategies. Last summer, Tess was an Energy and Climate Solutions summer associate at Wilson Sonsini. Prior to Stanford, Tess was the Research Associate for Climate Change Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. Tess graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in political science and international studies. Ask me about environmental law!
About the Public Interest Mentoring Program
The Levin Center offers a formal mentoring program that matches first-year law students to student mentors based on shared practice interests. These small groups might meet for dinner off-campus, coffee on campus, or take a hike to the Dish while they chat about adjusting to law school, the 1L summer job search, or the challenges of securing entry-level public interest jobs. Registration for this program begins in the Fall quarter shortly after 1L Orientation.