Temple Law student receives Equal Justice Works fellowship
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Tracie Johnson ’18 is a recipient of the 2018 Equal Justice Works Fellowship. Johnson will be hosted at Community Legal Services Inc., where she will represent and advocate for young women of color with criminal records to increase access to meaningful employment opportunities and fight intergenerational poverty.
Read More about Temple Law student receives Equal Justice Works fellowshipSyracuse Law alumna spearheads pro bono resolution at ABA Delegates Meeting
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Syracuse Law student Samantha Pallini ’18—along with her colleagues in the ABA Law Student Division Pro Bono Caucus—is hoping that her resolution encouraging all 50 states to implement similar scholar programs will pass the House of Delegates at the ABA Annual Meeting.
Read More about Syracuse Law alumna spearheads pro bono resolution at ABA Delegates MeetingStanford Law alumna navigates risk for the world’s underserved
STANFORD LAWYER — Stanford Law alumna Ana-Mita Betancourt, JD ’81 is general counsel of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. On her watch as chief legal officer at MIGA, one of the World Bank Group’s four operating units, the volume of political risk insurance and other guarantees issued by the agency more than doubled to $4.3 billion.
Read More about Stanford Law alumna navigates risk for the world’s underservedStanford Law mourns the death of alumnus and military pilot
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Stanford Law alumnus Christopher “Tripp” Zanetis ’17 died near the border of western Iraq and Syria when his United States military helicopter crashed during a troop transport. Zanetis, 37, was an active Air National Guard member and helicopter pilot, as well as a fire marshal for the New York City Fire…
Read More about Stanford Law mourns the death of alumnus and military pilotStanford Law alumna finds beauty in art and law in the museum industry
STANFORD LAWYER — Stanford Law alumna Deborah Kanter ’91 (MA ’92) has combined her love of art and law into much more than a career. Her work is now a lasting part of the bustling art scene in a revitalized downtown L.A., with the The Broad museum, its restaurant, plaza, and grove of ancient olive…
Read More about Stanford Law alumna finds beauty in art and law in the museum industryStanford Law alumna shines light on diversity in Hollywood
STANFORD LAWYER — For Stanford Law alumna Christy Haubegger, diversity has been her life’s work. As the the founder and publisher of Latina magazine, then as a producer of films including Spanglish, and now as a talent agent at legendary Creative Artists Agency, Haubegger has focused on the untold stories of women and people of color.
Read More about Stanford Law alumna shines light on diversity in HollywoodSouthwestern Law alumnus thrives as a lawyer for whistle-blowers
SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL — Southwestern Law alumnus Jordan A. Thomas ’95 is the subject of a New York Times profile, which details his journey from entering the United States Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps after law school to his current calling: building a law practice that represents whistle-blowers seeking to expose corporate wrongdoing.
Read More about Southwestern Law alumnus thrives as a lawyer for whistle-blowersSouthern University Law Center alumna to lead gun and crime policy for DC think tank
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER — SULC Alumna Stasha M. Rhodes ’13 recently took a position as the Director of Advocacy for Guns and Crime Policy at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. In this position, she will develop and execute national, state, and local strategies and campaigns to further American Progress’ policy goals.
Read More about Southern University Law Center alumna to lead gun and crime policy for DC think tankSIU Law student selected for DOJ Attorney General Honors Program
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — SIU Law student Cody Benway ’18 was selected to participate in the Department of Justice’s Attorney General Honors Program. Benway was chosen to join the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Office of Administrative Law Judges as the principal law clerk to Judge Mark M. Dowd.
Read More about SIU Law student selected for DOJ Attorney General Honors ProgramSeton Hall Law alumnus to be sworn as next leader of New Jersey State Bar Association
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY — Seton Hall Law alumnus John E. Keefe, Jr. will be sworn in as the next leader of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Keefe, a civil trial attorney, is the founder of Keefe Law Firm. Keefe leads the firm’s plaintiffs’ personal injury, mass tort litigation and complex litigation department.
Read More about Seton Hall Law alumnus to be sworn as next leader of New Jersey State Bar Association