This quarter, as I approached the end of my time here at Northwestern, I found out about LIFT, a national movement to combat poverty and expand opportunity for all people here in the U.S. I immediately applied to become a volunteer, but I only wish I had found out about the organization earlier. LIFT ...
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Assorted Weekend Links
Hope you have all had a great week(end)! The past few days have been absolutely perfect one for me - delicious cupcakes from Molly's, a friend's birthday celebrations, Dillo Day (annual day of fun, sun, and concerts from Regina Spektor, Guster, and Nelly at Northwestern), a trip to the Lincoln Park ...
A public defender’s mission
I recently finished "Indefensible: One Lawyer's Journey into the Inferno of American Justice" by David Feige, who worked as a public defender in the Bronx for nearly fifteen years. It is a fascinating account of his work and the stories of the clients he represents. Perhaps my favorite quote from the entire book ...
Educational inequity & the school-to-prison pipeline
In a Legal Studies class I'm currently taking, I recently learned about an important problem relating to juvenile justice: the school-to-prison pipeline. While I was lucky enough to be living in an excellent school district, many other children in the U.S. simply don’t have that luxury. Today, the crisis of educational inequity in ...
Feature Friday: Paralegal Advisory Service Institute
Path to Justice from Penal Reform International on Vimeo. This quarter, I'm interning with the Northwestern University Center on International Human Rights, a legal clinic in the law school. One of our projects is an ...