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Ana Mercado Barahona

Ana Mercado Barahona听is a rising 2L at Boston University School of Law. She is a first-generation immigrant from Jalisco, Mexico, and a former DACA recipient from Los Angeles, California. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Contemporary Latino and Latin American Studies from the University of Southern California. At USC, she organized undocumented students and established a pop-up center to support their specific needs. Before law school, Mercado Barahona spent five years providing direct legal services in family-based immigration, working in nonprofit organizations and boutique law firms. Her experiences navigating an undocumented status shaped her professional trajectory and fueled her unwavering commitment to social justice. At BU Law, she is dedicated to uplifting first-generation professionals. She will serve as Co-President of BU鈥檚 First Generation Professionals and Co-President of the Immigration Law and Policy Society for the 2025-2026 academic year. Mercado Barahona鈥檚 legal education is driven by a desire to bridge direct advocacy with public policy, ensuring that her work transcends individual cases to address systemic barriers and create lasting change within immigration law. As a 2025 Rappaport Fellow, Mercado Barahona will spend her summer interning at the Mayor鈥檚 Office for Immigration and Refugee Advancement.

Max German听

Max German is a rising 2L at Boston College Law School. He holds a B.A., magna cum laude, in Political Science from Boston College, where he matriculated upon transferring from Quinsigamond Community College in his hometown of Worcester, MA. At Boston College, German won several honors, such as being named a Dean's Scholar, and received a Truman Scholarship. After school, he became engaged in the fight for workers' rights at the Massachusetts AFL-CIO. As the proud grandson of a Teamsters Local 170 member, German knows the transformative nature of a union job and the security it brings to working families. While at the MA AFL-CIO, he helped fight back against attempts by Uber and Lyft to misclassify their drivers as independent contractors and was a key member of the coalition that blocked their 2022 ballot referendum before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. German also worked as a Deputy Press Secretary at the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, where he helped to communicate the work of the Attorney General's Office to the public with a particular focus on regional and local media sources. As a 2025 Rappaport Fellow, German will spend his summer interning for the House Ways and Means Committee.

Katrynna Jackowicz

Katrynna Jackowicz is a rising 3L at Northeastern University School of Law (NUSL) and a graduate of Baruch College, summa cum laude, where she received a B.A. in Political Science and Management of Musical Enterprises. During her time at NUSL, she has gained hands-on experience in various legal fields through the Prisoners鈥� Rights Clinic, an internship with the American Immigration Lawyers Association, an internship with Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, and a research position with Professor Sankalp Bhatnagar at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Jackowicz currently serves as the Co-Chair of NUSL's Asian Pacific American Law Student Association and is a Lawyering Fellow in NUSL鈥檚 Legal Skills in Social Context Program. In this role, she works with first-year law students as they develop a project for Reproductive Equity Now. In the future, Jackowicz is committed to advocating alongside marginalized communities and promoting greater accessibility to resources. She is particularly interested in the application of legal design to education policy and hopes to explore this area as a Rappaport Fellow this summer. As a 2025 Rappaport Fellow, Jackowicz will spend her summer interning at the Executive Office of Education.

Emily Philbrook

Emily Philbrook is a rising 2L at the University of Massachusetts School of Law and a graduate of Plymouth State University where she earned a B.A., summa cum laude, in English. Philbrook graduated from Plymouth State in December 2023 and, in January, entered her first solo classroom, teaching sixth-grade English in Franklin, NH. It was a formative experience and inspired her to want to pursue educational law and policy. During her time as a teacher, she advocated for an increased focus on minimizing knowledge gaps in literacy and student voice in the learning process. Her passion for empowering students and ultimately uplifting communities brought her to the only public law school in Massachusetts, where she has continued to be inspired by the work of public interest advocates who believe in the potential of education as a resource and lifeline for successful individuals and communities. As a 2025 Rappaport Fellow, Philbrook will spend her summer interning at the Office of Legal Advisor, Boston Public Schools.

Alex Shura听

Alex Shura is a rising 3L at Harvard Law School. He studied economics, political science, and history at the University of Chicago, graduating summa cum laude with an A.B. in 2021. Committed to the rule of law and the maintenance of public sector institutions, Shura has experience in state and local government, as well as in all three branches of the federal government. Before coming to law school, he spent over two years at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, auditing pandemic stimulus and related programs on behalf of Congress. In law school, Shura has built civil litigation skills through an internship with the U.S. Attorney鈥檚 Office in Boston and clinical placements with Protect Democracy and a federal magistrate judge. As a 2025 Rappaport Fellow, Shura will intern with the Constitutional and Administrative Law Division within the Government Bureau of the Attorney General鈥檚 Office.

Jack Slania

Jack Slania is a rising 3L at Suffolk University Law School. Originally from Arlington Heights, Illinois, he graduated from the College of the Holy Cross, magna cum laude, in 2021. While at Holy Cross, he focused heavily on community engagement in Worcester. This included serving on the executive board of Working for Worcester, a student-run 501(c)(3) that invests hundreds of thousands of dollars and mobilizes thousands of volunteers during an annual community infrastructure 鈥淏uild Day.鈥� Before attending Suffolk, Slania worked as a paralegal at WR Immigration in Boston, where he developed a passion for helping clients navigate the complex world of immigration law. While at Suffolk, Slania has performed pro bono work with local nonprofits such as the Rian Immigrant Center and serves as the President of the Immigration Law Association. He is spending his 2L year as a Marshall-Brennan Fellow, teaching constitutional law and coaching moot court at Boston Latin Academy. As a 2025 Rappaport Fellow, Slania will spend his summer interning at the Governor鈥檚 Office for Refugees and Immigrants.

Julia Brandenstein

Julia Brandenstein is rising 2L at Boston College Law School. She holds a B.S. and B.A., summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.A. in Public Policy from Stony Brook University. In addition, she holds a certificate in Leadership Principles from Harvard Business School. During her time at Stony Brook, she worked as the student coordinator for the Center for Civic Justice where she registered thousands of college students to vote and became the 2022 national winner of the Up to Us Campus Competition. Brandenstein鈥檚 thesis research on the automation of the federal redistricting process was presented and received several awards at the International Forum for Research Excellence and the Northeastern Political Science Association Conferences. As a graduate student, she was a Public Policy Research Fellow for the Alliance for Citizen Engagement and a Civic Engagement Fellow for Up to Us. Brandenstein is honored to have been selected as a Rappaport Fellow in Law and Public Policy. She will spend her Rappaport summer as an intern at the Massachusetts Attorney General鈥檚 Office.

Mitchell (Mitch) Fallon

Mitch Fallon is a rising 3L at Suffolk University Law School. Fallon received his Master of Public Administration from Suffolk University and holds bachelor鈥檚 degrees in economics and finance from Salem State University. While pursuing his MPA, Fallon was selected as a Joseph Moakley Fellow to work with Senator Ed Markey鈥檚 Washington, D.C. office. There, he aided staff in relation to legislation focused on curbing the opioid epidemic.听 Fallon is most passionate about advocating for workers鈥� rights through a holistic lens to foster a more equitable economy. He had the privilege of supporting baristas across Boston while organizing the first independent coffee shop unions in Massachusetts. He also partnered with the Massachusetts AFL-CIO in support of state-level wage theft legislation. Fallon has gained valuable legal experience as a judicial intern in Massachusetts鈥� Superior Courts and as a law clerk to the state legislature鈥檚 Judiciary Committee. Fallon has served as President of the American Constitution Society at Suffolk Law during the past year. He is also a member of Suffolk Law鈥檚 Moot Court Honor Board Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy where he wrote about the need to apply due process protections under strict scrutiny to Massachusetts鈥� pretrial detention laws. Fallon will spend his Rappaport summer at the Governor鈥檚 Office of Cabinet Affairs and Strategic Planning.

Solomon Hayes

Solomon Hayes is a rising 2L at Boston University School of Law. Born in Tokyo, Japan, Hayes spent most of his life in Mississippi. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English at Vanderbilt University, Phi Beta Kappa, while writing a thesis on the presence of the prison industrial complex in literature. Hayes then spent three years working as a paralegal at the Legal Aid Society in Nashville, Tennessee, working with tenants facing eviction in the Housing division, as well as survivors of domestic violence in the Family Law division. His time at Legal Aid Society engendered a passion for public interest and social justice in order to serve vulnerable, marginalized communities. Hayes received BU鈥檚 ASPIRE (Antiracist Scholars for Progress, Innovation, and Racial Equity) Scholarship and will be the Co-President of BU鈥檚 Public Interest Law Society in the 2024-2025 academic year. This summer, Hayes will be working at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination in the Investigations Unit.听

Logan Malik

Logan Malik is a rising 2L at Harvard Law School. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from the George Washington University, magna cum laude, in 2018, and an M.Phil. in Environmental Policy from the University of Cambridge in 2019. Prior to law school, Malik spent four years working in various roles in climate advocacy and political organizing. Most recently, he served as the Interim Executive Director of the Massachusetts Climate Action Network 鈥� a statewide environmental nonprofit with a mission to accelerate equitable decarbonization by empowering local advocates to take action in their communities. Malik is passionate about advancing bold, creative, and community-centered policies that accelerate the transition to a clean and just energy future in Massachusetts. As a 2024 Rappaport Fellow, Malik will intern at the Massachusetts Governor鈥檚 Office of Legal Counsel.

Emily Moura

Emily Moura is a rising 2L at Georgetown University Law Center (formerly at New England Law | Boston) and a graduate of The George Washington University, where she studied International Affairs. Following graduation, Moura spent time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she taught English while also honing her Portuguese language skills.

Most recently, Moura worked at MetroWest Legal Services in Framingham, MA, on the COVID Eviction Legal Help Project where she assisted low-income tenants to stay housed or transition to more suitable housing throughout the height of the pandemic. Since beginning law school, Moura has continued to work alongside the Access to Counsel Coalition to increase awareness surrounding the detrimental impacts of eviction and the barriers low-income tenants face in accessing our justice system. Moura will serve as an intern this summer at the Massachusetts Attorney General鈥檚 Office.

Rebecca Wood

Rebecca Wood is a rising 2L Public Interest Law Fellow at the University of Massachusetts School of Law. Wood graduated with a B.S.W. from James Madison University. Her plans for graduate school were put on hold indefinitely when her daughter, Charlie, was delivered ten hours into her twenty-sixth week of gestation. Wood鈥檚 first time on Capitol Hill and her active policy engagement began in January 2017, when she joined the fight to save the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid. Since then, Wood has worked with numerous organizations and offices on Capitol Hill and Beacon Hill. Most notably, she told her and Charlie鈥檚 story at the introduction of Senator Sanders鈥� Medicare For All Act of 2017 and testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee hearing on Pathways to Universal Coverage in June 2019.听

Wood and her daughter moved to Massachusetts in 2019. Experiences with public education and food insecurity motivated her to work in those areas as well, including the push for universal school meals in Massachusetts. Wood was recognized for her effective advocacy and service in 2017 by The ARC of Virginia as a Catalyst For Change and was the 2019 R. Ann Meyers Distinguished Social Work Alumni Award recipient. Wood will spend her Rappaport summer as an intern at the Massachusetts Attorney General鈥檚 Office.

Bhumika Choudhary

Bhumika Choudhary is a 3L at Suffolk University Law School. Over the years, Choudhary has gained a variety of experiences in higher education and non-profit communications, local journalism on state government, and as a TEDx founder and organizer. Prior to attending Suffolk University, Choudhary worked as a Case Assistant at Gordon & Rees LLP, where she supported attorneys in their research and writing needs related to complex commercial litigation. In 2018, Choudhary served as a press aide to the Connecticut House Democratic Office and was awarded a Proclamation for her exemplary service to the Town of Enfield. Choudhary received her Master鈥檚 in Public Policy with honors from Trinity College, where she produced a policy memo on voting rights restoration for CT parolees and workforce education opportunities in Greater Hartford. She also received her BA in Creative Writing at Trinity College. As a 2023 Rappaport Fellow, Choudhary served as an intern at the Massachusetts Attorney General鈥檚 Office, White Collar and Public Integrity Division within the Criminal Bureau.

Allyson (Ally) Crays听

Allyson 鈥淎lly鈥� Crays is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law (NUSL) and a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University (BW), magna cum laude, in Ohio where she studied Public Health and Political Science. After graduating from BW, she served as a City Year AmeriCorps member in Columbus, Ohio. Over the last five years, Crays has advocated for various menstrual equity policies to increase access to menstrual products, particularly in schools. Throughout this work, she discovered her passion for working with communities to advance policy changes that increase rights for women and LGBTQ+ people. Last fall, she worked as Legal Intern at the ACLU of Massachusetts in the Legislative Department. Currently, she serves on PERIOD.鈥檚 Board of Directors and organizes for state level policy with the Massachusetts Menstrual Equity Coalition. At NUSL, she is also pursuing a graduate certificate in Women, Gender, Sexuality, & Law. Last fall, she worked as a Legal Intern at the ACLU of Massachusetts in the Legislative Department. Crays is interested in reproductive justice, menstrual equity, and public policy. As a 2023 Rappaport Fellow, Crays served as a summer intern in the Office of State Senator Jo Comerford.听

Jordana Harper

Jordana B. Harper is a 3L at Western New England University School of Law, and also holds a B.S., magna cum laude, from Mt. Holyoke College, a M.Ed. from Endicott College, and a CAGS from Lesley University in Education Leadership. She served as a teacher, principal, and superintendent of schools prior to law school. In these roles, she had the opportunity to advocate for students, teachers, and families and learned in-depth about the laws affecting public education in MA. Harper is interested in continuing her life-long dedication to public education through work in education law and policy around school equity, students with disabilities, school funding and employment law. She is honored to have been selected as a Rappaport Fellow in Law and Public Policy. As a 2023 Rappaport Fellow, Harper served as a summer intern at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.听听

Sadie Keller

Sadie Keller is a 3L at Boston University School of Law and a graduate of Oberlin College, Phi Beta Kappa, and a Truman Scholar. After college, Keller taught English at a public university in Mexico City and researched asylum and immigration policies as a Fulbright Scholar. She was then program manager for a national nonprofit, supporting families facing housing insecurity and eviction. Keller has worked on political campaigns and research think tanks, focusing on issues related to immigration, housing, civil rights, and voting rights. As a 2023 Rappaport Fellow, Keller served as a summer intern at the Massachusetts Attorney General鈥檚 Fair Labor Division of the Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau.

Linda McClellan

Linda McClellan is a graduate of New England Law | Boston and is natively from Philadelphia. McClellan received her BA in Psychology from West Chester University and her MS in Clinical and Counseling Psychology from Chestnut Hill College. Before pursuing her law degree, McClellan was a case manager and clinical therapist specializing in trauma and adolescent development. McClellan got her passion for policy and change while working with disenfranchised populations. While engaged in behavioral health service, McClellan worked in outpatient and residential services. At New England Law | Boston, McClellan has implemented a trauma-informed training for students working with clients in the CORI Initiative. McClellan also leads the CORI Initiative policy program, lobbying for bills to reform Massachusetts' criminal justice system. McClellan is the chair of her SBA's Mental Health and Wellness Committee and maintains the food pantry. McClellan also serves on the Black Law Student Association executive board, creating events and linking alumni with the current student body. McClellan has worked in State Senator Lydia Edwards's office for the past year. As a 2023 Rappaport Fellow, McClellan served as a summer intern at the Policy and Cabinet Affairs Division of the Office of Governor Maura Healey this summer.

Laura Rodriguez Alfonso

Laura Rodriguez Alfonso is a 3L Public Interest Law student at the University of Massachusetts School of Law. Rodriguez Alfonso graduated from the University of Florida, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology with a minor in History. While at UF, Rodriguez Alfonso volunteered at PACE Center for Girls as a social service intern which fostered her interest in law. After graduating, Rodriguez Alfonso worked for a domestic violence shelter as a case manager. In this role, she advocated for survivors and assisted in finding housing, filing injunctions, and applying for government assistance. Currently, Rodriguez Alfonso serves as a legal mentor for Discovering Justice. As a 2023 Rappaport Fellow, Rodriguez Alfonso served as a summer intern at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Hacibey "Haci" Catalbasoglu

Haci Catalbasoglu is a graduate of Boston University School of Law and a graduate of Yale College. Over the years, Catalbasoglu has worked in a multitude of governmental capacities, including in New Haven鈥檚 housing department, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong's Office, Connecticut Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz's Office, and US Senator Chris Murphy鈥檚 Office (D-CT). In 2017, Catalbasoglu was elected to the City of New Haven鈥檚 law-making body, the Board of Alders, to represent a downtown district. In that role, he worked to improve town-and-gown relations, protect immigrants鈥� rights, and reform the city鈥檚 criminal justice system. Between college and law school, Catalbasoglu worked as a cook for two years at his family鈥檚 pizza shop, Brick Oven Pizza, in New Haven. This summer, he will be interning at the Massachusetts Attorney General鈥檚 Office.

Kaye-Alese Green

Kaye-Alese Green is a dual JD/MD candidate at Boston University (BU) School of Law and School of Medicine. She received a BS in Psychology and Master鈥檚 in Interdisciplinary Studies with a dual concentration in Public Health and Urban Education from the University of Central Florida (UCF). At UCF, she was an NCAA student-athlete and co-captain of the Women鈥檚 Volleyball team and a President鈥檚 Leadership Council member. Since beginning at Boston University, Green was honored to serve as the inaugural Diversity & Inclusion Fellow for Boston University School of Medicine with a joint appointment as a Visiting Fellow at BU鈥檚 Institute of Health Systems Innovation & Policy from 2020-2021. Currently, she is a graduate assistant at Boston University鈥檚 Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground and is the incoming president of BU鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Law Association. This summer, Green will be interning at the Massachusetts Attorney General鈥檚 Office.

Ivy Miller

Ivy Miller is a dual degree JD/MPH graduate of Northeastern University School of Law and Tufts University School of Medicine. After graduating from the University of California Irvine with a BA in Public Health Policy, she worked in both inpatient and outpatient healthcare settings. Her experiences showed her the barriers patients faced throughout the healthcare system and fueled her interest in public health policy and law. This summer, Miller will be working at the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission.

Devyn Parry

Devyn Parry is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law and a graduate of the University of San Diego, where she studied Behavioral Neuroscience. Prior to starting law school, Parry worked in Silicon Valley at 23andMe where she wrote and maintained content related to the health product. Devyn is excited to learn more about the legislative process and explore the relationship between technology, legislature, and public policy as a legal intern for the Office of the Senate Counsel this summer.

Jonathan Sturr

Jonathan Sturr is a dual JD/MA graduate at Boston College Law School and the Fletcher School for Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Prior to graduate school, he spent five years working at the National Democratic Institute on democracy issues in the post-soviet region. During this time, he worked at Institute鈥檚 field office in Kyiv, Ukraine, where he contributed to its programming on political party and civil society development, women鈥檚 political engagement, LGBTQ rights advocacy, and election transparency. A native of the New York City area, Sturr graduated from Columbia University in 2014, where he studied history and music. This summer, he will intern at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

Noam Yossefy

Noam Yossefy is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School and is interested in pursuing a public interest career in healthcare and public health. Prior to attending Suffolk University, Yossefy worked as a Policy Analyst at the Massachusetts Attorney General鈥檚 Office (AGO), where she monitored health care trends and transactions, advocated for public health reforms, and supported health-related consumer protection lawsuits. While at the AGO and in her previous role at the Boston Mayor鈥檚 Office of Recovery Services, Yossefy compiled a comprehensive account of past and projected damages caused by the opioid crisis in order to inform the State and City鈥檚 multibillion dollar lawsuits against more than a dozen pharmaceutical developers, manufacturers and distributors. Yossefy received her Masters in Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she studied healthcare administration, political strategy, behavioral health, and substance use disorders, specifically opioid and e-cigarette use among at-risk youth. She received her BA degree in Public Health at Skidmore College. Yossefy will be spending her summer working in the Office of State Senator Jo Comerford.

Briana Broberg

Briana Broberg studies at New England Law School and her fellowship placement will be at the Mayor of Boston鈥檚 Office of Immigration Advancement. She is a graduate of The City College of New York, where she studied the History of American Foreign Relations with the Middle East. After graduating from CCNY, she went on to study Arabic Language & Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to and throughout law school, she has spent much of her time volunteering with organizations dedicated to providing legal, social, and supportive services to refugees, asylum seekers, and other immigrant community members. Broberg is interested in immigration law and public policy.听

Jacqueline Dagle

Jacqueline Dagle attends New England Law School, and her fellowship placement will be at the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office. She graduated from the University of Rhode Island where she received dual degrees in English and Human Development & Family Studies and graduated summa cum laude. From an early age, Dagle knew she was interested in pursuing a career in disability law. As an undergraduate, she interned at the Rhode Island Attorney General鈥檚 Office where she supported the domestic violence and child abuse unit. This experience inspired her interest in the intersection between disability and sexual violence law and policy. As she moves forward with her professional interests, Dagle鈥檚 goal is to use her knowledge and experiences to uplift her community through advocacy, aimed at improving communal accessibility.听

Brendan Kelly

Brendan Kelly attends Suffolk University Law School and his fellowship placement will be at EdLaw Project of the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS), Youth Advocacy Division. Brendan spent nine years teaching in Boston and one year working on political campaigns before enrolling in law school. As a teacher, he taught ELA and Social Studies (and two years of Algebra!) at the middle school level in Dorchester, East Boston, and Mattapan. He also coached the debate, mock trial, basketball, flag football, and chess teams during that time. Kelly took a year off from teaching in 2018 to work on political campaigns in Massachusetts and North Dakota. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity College in Religion and Philosophy and a Master of Education degree from Boston College鈥檚 Lynch School of Education in Secondary English.听

Patrick O'Connor

Patrick O'Connor attends Harvard Law School, and his fellowship placement will be at Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Immediately prior to law school, Patrick spent four years as a math teacher and football coach at Lawrence High School (Massachusetts). Before teaching, he worked for three years in finance and one year as a college football coach. O鈥機onnor holds an EdM from Boston University and a BS in Finance from Wagner College.听

Jessica Rahmoune

Jessica Rahmoune attends Boston University School of Law, and her fellowship placement will be at Office of Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards. Jessica received a BA in economics from New York University. Before law school, Rahmoune worked as a paralegal and program associate at Justice Catalyst Law, where she focused on using creative, cross-disciplinary litigation and advocacy strategies to tackle economic injustices. She has also worked at the French Embassy in New York and the Brennan Center for Justice. Rahmoune is passionate about empowering workers and combating exploitative employment practices.听

Ian Ramsey-North

Ian Ramsey-North attends Boston College Law School, and his fellowship placement will take place at Massachusetts Attorney鈥檚 Office. Ian previously worked in the fields of international development and human rights advocacy. He has worked with community-based organizations in rural Guatemala, Mexico, and Uganda on education, sustainable development, migrants鈥� rights, and access to justice programs. He has also partnered with international coalitions to promote good governance, conflict resolution, and Indigenous Peoples鈥� land rights. Ramsey-North was a Law Fellow in the Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE). Last summer, he worked with the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program鈥檚 Crimmigration Clinic on impact litigation at the nexus of criminal and immigration law. He holds a Master of Theological Studies degree from Harvard Divinity School and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Haverford College, where he was awarded the Stephen H. Miller Memorial Award for Political Engagement.听

Robert Gipson II

Robert Gipson II attended Boston University School of Law, and his fellowship placement took place at the Office of Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu.听In response racial justice protests, the Office of City Councilor Michelle Wu immersed Robert in the legal and policy reforms that will holistically transform Boston鈥檚 public safety infrastructure. Developing public messages, contributing to Wu鈥檚 BPD oversight and 911 diversion proposal, and conducting civilian review board analysis and outreach characterize Robert鈥檚 work experience.

Cate McAnulty

Cate McAnulty attended Harvard Law School, and her fellowship placement took place at听Massachusetts Attorney General鈥檚 Office. As an intern in the Health Care Division of the Attorney General鈥檚 Office, Cate worked on a range of issues, from researching and developing COVID-19 health policy recommendations to tracking health data privacy violations.

Chris Phipps

Chris Phipps attended Boston College Law School, and his fellowship placement took place at the Massachusetts Inspector General鈥檚 Office.听Kris joined the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General as its first Rappaport Fellow where he prepared an internal memo on interrogatory rights, assisted with a potential fraud investigation, and helped prepare municipal training lessons on real property.

Julia Sauve

Julia Sauve attended Boston College Law School, and her fellowship placement took place at the Committee for Public Counsel Services.听As an intern in the Youth Advocacy Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, Julia researched the impact that racial biases, childhood trauma, and adolescent brain development have in the juvenile justice system.

Caitlin Whitman

Caitlin Whitman attended New England Law | Boston, and her fellowship placement took place at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD).听Caitlin worked in the General Counsel鈥檚 Office at the MCAD. She had extensive training as to how the MCAD works, reviewed their statutes and regulations, and met with several Commissioners and staff members. She worked on a special assignment for the Commissioners and wrote several investigative case dispositions.

Adam Zwetchkenbaum

Adam Zwetchkenbaum听attended University of Massachusetts School of Law, and her fellowship placement took place at the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education.听At the Department of Higher Education, Adam created reports on refund policies of public colleges under an initiative to track fiscal health of Massachusetts campuses.

Victoria Arend

Victoria, a former teacher and active member of her teachers鈥� union, began her studies at Western New England University School of Law (WNE Law) with a passion for education and labor issues. Prior to law school, Victoria taught French for four years at a public high school in Worcester County. She graduated from Bennington College in 2010 with a BA in French Literature, and, in 2014, earned an MA in French and Francophone Studies from UMass Amherst. Victoria is the first Rappaport Fellow from WNE Law and interned at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Margaret "Meg" Green

Prior to Boston College Law School, Meg served in Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy鈥檚 administration for five years. Starting in Governor Malloy鈥檚 policy office, she worked on a variety of issue areas including economic development, child welfare, public safety, education, and labor. In this role, she drafted and championed progressive legislation and authored a report on pay equity. Additionally, she served as Governor Malloy鈥檚 press secretary and as a senior policy and communications advisor. Before working in Connecticut state government, Meg served in the AmeriCorps program Public Allies. A native Texan, Meg graduated with High Honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 2012 with a BA in History. She interned at the Suffolk County District Attorney鈥檚 Office in the Appellate Division.

Dylan Lang

Prior to law school at New England Law | Boston, Dylan graduated magna cum laude from the University of Scranton with a B.S. in Counseling and Human Services and subsequently earned his Master of Social Work degree at Boston College. Dylan is a Licensed Certified Social Worker and Licensed School Adjustment Counselor. During his time in Boston, Dylan has interned with the Suffolk County District Attorney鈥檚 Office, Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston Arts Academy, and Youth on Fire. He interned for State Senator Joan Lovely.

Kaitlin "Kadie" Martin

Kadie Martin attends Boston College Law School. Prior to law school, Kadie graduated from Boston College in 2014 with a BA in Political Science, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to law school, Kadie worked in the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General鈥檚 Division of Open Government. Her team educated public bodies in transparency practices and enforced the Open Meeting Law. Before that, Kadie worked in the Massachusetts State Senate. Kadie is passionate about civic engagement and interested in implementing municipal policies that reflect constituents鈥� diverse values and community visions. This summer, Kadie interned in the City of Boston Law Department.

Tiffany Rodriguez

Tiffany Rodriguez attends听Harvard Law School. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2017, majoring in Sociology with a minor in Bioethics, cum laude. While there, she cultivated her passion for the interplay between law, health, and policy, specifically within immigrant communities. Prior to law school, Tiffany worked as a Senior Research Assistant at NAXION, a healthcare-focused consulting group in Philadelphia. In her free time, Tiffany enjoys baking and binging on too many legal dramas. She interned at the Massachusetts Attorney General鈥檚 Office.

Chloe Sugino

Chloe Sugino attended Boston University School of Law. She graduated from Marquette University in 2015, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. Before law school, Chloe served as a Jesuit Volunteer Corps member at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in rural Washington State, working with migrant farm workers and victims of domestic violence. Her family鈥檚 history and experiences as a Jesuit Volunteer sparked her passion for immigration policy. Last summer, she interned at Kids In Need of Defense, assisting unaccompanied minors obtain Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. She spent the summer interning at the Massachusetts Attorney General鈥檚 Office.

Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson attended Suffolk University Law School. He graduated from Kalamazoo College in 2016 with a B.A. in English and an Environmental Studies Concentration. Prior to law school, he worked at the Kalamazoo Nature Center - a nationally recognized leader in its field - on recovery efforts for threatened and endangered butterfly species among other environmental initiatives and projects. He has helped establish a Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area, coordinated citizen science projects, organized local grass-roots efforts surrounding social justice issues, and been a lifelong advocate for the environment. He is interested in the intersection of environmental law and public policy. He interned in the office of State Senator Patricia Jehlen.

Garrett Casey

Garrett Casey attended Harvard Law School.听Garrett is a 2015 graduate of Bowdoin College, where he majored in English and was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper. Prior to law school, Garrett served as legislative director to Massachusetts State Senator Eileen Donoghue, focusing on issues including student debt, addiction treatment, consumer protection, and climate change. He spent the summer interning in the Massachusetts Attorney General鈥檚 Office in the Energy and Telecommunications Division.

Lauren Koster

An advocate for access to high-quality public education since 2004, Lauren Koster came to Boston College Law School as a Public Service Scholar with a deep passion for advancing education policy. At BC Law, Lauren has expanded her focus to include issues of child welfare, special education services, mental health, delinquency, and the rights of incarcerated juveniles. Prior to law school, Lauren taught fourth grade for Teach For America and worked in education advocacy, policy, and organizing in New Haven, Connecticut. Lauren is a 2012 graduate of Yale University with a B.A. in political science. Lauren interned at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education this summer.听

Siri Nelson

Siri Nelson graduated summa cum laude from the College of New Rochelle, School of New Resources, with a B.A. in Liberal Arts focused on the Social Sciences. Before attending Northeastern University School of Law, where she is now a rising 3L, Siri was an active member of Black Youth Project 100 and worked as a Staff Assistant to the Director of Information Systems at the College of New Rochelle. Since then, Siri has been curious about how systems design and data processing innovations work within institutions to shape our individual experiences, particularly for marginalized people. Siri spent last fall as the Internet Public Interest Opportunities Program Law Clerk at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). At EPIC, Siri was able to deepen her interest in technology, social justice, and the law, by authoring EPIC鈥檚 webpage and letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee which applied privacy principles to the decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals guidance; reviewing artificial intelligence principles; and assisting in research for EPIC鈥檚 amicus brief for Byrd v. United States. Siri interned in the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS).

Jennifer Peterson

Jennifer Peterson attended Suffolk University Law School. She graduated magna cum laude from Saint Anselm College in 2016 with a B.A. in History and a minor in Politics. She currently serves as a Medical Service Officer and Platoon Leader in the Massachusetts Army National Guard. Prior to law school, Jenny interned with Congressman Joseph Kennedy III, where she became passionate about veterans affairs and policy-making. Jenny hopes to someday provide in-house legal counsel to a state agency. She interned at the Office of Legal Advisor at Boston Public Schools.

Meg Ziegler

Meg Ziegler attended Boston College Law School. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 2015 with a major in Secondary English Education and a minor in Special Education as well as her teaching license. While in Vermont, Meg contributed to research on person-centered planning as a tool to promoting cultural reciprocity between educators and families from diverse backgrounds with children with disabilities. After graduating, Meg received a Fulbright grant to spend a year teaching English in Thailand. The following year, she worked for the Franklin Grand Isle Bookmobile, driving up and down Vermont reading books and promoting early childhood literacy and community engagement. Meg is pursuing a dual J.D./M.Ed. at Boston College in Law and Education Leadership and hopes to pursue a career working in education policy. She spent her summer doing just that at the EdLaw Project.

Hannah Jellinek

Hannah Jellinek graduated with a dual degree J.D/Master鈥檚 in Social Work Program at Boston College. Prior to law school,听 Hannah graduated from Wesleyan University with a B.A. in Psychology and Art History.听Hannah has worked at the Mayor鈥檚 Office of Recovery Services to help create new initiatives and drug policies to address the Opioid epidemic in Massachusetts. While at Wesleyan, she worked for three years tutoring incarcerated men in the Center for Prison Education program. She is passionate about criminal justice and drug policy. Hannah worked at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.

Annie Lee

Annie Lee attended Boston College Law School graduated with Honors from the University of Chicago in 2016 with a B.A. in Public Policy Studies and Political Science. While at Chicago, Annie pursued interests in crime and education policy, most recently at the University of Chicago Crime Lab where she provided research support to a project studying the nature of underground gun markets in large cities. She hopes to pursue a career advocating for innovative preventative programs, detention alternatives, and justice reform, particularly in the juvenile realm. Annie spent her summer at the Youth Advocacy Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services.

Mario Paredes

Mario graduated from Lehigh University in 2011 with a B.S. in Finance and Management and then earned his Master鈥檚 degree in Higher Education from Harvard in 2012. Prior to law school at Boston University School of Law, Mario spent years working with various community based organizations, schools, and non-profits. Most recently, Mario served as the Administrator and Development Coordinator at Centro Presente, an immigrant rights non-profit in East Boston, MA, where he currently serves as a Board Member. Mario spent his summer in Senator Will Brownsberger's office.

Stephanie Rodriguez-Ruiz

Stephanie is a law student at the University of Massachusetts School of Law as well as the vice president and co-founder of Leading Ladies of Boston. Leading Ladies is committed to uplifting Boston鈥檚 at-risk youth by providing educational, emotional, and family support through hands on mentoring. Stephanie recognized the need to support young girls through her own personal experiences as a former student of Boston Public Schools and as a graduate of Boston University. She hopes to pursue a career advocating for Boston students. She worked at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as a Rappaport Fellow.听

Sherelle Wu

Sherelle graduated summa cum laude from Suffolk University in 2014 where she received a B.A. in Sociology with a concentration in Crime and Justice. Prior to Northeastern University School of Law, Sherelle spent two years in the Suffolk County District Attorney鈥檚 Office as Executive Assistant to the Chief of District courts working on criminal cases and collaborative innovations in the criminal justice system such as the Homeless Court Program.听 She was an integral part in planning a Sequential Intercept Mapping in Suffolk County, identifying resources to help people with mental health and substance abuse issues avoid and reduce criminal involvement.听 She worked at the Massachusetts Attorney General鈥檚 Office.听

Kristen Zale

Kristen graduated from Boston College in 2012 with a B.A. in English and Sociology.听 Prior to Northeastern University School of Law, Kristen worked as a teacher and as an organizer in Boston, and she was a Teach for America Corps Member in Mississippi. Kristen interned in the Boston Public Schools Office of Equity.

Jaki Fishkin

Jaki Fishkin attended Northeastern University School of Law. She graduated from Connecticut College in 2010, where she earned her B.S. in Human Development. She spent two years teaching students with behavioral challenges in the Boston Public School system before earning a Master鈥檚 of Social Work from Boston College School of Social Work. As a Rappaport Fellow, Jaki worked at the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Paul Kominers

Paul Kominers graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012 with a B.S. in Economics and Political Science. Before starting at Harvard Law School, he worked at Democracy Works, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to modernizing and simplifying the voting experience. Paul interned at the Governor's Office of Legal Counsel.

Mary McBride

Mary McBride is a 2011 graduate of Smith College, with a B.A. in English, and was the first student to complete the Graduate Certificate Program in Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies at Bridgewater State University in 2013. Prior to attending University of Massachusetts School of Law, Mary worked as both a middle and high school teacher and as the archive manager of a private Holocaust foundation. Mary is interested in legal issues that impact women, including domestic violence, the wage gap, human trafficking, and reproductive justice. She interned at the City of Boston鈥檚 Office of Women鈥檚 Advancement.

Jon Mosher

Jon Mosher has dedicated more than ten years to helping state and local governments ensure fairness in their criminal courts. He is taking a break from his work at the Sixth Amendment Center, where he is co-founder and Deputy Director, to pursue his law degree at Northeastern University School of Law. Jon received a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in history from George Washington University in 2003. He interned at the Governor's Office of Legal Counsel.

Courtney Person

Courtney Person attended Claflin University in Orangeburg, SC, where she majored in Politics and Justice Studies and minored in Psychology and English. While at Claflin, she tutored at-risk high school students, captained the Women's Volleyball team, and was involved in a number of student organizations. Prior to starting at New England Law | Boston, she interned at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Columbia, SC. Courtney worked at the Office of the Attorney General in the Policy and Government Division.听

Anne Stark

Anne graduated from the United States Military Academy in 2005. She studied at the University of Cambridge and the University of St. Andrews as a Marshall Scholar before attending U.S. Army Flight School and completing the AH-64D Helicopter Qualification Course. She and her husband Aaron served as Army officers in Colorado, Alabama, Afghanistan, and Germany before Anne left the Army in August 2015 to begin her studies at Harvard Law School. Anne interned at the Governor's Office of Legal Counsel.

Kasha Ambroise

Prior to attending Suffolk University Law School, Kasha Ambroise, who earned her B.A. in Sociology from Smith College in 2010, worked for several years in the Civil Rights Division of the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General. Interested in the connection between juveniles living in low-income and minority neighborhoods and youth involvement in gang-related crime, Kasha worked in the Executive Office of the Suffolk County District Attorney鈥檚 Office.

James Bor

James Bor graduated cum laude from Cornell University in 2012 with a B.A. in Government and Economics. Prior to attending Boston College Law Schooll, James taught high school math in the Mississippi Delta as a Teach for American Corps Member. James interned with the Civil Rights Enforcement Team of the U.S Attorney鈥檚 Office (Boston), worked on civil rights and housing discrimination issues.

Justin Gomes

In 2013, Justin graduated with a B.A. in History from Providence College, where he served as President of the Student Body. Justin is a recipient of Suffolk University Law School鈥檚 Congressman John J. Moakley 鈥�56 Scholarship, awarded to a Massachusetts resident committed to a public service career. Passionate about working on the problem of opiate addiction and other types of substance abuse issues that he witnessed while working in the Bristol County District Attorney鈥檚 Office, Justin worked with the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force of the U.S Attorney鈥檚 Office (Boston).

Rebecca Harris

Prior to attending Harvard Law School, Rebecca Harris graduated from McGill University in 2009 with a B.A. in Political Science and Middle East Studies. Rebecca then worked as a Victim Witness Advocate in the Suffolk County District Attorney鈥檚 Office for five years, with placements in the Superior and District Courts and responsibilities for community outreach. Rebecca interned with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.

Adam Korn

In addition to graduating in 2011 with distinction from Boston University with a B.A. in Political Science, Adam holds an M.A. in International Affairs from New York University, which he earned in 2012. After working in international development for several years, Adam arrived at Suffolk University Law School with a full academic scholarship. Interested in energy law, Adam interned with the Energy and Telecommunications Division of the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General.