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Grantee of the Week: Tiffany Lam

This summer I will be working for Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment (CAREs) in Livermore. Tri-Valley CAREs monitors the U.S. nuclear weapons development policy and the environmental clean-up activities throughout the U.S. In addition, Tri-Valley CAREs has a special … Continue reading

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Grantee of the Week: Brittany Benavides

Asylum Access is an innovative international nonprofit dedicated to making refugee rights a reality. Asylum Access empowers refugees in Africa, Asia and Latin America to live safely, work, send children to school and rebuild their lives. I will be working … Continue reading

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Grantee of the Week: Willie Mincey

  My name is Willie Mincey and for the summer of 2014, I will be working with the Alameda Public Defender’s Officer as a Certified Research Assistant. During my summer I will have the opportunity to draft legal motions as … Continue reading

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Grantee of the Week: Lizette Perez

This summer, I’m interning at CARECEN (Central American Resource Center), in Los Angeles. CARECEN, as an organization, promotes social justice initiatives such as education reform, immigration reform, and youth programs. It also provides low-cost direct immigration services to the immigrant … Continue reading

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Grantee of the Week: Amelia Anderson

This summer I am working at Legal Services for Children (LSC). LSC is an incredible organization that represents youth in dependency, guardianship, immigration, and education proceedings.  Their staff includes both attorneys and social workers, this helps to ensure that clients … Continue reading

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Grantee of the Week: Rahul Balaram

This summer I am working as a Certified Law Clerk with the Alameda Public Defender. In assisting the attorneys of the office in the defense of indigent clients, I am able to argue motions, conduct client intake interviews, both in … Continue reading

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Grantee of the Week: Shannon Belsheim

  This summer I will be interning as a certified law student at the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office. Conducting prosecutions for public offenses, detecting crime, and investigating criminal activity is the central point of the Los Angeles District Attorney’s … Continue reading

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Board Applications Available Now

PILF Board Positions – Applications Due Sunday at 5pm There are a total of seven positions students can apply for on the 2014-2015 PILF Board: Alumni Auction Coordinator (2), Events Chair, Web & Media Design, 2L Rep, 3L Rep, and On-Campus … Continue reading

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Public Interest Job Opportunity in New York

Students can now apply for the 2013-2015 Class of HPD-HDC Housing Fellows. This highly competitive program brings recent graduates of masters and law school programs for a two-year series of placements at the NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development and … Continue reading

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Grantee of the Week: Nephtalí Josip Gonzales

Nephtalí Josip Gonzales is from East Lansing, Michigan.  He earned a BA from Michigan State University in 2002 and an MBA from San Francisco State University in 2010.  This past summer he worked at Instituto Laboral de la Raza. Why … Continue reading

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