On May 18, 2017 Santa Clara Law’s Center for Social Justice and Public Service held their Public Interest and Social Justice Law Celebration and Graduation Ceremony, to honor those who study and work in public interest and social justice law, as well as a chance to reflect on the accomplishments of the past year.
The following graduates were honored as 2017 Public Interest and Social Justice Law Scholars:
Carlos Barba *
Mallory Barr
Christina Begakis
Hannah Bertrando *
Cynthia Chu
Courtney Eggleston *
Marta Hafner*
Arielle Hostetler *
Nishtha Jolly
R. Francisco Lozano *
Shauna Lozano
Sarah Saldivar *
Zina Zaia
*Recipient of a Certificate with Emphasis in Criminal Justice
Recognition of Richard P. and Madé S. Berg, Social Justice and Public Interest Endowment Fund with Dean Lisa Kloppenberg
Keynote Speaker, Hon. Braden C. Woods J.D. ’94, Superior Court of California, with Professor Ellen Kreitzberg.
Public Interest and Social Justice Law Scholars with Professor Ellen Kreitzberg
The following students who will volunteer with public interest and social justice legal organizations received summer grants this year:
Roshni Advani: East Bay Community Legal Service
Jestin Bendana: Monterey County Public Defender
Stephanie Blank: California Appellate Project
Barbara Boktor: Berkeley Law Ctr. Reproductive Rights
Brian Exline: Fresno District Attorney
Tereza Guzman: Santa Cruz County
Kyle Heitmann: Housing and Economic Rights Advocates
Ashley Jenezan: Santa Cruz District Attorney will let us know
Daniel Johnston: Santa Clara District Attorney
Taylor Krone: Riverside District Attorney
Amanda Lee: Los Angeles County Public Defender Office
German Llamas: Monterey County Public Defender
Thania Lopez: Social Justice Collaborative (Immigration)
Brennan McGee: Sacramento County Public Defender Office
Bryan Nichols: Bay Area Legal Aid
Logan Peppin: Eviction Defense Collaborative
Shelby Rogers: Immigrant Legal Services
Julia Schon: Santa Clara District Attorney
Nadine Talaat: East.Bay Children’s Law Offices
Tylyn Wells: Equal Justice Society
The Supriya Bhat Public Defender Summer Grant was awarded to Maya Younes, who will be working at the Alameda County Public Defender Office.
The LGBT Legal Issues Summer Grant was awarded to Daniel Douglas, who will be working at Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) in New York City.
The Harry and Jean Gluck Social Justice Law Fellowship was awarded to Erin Flowers ’19, who will be working at the Fair Housing Project of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley.
The Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowships were awarded to the following two students:
Jessica Atwood, who will work at the Eviction Defense Collaborative in San Francisco.
Regan Bradley-Brown, who will work at Bay Area Legal Aid in Oakland.
The Herman and Edith Wildman Social Justice Law Writing Award was awarded to the following two students:
Erik Aucoin: Empathy Leads to Death: Why Empathy is an Adversary of Capital Defendants
Joshua Seitz: Striking a Balance: Policy Considerations for Human Germline Modification
2017 Pro Bono Recognition Recipients
The following students who contributed 50 hours or more of pro bono public interest service during the academic year were recognized for their work.
Matthew Alivia, Clemency Project, Santa Clara County Public Defender: Expungement
Sabeena Bali-Dingra, #Cut50
Hannah Bertrando, Fresh Lifelines for Youth, Santa Clara County District Attorney
Carlos Castro, Santa Clara County Public Defender, Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto
Jojo Choi, Federal District Court of Northern California
Amisha DeYoung-Dominguez, Clemency Program and Bridge to Justice
Daniela Dunham, Santa Clara County District Attorney
Courtney Eggleston, Brook Knoll Elementary School
Nadeim Fareid, Regional Baha’i Counsel for the State of CA: Junior Youth Empowerment Program
Michael Fritter, Santa Clara County District Attorney
Marta Hafner, Santa Clara County Public Defender
Arielle Hostetler, City Attorney of San Jose
Amanda Lee, Clemency Project, Stone Soup Project, Jonathan Lee
Tyler Masters, Santa Clara County Public Defender, Santa Clara EATS
W. Ethan McCallum, Santa Clara County Superior Court
Sinead McCarron, Fresh Lifelines for Youth
Brish Miller, Homeless Action Center
Solmaz Nasr, Martha’s Kitchen, San Jose, Santa Clara County Public Defender
Haleigh Parkinson, Santa Clara County District Attorney
Mayasa Saeed, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
Gianna Segretti, HomeBase
Joshua Seitz, Northern California Innocence Project, Fresh Lifelines for Youth
Stephen Stanwood, City Attorney of San Jose
Tessa Stephenson, Center for Justice and Accountability, Santa Clara County District Attorney
Gicel Tomimbang, Superior Court Judicial Internship
Kelly Watkins, Santa Clara County Public Defender
Augustine Woodson, Santa Clara County Public Defender
