Current Kinoy-Stavis Fellows - Rutgers School of Law

KINOY-STAVIS FELLOWS
Originally from New Orleans, HIEU SCOTT LE received his B.A. in
political science from the University of New Orleans. He came to law
school with an interest in civil rights activism, with an emphasis on
LGBTQ rights. As an intern for the Sylvia Rivera Law Project in
summer 2013, he worked in healthcare law and advocated for more
extensive and transgender-friendly healthcare policies in New York.
This lead to a summer 2014 internship at the Legal Aid Society – Health
Law Unit where he worked in a direct services capacity, advocated for
medical services on behalf of clients, and worked on policy proposals to
Hieu Scott Le ’15
expand health care coverage. Scott’s goal is to become an advocate for
those populations that are routinely disenfranchised and discriminated
against, and to help usher in policies that better recognize the intersectionality of identities. Scott
is co-coordinator of the Public Interest Peer Advising Program, managing development editor of
the Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal, and research assistant for Professor
Suzanne Kim. He formerly served as LGBTQ Caucus co-chair and Asian Pacific American Law
Students Association secretary.
SASCHA RIPS is devoted to pursuing a career that combines both class
action impact litigation and direct legal services. She recently received
the Mark J. Lopez Civil Liberties Award in recognition of her
outstanding work for the Constitutional Rights Clinic, which includes
the use of unverifiable voting machines and First Amendment issues in
common interest communities. Sascha’s summer internships include
serving as a housing clerk at the Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid Clinic in
Austin and as an intern for the Legal Aid Society of New York City’s
Community Law Office.
Sascha Rips ’15
KATRINA TATTOLI received a B.A. from New York University in
childhood and special education and a minor and concentration in
gender and sexuality studies. Following graduation she worked as a
special educator for students with severe disabilities, an experience that
informed her decision to pursue a public interest legal career. Her work
in the Constitutional Rights Clinic focuses on election reform. Katrina
hopes to pursue a full-time career in special education law.
Katrina Tattoli ’15
As a student in the Constitutional Rights Clinic, CHLOE GOGO
focuses her work on human trafficking. Her many internships include
work serving for the New Jersey Attorney General, Environmental
Enforcement Division, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 2 Office. In addition, she served as a summer clerk for the
Honorable Virginia Long, retired Associate Justice of the New Jersey
Supreme Court. Following law school, she hopes to pursue a career in
the area of environmental protection.
Chloe Gogo ’16
MICHAEL GRIFFITH has an abiding interest in government practice.
Last summer Michael interned for the Warren County Prosecutor’s
Office; he plans to pursue another internship in the government realm
this summer. An active member of the Rutgers–Newark community,
Michael is co-vice president of the law school’s American Constitution
Society chapter and a member of the staff of the Women’s Rights Law
Reporter.
Michael Griffith ’16
CAITLIN MILLER has a strong commitment to working with
marginalized individuals who face systemic barriers within the criminal
justice system. Prior to law school, she taught with Citizen Schools, a
non-profit that partners with low-income middle schools. This
experience gave her insight into the collateral consequences of poverty
and mass incarceration which inspired her to attend law school. In the
Constitutional Rights Clinic she focuses her work on ensuring the
fundamental right to vote. Caitlin’s summer internships include the
Louisiana Center for Children's Rights, a non-profit juvenile defense
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office in New Orleans where she wrote a position paper opposing the
detention of transferred youth in the adult system. She plans to pursue a career in criminal
defense and ultimately to be involved in policy work designed to end our system of mass
incarceration.
DANIEL PALMER graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s
College at Florham where he received the university’s Student Pinnacle
Award. Palmer. Last summer he interned for the New Jersey Institute
for Social Justice. In spring 2015 Daniel is participating in the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission’s student honors program and this
summer he will serve as an intern with the New Jersey Attorney
General’s Appellate Bureau.
Daniel Palmer ’16