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 Caitlin Miller ’16 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
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