Congratulations to our Summer 2009 Public Interest Fellows

Sara N. Korol '11 posing with the Golden Gate Bridge. Sara is spending her summer with the Bay Area Legal Aid in Richmond, California.

The 14th Annual Buffalo Public Interest Law Program auction, held earlier this year, was the most successful ever as BPILP raised nearly $37,000 to be used towards providing UB Law School students the opportunity to accept unpaid public service summer positions. Through the combined dedication and support of Dean Makau Mutua, the UB Law Alumni Association, the Student Bar Association, the Domestic Violence Task Force, the Latin American Law Student Association, generous alumni and fellow student donors -- who continue to be committed to public interest law -- and the leadership and members of BPILP, 20 projects in total will receive funding this summer.

In addition, Jawziya Zaman '10, was awarded the Charles H. Revson Law Student Public Interest (LSPIN) Fellowship. Please join us in congratulating this year's Summer Public Interest Fellows:

Dean's Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows

Katelyn Dieffenderfer '11 – Neighborhood Legal Services, Homeless Task Force – Buffalo, NY
Beth Pacifico '11 – Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo - Buffalo, NY
Danielle Smith '11 – US Department of Homeland Security - Customs & Border Protection, Office of Assistant Chief Counsel - Buffalo, NY

UB Law Alumni Association's Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow

Emily Catalano '11 – MicroBiz Buffalo – Buffalo, NY

Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows

Owen Field '11- Legal Services NYC (LSNYC), Education Unit – New York, NY
Brian Hartmann '11 – Buffalo First – Buffalo, NY
Audrey Rose Herman '11 – Gibbons and Stadler, PC – Buffalo, NY
John Kelley '10 – Monroe County Public Defender's Office – Rochester, NY
Ethan Kraybill '10 – Monroe County Public Defender's Office - Rochester, NY
Stephanie Scalzo '11 – Empire Justice Center – Rochester, NY
Hassan Shibly '11 – New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Western Regional Office - Buffalo, NY
Serena Weckel '11 – Volunteer Lawyers Project - Buffalo, NY

Buffalo Public Interest Law Program/Domestic Violence Task Force Fellow

Marize Ayob '11 – Sanctuary for Families, Inc. – New York, NY

Buffalo Public Interest Law Program/Latin American Law Student Association Fellow
Sara Korol '11 – Bay Area Legal Aid – Richmond, CA

Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Grant Recipients

Linda Lovell '10 – Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Public Defender Unit – Buffalo, NY
Jared Vega '11 – Volunteer Lawyers Project – Buffalo, NY

Buffalo Public Interest Law Program/Student Bar Association Grant Recipient

Erin Caswell '11 – Housing Partnership Development Corporation – New York, NY

Kaplan & Reynolds Fellows

Demian Fernandez '10 – US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - New York, NY
Heather Strachan '10 – TransAfrica Forum – Washington DC
Ashley Westbrook '10 - Make the Road New York, Brooklyn, NY

Charles H. Revson Law Student Public Interest (LSPIN) Fellowship Grant Recipient

Jawziya Zaman '10 – Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, NYU School of Law – New York, NY