21 SUMMER PUBLIC INTEREST POSITIONS
FUNDED BY DEAN, DONORS AND BPILP EVENTS

Between the 10th Annual Buffalo Public Interest Law Program (BPILP) Auction and the UB Jazz Night, BPILP events raised a record $29,000 to be used towards providing UB Law School students with the opportunity to accept unpaid public sector summer positions. With additional support coming from Dean Nils Olsen, the members and leadership of BPILP, public interest-minded alumni donors, and co-sponsoring student groups, 21 projects – throughout the country and around the world-- received funding for this summer. In addition, four outstanding students were awarded national fellowships. We are proud to announce this year's Summer Public Interest Fellows.

Dean’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows

Jason Joaquin Almonte

Office of the State Attorney

20th Judicial Circuit of Florida

Fort Myers, FL

Christine King

Legal Aid Society of Rochester

Rochester, NY

Leah Mervine

Erie County Office of the District Attorney

Buffalo, NY

Jenny Mills

Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy

Capital Post Conviction Unit

Frankfort, KY

Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows

Todd Bolster

New York Rivers United

Rome, NY

(Co-sponsored by the Environmental Law Journal)

Leah Angelita Bouquard

Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc.

Buffalo, NY

(Co-sponsored by the Domestic Violence Task Force)

Beverly Braun

United States Attorney’s Office

Western District of New York, Buffalo, NY.

(Co-sponsored by the Prosecutor’s Club)

Adam Bushey

New York State Office of Attorney General

Syracuse, NY

James Cerwinski

Erie County Division of Labor Relations

Buffalo, NY

Candace Curran

Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.

Buffalo, NY

Andrew Guglielmi

New York Rivers United

Rome, NY

(Co-sponsored by the Environmental Law Journal)

Stacy Hartley

New York State Office of Attorney General

Medicaid Fraud Division

New York, NY

Jennifer Hyatt

Monroe County Legal Assistance

Elder Care Division

Rochester, NY

Michael Jaccarino

Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc.

Civil Legal Services Unit

Buffalo, NY

Khurram Khan

Mazingira Institute

Nairobi, Kenya

Brian McCarthy

Kenya Human Rights Commission

Nairobi, Kenya

(Co-sponsored by the Buffalo Human Rights Law Review)

Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Grant Recipients

Christina Cassillo

New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc.

New Haven, CT

Aaron Miner

Judge Sharon LoVallo

Buffalo City Court

Domestic Violence Project

Buffalo, NY

Kaplan & Reynolds Fellows

Cheryl Halford

US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Office of Federal Operations

Washington, DC

Lisa Kelley

Legal Services for the Elderly, Disabled

or Disadvantaged of WNY

Buffalo, NY

Rekha Trivikram

Children’s Defense Fund

Child Welfare and Mental Health Division

Washington, DC

The following two UB Law students were selected for the 2005 Equal Justice Works Summer Corps Program. Each will receive an education award voucher through this national AmeriCorps-funded program. These students were among 505 applicants for 250 participant slots nationwide.

Equal Justice Works Summer Corps Program

Michael Jaccarino

Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc.

Civil Legal Services Unit

Buffalo, NY

Brooke Kirkland

National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty

Washington, DC

The following two UB Law students were awarded the Charles H. Revson Law Student Public Interest (LSPIN) Fellowship Grants. These summer grants are for law students to work with public interest organizations in the New York metropolitan area. Grants are awarded to students attending law school in New York and New Jersey.

Charles H. Revson Law Student

Public Interest Fellowship Grants

Julie Cserhalmi

Legal Aid Society of Nassau County

Hempstead, NY

Chee Kwan Kim

New York State Division of Human Rights

Brooklyn, NY