Golden Gate University School of Law
Ashling McAnaney
Ashling's work at environmental non profits after graduating from Harvard University inspired her to pursue a career in law to promote environmental justice. She published a Comment entitled Remembering the Spirit of the Endangered Species Act for the Golden Gate University Law Review, where she serves as Executive Articles Editor.

Loyola Law School
Tara Marimpietri
Tara has clerked at the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office, the Disability Rights Center, and the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. She was also a certified law clerk for the Center for Juvenile Law & Policy at Loyola. Raised by a single mother and herself a single mother, Tara is committed to public service in order to return the support that has been given to her. Tara graduated from CSU, Long Beach, and served as a Senior Research Editor on the Loyola of Los Angeles International Law Review.

New College of California School of Law
Christopher Martz
After graduating from Bard College, Christopher spent seven years working with low-income, homeless, and adjudicated youth. He came to law school to empower himself to advocate for marginalized youth. Christopher received one of the Foundation's 2006 Law School Scholarship and was designated the 2006 Pfeiffer Scholar in recogition of his commitment to youth.

Santa Clara University School of Law
Katherine Dunn
After graduating from Notre Dame University, Katherine provided social services for the indigent and researched policy issues regarding health coverage for children. During law school, Katherine externed with a federal district court judge and clerked at a temporary restraining order clinic, at Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, and at the Office of County Counsel of Santa Clara. Upon graduation, Katherine wants to improve access to justice system working for a legal aid agency in the Bay Area.

Stanford Law School
Ruth Barnes
A graduate of Northwestern University, Ruth has worked for a number of organizations advocating for abused and neglected children, including Article 19 in London, and as a certified law student at Stanford's Youth & Education Advocacy Clinic. Ruth also served as President of Stanford's Street Law program and as a lead facilitator for Fresh Lifelines for Youth. After law school, she intends to continue working for children's rights.

Brian Blalock*

Brian received his bachelor's degree from James Madison University, a masters in theological studies at Harvard University Divinity School, and another masters in South Asian studies at Columbia University. Prior to law school, Brian worked as a teacher in a troubled school in the Bronx, and after the school was shut down due to rioting, he co-founded a youth leadership organization. As a Skadden Fellow, Brian will provide legal services for foster and disabled youth at Bay Area Legal Aid.

Lin Yee Chan

While at Wellesley College, Lin counseled rape survivors. She continued her work in this area by educating police and social workers in China about domestic violence and sexual abuse. She was Editor-in-Chief of the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. After clerking for a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in 2007-2008, Lin intends to work at a legal nonprofit.

Marc TafollaYoung

Marc taught public high school for five years after graduating from the University of Nebraska at Kearny. He has continued to work for youth at the National Center for Youth Law and by representing students at Stanford's Youth, Education, Law, & Policy Clinic. Upon graduating from law school, Marc will work on the Education Equity Project for the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights in San Francisco as a Skadden Fellow.

UC Berkeley - Boalt Hall School of Law
Doan Trang Nguyen*
Doan came to America after fleeing Vietnam by boat. Her experiences as an immigrant with little access to resources shaped her desire to represent and advocate for members of South East Asian community. Doan has worked at Boalt Hall's Asian Community Immigration Clinic, and as Symposium Editor for the Asian American Law Journal. She also spent last summer as a law clerk with Asian Pacific Islander Legal Research. Doan is a graduate of UC Berkeley.

Teresa Panepinto*
While a student at Willamette University, Teresa was an active volunteer as a teen mentor, migrant intake counselor, and tutor. After college, she continued to apply her fluency in Spanish as a human rights observer in Columbia. After law school, Teresa hopes to work with immigrants and refugees at a Bay area nonprofit organization.

UC Davis School of Law
Sarah Ropelato
While an undergrad at Montana State University, Sarah worked at Big Brothers Big Sisters. While in law school, Sarah represented an indigent prisoner at Davis' Civil Rights Clinic and interned at the Yolo County Public Defender's Office and at Legal Services of California. Sarah served as Senior Articles Editor for the UC Davis Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy.

UC Hastings College of the Law
Sacha Crittenden
After graduating from McGill University, Sacha was active in a number of grassroots community organizations and political campaigns. She served as Editor in Chief of the Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal. She was an extern for a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and after law school will clerk for a federal district court judge after law school.

Joshua Mason*

Joshua is graduating with a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law and a Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley. He has already utililzed his knowledge as a city planner while working as a legal intern for the Coalition on Homelessness and Bet Tzedek Legal Services' slum properties receivership program and as an analyst for the Oakland Housing Authority and the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency. Joshua, a graduate of UCLA, also served on the Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal.

UCLA School of Law
Alisa Daubenspeck
While at Oberlin College, Alisa studied abroad in Chile and Central America. She also worked at a women's shelter in Mexico. Her interest in Latin America, as well as her time volunteering at an immigration clinic, inspired her to be an immigration lawyer. While in law school she interned with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, and at the Central American Resource Center. Alisa's goal is to provide low cost immigration support for clients in need.

Nubia Diaz

Nubia, a graduate of UC Berkeley, is the daughter of migrant farm workers whose struggles inspired her to advocate for marginalized agricultural workers. While in law school, she worked with IDEPSCA and California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) on efforts to assist day laborers and farm workers. She also clerked with the Federal Public Defender and worked as a research assistant for Globalization and Labor Standards. Nubia plans to work at CRLA after graduating from law school.

University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Gregory Pleasants*
After graduating from Washington and Lee University, Gregory spent several years in Central America and the Dominican Republic working on infrastructure and education projects. In furtherance of his interest in advocating for those in need, Gregory jointly pursued a masters degree in social work and has worked as a mental health counselor and as an advocate for torture survivors. After law school, Gregory will work as an Equal Justice Works Fellow.

Whittier Law School
Nicole Parness
Nicole's work on habeus petitions during a clerkship with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and at the Public Defender's Office inspired her decision to work in defense of the indigent. She was also inspired by her work as an advocate for incarcerated youth at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. A graduate of UC Irvine, Nicole intends to work as a public defender after graduating from law school.

* Recipient of California Bar/Bri Law Review Bar Exam course (valued at over $3,000), awarded to the top five scholarship winners. All other scholarship recipients received $1,000 cash awards