Recently, the University of Baltimore Students for Public Interest Law (UBSPI) awarded grants to 15 UB Law students to intern at public interest organizations and offices this summer. Funding for the grants is provided from UBSPI’s annual public interest auction and generous support from the law school and the Maryland Legal Services Corporation (MLSC).
Please congratulate the recipients of this year’s grants and thank them for their dedication to public interest law:
Amy Joy Omens – U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
Benjamin Stirling – Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Neighborhood Defenders
Catherine Seward – Maryland Disability Law Center
Gillian Yeadon – Howard County Center for Domestic Violence
Jessica Emerson – Legal Aid Society, Trafficking Victims Legal Defense and Advocacy Project
Katie Walsh – Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Neighborhood Defenders
Kevin Hilgers – DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice
Laura Chafey – Mid-Shore Pro Bono, Inc.
Lauren Whitaker – Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education
Natalie D’Antonio – House of Ruth
Nicole Harris-Crest – Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Juvenile Division
Sara Cimino – Project HEAL
Shiri Ahronovich – National Partnership for Women and Families
T. Hayden Barnes – Project HEAL
Tawny Holmes – National Association of the Deaf
