As an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University majoring in Public Health and Political Science, a legal career wasn’t on the horizon for Baltimore native Samiha Abd-Elazem. But her interest developed when she began tutoring incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people through a college program. “I wanted to look at the harm caused by the legal system…
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NSBHF paralegal Lucia Geng developed a taste for trivia after joining her high school’s Quiz Bowl team, so much that she earned herself a place on the Jeopardy! Teen Tournament in 2016. While she didn’t achieve champion status, she held her own up to the semi-final, won $10,000, and got to meet the legendary Jeopardy! host Alex…
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As an associate at a Big Law firm in 2019, Tony Joe was thrilled to join a pro bono case team working on the exoneration of a client wrongfully convicted for murder. It was akin to the criminal justice work he’d done as a law student – interning at the Equal Justice Initiative’s Capital Defense…
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When people who have been wronged by the police and the justice system come to NSBHF, the social worker’s job is to support them through their journey for justice. Christina says she’s had the privilege to work with some of the most resilient people she’s ever met. When Christina Paige set out to earn a…
Read articleVishal Agraharkar recounts what led him to become a Cochran Fellow and reflects on his experiences at the firm. What got you interested in constitutional law? After law school I got a fellowship and then a staff position at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, working on voting rights and also felony…
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