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SAMPLE OF FACULTY PUBLIC INTEREST WORK
- Particularly interested in the application of rigorous philosophical techniques to problems of public law.
- "Equity Analysis and Natural Hazards Policy" presented to the National Symposium on Risk and Disasters: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina, Washington D.C. , December 2005.
- Frequent speaker and panelist on public interest topics
- Maternity Care Coalition, Board of Directors (2008-)
- WEPAC, West Philadelphia Alliance for Children, Chair, Board of Directors (2008-); Vice Chair (2004-08)
- Board Member, Bazelon Center (2002-06 and 2009-)
- Executive Committee Member, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, (2005-)
- Board Member, Family planning Council, Philadelphia (2002-)
- Board Chair, Board Vice Chair, Planned Parenthood of Washington , D.C. (1992-97)
- Family Planning Council, Philadelphia, Board of Directors (2002-06); and IRB (2004-08)
- Founder, Penn Program on Documentaries and the Law which teaches visual legal advocacy in which students make short videos on behalf of actual public interest clients.
- Holds workshops and roundtables to further visual advocacy.
- Focuses on burdens of race, gender, and class oppression. She is working on projects dealing with the economic disenfranchisement of minority ex-offenders, predatory lending and life insurance for the poor.
- "The Shame of It All": Stigma and the Political Disenfranchisement of Formerly Convicted and Incarcerated Persons, 36 Columbia Human Rights Law Review 173 (2005)
- Member, Research Agenda Development Group on Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2008-09)
- Fulbright Scholarship, Japan-US Educational Commission, 2004- 2005.
- Member, Center for AIDS Research, Behavioral and Social Sciences Core, University of Pennsylvania , (2004-).
- Member, Board of Trustees, Class of 2006, Law and Society Association (2003-06).
- Planning Committee, Substance Abuse Policy Research Program Annual Meeting, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2000-01).
- Consultant, World Health Organization, Global Programme on AIDS/Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (1995-96).
- Consultant, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, (1996-)
- Advisory Board, National Constitution Center (2000-); Visiting Scholar (2001-02)
- Scholarly Editions Grant Committee, National Endowment for the Humanities (2006).
- Nominator, MacArthur Foundation Fellows Program (2004).
- Trustee, Vassar College (1999-).
- Director, William Nelson Cromwell Foundation (2001-).
- Director, Library Company of Philadelphia (1999-06)
- Board Member, American Civil Liberties Union, Philadelphia Chapter (1982-); Cooperating Attorney (1979-); Chair, Legal Committee (2004-)
- Womens Law Project Cooperating Attorney (1979-);Board of Directors, (1991-97); Litigation Committee (1997-)
- Consultant to the ACLU, Planned Parenthood Federation, Community Legal Services, The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law, the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Mayor's Committee on the Homeless, the Philadelphia Human Relations Commission, the Disabilities Law Project, the City of Philadelphia, the Juvenile Law Center and the Women’s Law Project on various constitutional law and constitutional litigation issues.
- Represented plaintiffs in a wide variety of civil rights and civil liberties litigation, working with the A.C.L.U., Planned Parenthood, Community Legal Services, and the Women's Law Project among others.
- Volunteer lawyer, American Civil Liberties Union
- Member, Board of Advisors, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia
- He has participated in litigation, training, and consultative work related to the legal problems of poor people, during the last decade focusing especially on the rights of refugees.
- Impartial Umpire, AFL-CIO Internal Disputes Plan (1978-)
- Recipient of the Association of American Law Schools’ Deborah Rhode Award for outstanding contributions to public service (2003)
- President, Board of Directors, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (Zacatecas, MX) (2009); member (2005-)
- Chair-Elect, International Human Rights Section, American Association of Law Schools
- Member, Board of Directors, ACANA (African Cultural Alliance of North America), Inc. (Philadelphia) (2009)
- Member, Board of Directors, Friends of Farmworkers, Inc. (Philadelphia) (2006-)
- Friends of Farmworkers, Inc. – Staff Attorney (2002-03); Skadden Fellow (2000-02); Independence Fellow (1998-99); Honoree, Friends of Farmworkers, Inc. Annual Dinner (2004).
- Chair, Labor and Immigration Working Groups, US Human Rights Network, US Compliance Review before the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, report submitted 2007, participation in hearings before UN CERD, Geneva, SWITZERLAND (2008).
- Counsel to Amici, Canadian Parliamentarians and International Law Scholars and Experts in the Area of International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law and International Human Rights Law, United States of America v. Omar Ahmed Khadr, Military Commission, Guantanamo, (2008)
- She has presented on the rights of migrant workers for the United Nations and the Organization of American States and continues to work on the domestic application of international human rights norms in the United States.
- Vice President, Innocence Project of Pennsylvania
- Featured story by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (June 2006) as a civil rights pioneer and criminal defense expert.
- Litigated major civil rights and police misconduct cases for over three decades.
- Written widely in the civil liberties/civil rights arena.
- Lecturer at numerous seminars and continuing legal education presentations on criminal procedure, constitutional law and civil rights and civil liberties litigation.
- President, Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (1994-2007).
- Member, Board of Directors, Defender Association of Philadelphia , (1979-1983, 1996-)
- Member, Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Union,(1990- , General Counsel to Pennsylvania ACLU 1991-2003); General Counsel to Pennsylvania ACLU (1990-).
- National Vice-President, National Lawyers Guild1979-1980,.
- Judge Gerald F. Flood Memorial Award (For Public Interest Accomplishments), Philadelphia Bar Foundation (1985).
- MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and Award for Accomplishments in Civil Rights Law and Criminal Justice (1986).
- ACLU Civil Liberties Award (1990).
- Bread and Roses Community Fund Social Justice Award (1995).
- Cesare Beccaria Award for Work in Criminal Justice ( Philadelphia Bar Association, 2006).
- Judge Gerald F. Flood Memorial Award (For Public Interest Accomplishments), Philadelphia Bar Foundation (1985).
- MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and Award for Accomplishments in Civil Rights Law and Criminal Justice (1986).
- ACLU Civil Liberties Award (1990).
- Bread and Roses Community Fund Social Justice Award (1995).
- Only the second person to receive the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to an individual who has a long history of pro bono representation and leadership in the creation and continuation of pro bono programs.
- Selected by Philadelphia Magazine as one of Philadelphia’s best attorneys for public interestMedal of the Philadelphia Bar Association
- The Leaders for Justice Award from Pennsylvania Legal Services
- The first Andrew Hamilton Award for public interest lawyering
- Citation from the City of Philadelphia for leadership on behalf of the legal needs of the City's poor.
- Selected by Philadelphia Magazine as one of Philadelphia 's best attorneys for public interest law.
- Philadelphia Bar Foundation Award (2005). Chosen as the first recipient of this new award honoring attorneys who distinguish themselves in the non-profit, legal services community.
- Member, Board of Trustees, Philadelphia Legal Assistance (Chairperson (2001-2005; Member 1998-).
- Co-Chair, Pennsylvania Bar Association's Task Force on Student Loan Forgiveness and Repayment Assistance, (2003-)
- Chairperson, Legislative Subcommittee, Pennsylvania Bar Association's Task Force on Legal Services to the Needy (1998-2003).
- Consultant, Chancellor's Commission on Pro Bono Legal Services, Philadelphia Bar Association - (2001-03).
- Chairperson, Philadelphia County Rules Committee on Domestic Violence, (1987-92).
- Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia - Managing Attorney, Law Center South (1978-86); Supervising Attorney, Housing Unit (1977-78); Staff Attorney, Law Center West (1974-77)
- Executive Board, The Equal Justice Society
- Served as counsel or counsel for amici curiae in many civil rights cases, including Strauss v. Horton (Cal. Sup. Ct.) challenging a ballot initiative seeking to deprive same-sex couples of the right to marry.
- LGBT policy adviser to the Obama campaign
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