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SAMPLE OF FACULTY PUBLIC INTEREST WORK

Matthew Adler

  • 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.

Anita Allen-Castellitto

  • Panelist, Author Meets Critics, True Faith and Allegiance: Immigration and American Civic Nationalism/Noah Pickus, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Jacksonville , Florida , March 4, 2006.
  • Workshop, "Residential Treatment Facilities for Kids," Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, March 9, 2006.
  • Board member, Bazelon Center (2002-)
  • Executive Committee Member, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, (2005-)
  • Board Member, Family planning Council, Philadelphia (2002-)
  • Commentator, Penn Women Studies Work-in-Progress Series (Prof. Thad Davis), Janaury 20, 2005.
  • Panelist, "Hurricane Katrina" The Ethical Edge, MSNBC Special, Taping September 13- 14, 2005, broadcast 23 times in September.
  • Board Chair, Board Vice Chair, Planned Parenthood of Washington , D.C. (1992-97)

Regina Austin

  • 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)

Howard F. Chang

  • "Immigration Restrictions as Employment Discrimination," in CROSS-BORDER HUMAN RESOURCES, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ISSUES: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 54TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LABOR 95 (Andrew P. Morriss & Samuel Estreicher eds., 2005).
  • "A Cultural Communities in a Global Labor Market: Immigration Restrictions as Residential Segregation," University of Pennsylvania Institute for Law and Economics Research Paper No. 05-14 (2005).
  • CATIE, Costa Rica (International Food Policy Research Institute Conference on Globalization), April 2005.
  • Member, Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California , (1995-1998).
  • Member, Board of Directors, Asian Pacific American Alliance , (1994-96).

Rebecca E. Clayton

  • Nonprofits and 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Status, Presenter, CENTER FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA , April 2005.
  • Philadelphia Futures (mentoring Philadelphia high school students), (2000-present).
  • Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (2000-)
  • Member, Board of Directors, Bethel Bryn Mawr Child Care & Development Center (1997-)

Eric Feldman

  • 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).

Sarah Barringer Gordon

  • Advisory Board, National Constitution Center (2000-)
  • 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-).

Seth F. Kreimer

  • 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.
  • "Torture Lite, Full-Bodied Torture, and the Insulation of Legal Conscience," Journal of National Security Law and Policy (2005).

Alan Lerner

  • Volunteer lawyer, American Civil Liberties Union
  • Member, Board of Advisors, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia

Howard Lesnick

  • 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

Wendell Pritchett

  • Writes extensively on post-war urban policy, urban renewal, housing finance and housing discrimination.
  • Staff attorney, Regional Housing Legal Services, (1993-95).
  • Member, Pennsylvania State Planning Commission (2003-).
  • Member, Board of Directors, Dignity Housing (1998-2004; Board Chair 1999-2002).
  • Member, Board of Directors, The Library Company, (2001-04).
  • Member, Board of Directors, The West Philadelphia Partnership, (1994-98).
  • Member, Board of Directors, The Partnership CDC, (1998-2001).

David Rudovsky

  • 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-).
  • 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).
  • 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).

Lou Rulli

  • 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.
  • Medal 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).
  • Third Circuit's Task Force on Equal Treatment in the Courts (1994-1998); Report published at 42 Vill. L. Rev . 1355 (1997).
  • 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)