TPIC Welcomes New Toll Scholars & Fellows
PUBLIC INTEREST Colin Dobell, L’22 Fellow
Margaret (Margo) Hu L’23, Scholar
Where is home for you?
Rye, NY
Where is home for you?
Pittsburgh, PA
Why did you come to law school and/or what are your areas of legal interest?
Dermot Delude-Dix, L’23 Scholar Where is home for you?
Philadelphia, PA
Why did you come to law school and/or what are your areas of legal interest?
I came to law school after working in the labor movement in Philadelphia for 10 years, and I’m interested in learning how to develop legal strategies to support worker organizing. Fun Fact:
I was born in London and learned to speak with a cockney accent. I’m also the proud owner of three cats.
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I worked in disaster recovery and climate resilience for several years between law school and undergrad. It quickly became apparent how our environmental and climate strategies aren’t responsive to the needs of marginalized communities, and that climate resilience work at an engineering firm work wasn’t going to be an effective pathway to change that. I decided to come to law school in the hopes of helping drive climate and environmental justice. Fun Fact
For most of undergrad, I had the intention of becoming a physics professor someday. Def not happening.
Why did you come to law school and/or what are your areas of legal interest?
Nastia Gorodilova, L’23 Scholar Where is home for you?
Khabarovsk, Russia
Why did you come to law school and/or what are your areas of legal interest?
I have been working on addressing sexual harm and its inter-related issues for a number of years now. I came to law school to focus on the intersection of criminal legal system reform and sexual violence from a systemic approach. I am also interested in how sexual harm affects immigrant and LGBTQIA+ communities as these are some of the identities I hold.
Seeking justice after harm is never easy, especially if you don’t know what tools and solutions are available. For too many, legal resources are out of reach, leaving entire communities behind. I want to help people fight and navigate the journey towards justice and healing. My hope is to use public interest law to support social movements and directly serve marginalized communities, most likely through criminal justice, civil rights, or immigration law. Fun Fact:
I’ve lived in 7 different places: Bowling Green, Pittsburgh, Tianjin, Chicago, Providence, Wilmington, and now Philadelphia.
Fun Fact:
In high school I was part of a youth group where we learned to fly planes and aeronautics (little 2-seater planes) but I still don’t have a driving license in the States.
Fall 2020
Experience Service