Annual Report 2018–2019
Letter from the Program Director In 2017-2018, the UNC School of Law Pro Bono students paired with nine supervising attorneys on the Line are running smoothly and, due to Program celebrated its 20th anniversary and and drafted answers to legal questions that were increased training opportunities, giving more achieved something that many people thought posted on the Free Legal Answers website. The students the opportunity to serve. The Cancer was impossible: 100 percent student participation project allowed the students to experience pro Project served 25 clients and engaged 22 students bono for the first time and work closely with an this year, while Lawyer on the Line tackled 79
in the graduating class.
This year, the Pro Bono Board wanted to reach attorney all before their first day of class.
cases and engaged 46 students in issues relating
In addition to the Empower Hour, the Pro to housing, employment, and criminal expunc-
that goal and bring student engagement to new
heights. We started an initiative called “Pro Bono Bono Program created several lower-hour, in- tions. They were a huge success. is People” centered on creating a more personal- person pro bono opportunities for students.
Finally, the program continued to reach geo-
ized pro bono experience for students. The Pro We hosted the second Wills for Heroes, where graphically diverse areas on its special trips. We Bono Program determined what areas of law in- students worked with attorneys to draft, review, sent students to Kinston, N.C. over Fall Break, dividual students were passionate about, found and finalize essential life-planning documents Cherokee, N.C. and Bryson City, N.C. over Winter pro bono projects that aligned with those inter- for first responders, and we partnered with Break, and Hickory, N.C. and Greenville, N.C. over ests, and then connected students to them. In the NC Pro Bono Resource Center to hold a Spring Break. The trips got 54 students involved areas of interest where projects did not exist, we three-hour expunction project during Pro Bono in pro bono and served clients all over the state Week. In the Spring, we organized a disaster re- on issues from wills to hurricane relief.
worked to create them.
At the close of the year, our three classes lief trip to Morehead City so that students could
These are just a few highlights from the Pro
reached the incredible participation rates listed assist North Carolinians impacted by Hurricane Bono Program this year. I am excited for everyat the bottom of this page. These numbers are Florence. Each project was unique, and engaged one to read through this annual report and see reflective of the fact that doing pro bono at Caro- students who were interested in different the ways that the program is growing, improving, lina Law has become the norm, not the exception, practice areas.
and personalizing pro bono experiences for all
Beyond creating new in-person experiences, students. I am also excited for everyone to cel-
and more students than ever before are fostering
the board worked closely with the Pro Bono ebrate the accomplishments of the students who
a lifelong commitment to pro bono.
This annual report provides a summary of the Alumni Board to build new relationships with at- are featured in this report. The Pro Bono Pro2018-2019 Pro Bono Program, and celebrates the torneys all over North Carolina and create new gram would be nothing without them and their 1L, 2L, and 3L classes’ unprecedented commit- projects. Ninety-six attorney projects were sub- willingness to serve, and we are forever grateful mitted throughout the course of the academic for their time and commitment.
ment to pro bono.
year, and an additional 91 projects were complet-
New Pro Bono Opportunities
ed during Winter and Spring Break. With contin-
The Pro Bono Program surveyed last year’s ued support from our community partners, that students and learned that they wanted more number will continue to grow, and more lives will opportunities to work closely with an attorney. be positively impacted. Knowing that, we partnered with the NC Bar Foundation for the third 1L Orientation Project
Longstanding Projects & Trips
and held the inaugural Free Legal Answers Em- The program’s long standing projects like the power Hour. During the Empower Hour, 18 1L UNC Cancer Pro Bono Legal Project and Lawyer
Pro Bono At-a-Glance Based off national value of volunteer time, found at: https://independentsector.org value-of-volunteer-time-2018/
*
— Sierra Lyda 3L Director, Pro Bono Program
All Classes
3L
2L
1L
93.5% Participation 31,115.5 Hours $791,267*
100% Participation 14,361.5 Hours $365,213*
99% Participation 11,651 Hours $296,285*
81.37% Participation 5,103 Hours $129,769*
Attorney Projects Continue as a Highlight of the Pro Bono Program Nearly 140 students participated in Attorney prospective litigation that involve challenges Projects in the 2018–19 academic year. These unique to the administration of the Freedom of projects ranged from researching complex legal Information Act. issues to preparing federal motion memos to
“The astute work provided by the UNC School
briefs. Previous partnerships with supervising of Law pro bono volunteers has been of an exattorneys were strengthened, along with new tremely high quality, and has been of significant relationships formed with organizations.
value in advancing NOAA’s obligations of trans-
Rachel Grossman 1L came to Carolina Law parency and compliance with the FOIA,” says because she wanted to give back and make a dif- supervising attorney Mark Graff, FOIA Officer/ ference here in her home state of North Carolina. Bureau Chief Privacy Officer. “We look forward “Pro bono has helped me to stay centered on to continuing this great relationship in future that mission while in school, and is a constant projects.” reminder of what that work looks like in prac-
Attorney Projects also provide students with
tice,” says Grossman. “In particular, building opportunities to obtain tangible skills in areas connections with community members who they may not have an opportunity to in a classare in need of pro bono assistance helps remind room setting. Tanner Caplan 2L, helped prepare me that the law is a tool of justice and an agent a Fifth Circuit brief for a voting rights attorney for change — not just a way to preserve the at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. Castatus quo.”
plan stated the pro bono project provided “the
This year the Pro Bono Program began a most in-depth opportunity I’ve had to work in Mark Graff, FOIA Officer/Bureau Chief Privacy Officer
Over 160 Students Participate in Winter & Spring Break Projects
collaboration with the National Oceanic and the field I’m targeting: election law.” Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Students worked on projects pertaining to litigation or
Chambers Wins College Cup During the 2018-2019 school year, the 1L class competed in the College Cup to determine which college—Aycock, Brandis, or Chambers—had the highest commitment to pro bono.
Winter and spring break projects provide op-
Our winner this year was Chambers! As a group of just 65 students, they completed 1,794
portunities for students to participate in pro
hours and had 83% participation. In addition, Chambers students attended numerous pro
bono projects without the pressing deadlines of
bono events throughout the year such as panel discussions, pop up pro bono, and trips over
classes looming. This year, 137 students partici-
winter break.
pated in 72 winter break projects and 27 students participated in 19 spring break projects. Lauren Davis 1L, worked with the North Carolina Center for Actual Innocence over her winter break. “It was a nice change of pace from the typical 1L day of reading case books and writing memos to participate in something that truly makes a difference,” says Davis “Projects like this can really change someone’s life, so just to be a small part of it felt great.”
On April 9, Chambers students celebrated their victory at a lunch provided by the Pro Bono Board. We can’t thank Chambers enough for their leadership and dedication!
Students Assist with Wills Clinics in Kinston, Cherokee, and Hickory and Landlord-Tenant Issues in Greenville Fall, winter, and spring break trips where students engage with commu- three days to prepare wills and adnities across North Carolina continue to be a tradition for the Pro Bono vance directive documents. Students Program. Ryan Collins 1L, attended pro bono trips on all three breaks in the enjoyed the opportunity to serve 2018-2019 academic year and described his experience as allowing him three neighboring communities durto work with real clients in addressing their legal needs. “I’ve also been ing the course of the three-day trip. exposed to different parts of North Carolina and gotten to know many of “At a wills clinic, you are working my classmates on a deeper level,” says Collins. with clients on advanced directives During fall break, students traveled to Kinston, N.C., for a one-day wills and end of life decisions,” says Chrisclinic. Thirteen students, including ten 1Ls, assisted 25 clients with wills ty Coates 3L, who went on the trip. and powers of attorney. This trip was especially meaningful as students “These topics are hard for anyone to were able to assist in alleviating some of the property distribution concerns discuss, but it gives you a chance to in Kinston that were identified by our trip partners at the UNC School of learn about your client’s family, their Government. Furthermore, Kinston was in the midst of recovering from struggles, their fears and their hopes. Hurricane Florence and students were able to learn about how the hur- Those are the moments that you can ricane affected the community. never get in a classroom and are so critical to a successful practice. And at the end of the day, you know that the short amount of time you spent Joe Fields 3L and Cameron Ervin with them will make a large and 2L review documents on the Spring Break Hickory, N.C. trip meaningful impact on their lives.” Also during Spring Break, six students traveled east to partner with Legal Aid of North Carolina-Greenville. Managing attorney Lesley Albritton gave students an overview of some of the hurricane and landlord-tenant challenges facing the people of Eastern North Carolina, and students spent much of their time conducting legal research and gathering facts on a large impact case. On the final day, students conducted client inAmbar Fleites 1L and Sam Spalding 2L assisted clients in Kinston, N.C. terviews via telephone and had the opportunity to connect their broader research to individual people. Students returned to Cherokee, N.C., for the seventh annual trip to lead a wills clinic and a civil clinic with Legal Aid of North CarolinaSylva and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Legal Assistance Office. Twenty-two students assisted a total of 39 clients on the trip. For the first time, students hosted a civil clinic in Swain County, at the courthouse in Bryson City, assisting with divorces and criminal record expungement. On the final day, students prepared wills and powers of attorneys at the Tsali Manor Senior Center and had the opportunity to learn more about Cherokee culture from their clients. Eleven students, in partnership with Legal Aid of North CarolinaMorganton and local volunteer attorneys, led wills clinics in Morganton, Hickory, and Lenoir, N.C. over Spring Break. These students, half of whom had never participated in a wills clinic before, worked with 41 clients over
From left, Olivia Perry 2L, Maria Carisetti 1L, Robert DiDomenico 1L, Cayla Rodney 1L, Chloe Altieri 1L, and Josh Smith 2L visited Judge Joseph Callaway ’83 at the United States Bankruptcy Court during the Greenville trip.
Students visited with members of the judiciary, including Chief Justice Kirk Saunooke ’05, at the Cherokee Tribal Court.
Special Projects Through the Pro Bono Program
Student and attorney volunteers helping our first responders The Pro Bono Program continues to focus on special projects to provide opportunities to students throughout the year. This past year, 46 students assisted 79 clients from 35 different North Carolina counties through Lawyer on the Line. Additionally, the UNC Cancer Pro Bono Legal Project worked with 22 students and 12 attorneys to help 25 cancer patients from all around North Carolina prepare necessary end of life documents, including healthcare powers of attorney, financial powers of attorney, and living wills.
Student and attorney volunteers at a one-day wills clinic in Sanford, N.C.
Wills for Heroes Students partnered with the North Carolina Morehead City Trip Bar Foundation to run an end of life documents Fifteen students travelled to Morehead City, N.C., clinic at the law school for first responders and to volunteer with a clinic organized by the NC their families. Thirty-one clients were served, Pro Bono Resource Center to assist victims of and 14 volunteer attorneys partnered with 36 Hurricane Florence. Students partnered with atstudents and notaries to prepare 93 documents torneys from across the state and helped over 50 clients to formally submit letters of appeal
over 8 hours.
“It was a privilege to give back to our com- for FEMA assistance. Jacob Brannon 1L said the munity and to our heroes,” says Vincent Doa 1L. trip gave him “a great feeling to help alleviate “They give back every single day, and being a part stresses and issues that had taken such a giant of the Wills for Heroes program was a humbling toll on each client’s life. It was truly a rewarding experience. Helping our first responders at Wills experience to help each client resolve these very for Heroes was a gratifying way of serving those impactful issues.” who serve.”
Student Groups Continue to Give Back Through Pro Bono Projects Sixteen Carolina Law student organizations developed and executed student group projects this year. Christian Legal Society received the 2019 Robert E. Bryan Public Service Award from the Carolina Center for Public Service for its work in providing legal assistance to refugees and immigrants in partnership with Apex Immigration Services. The Robert E. Bryan Award recognizes individual students, faculty, staff and organizations at UNC-Chapel Hill for extraordinary public service and engagement. Carolina Health Law Organization (CHLO) partnered with the North Carolina Society of Health Care Attorneys, the North Carolina Bar Association, and Mission Health to develop a comprehensive resource for lowincome individuals to find free or reduced-fee healthcare services and pro bono or reducedfee legal and consumer help services. Students did research on clinics across the state, gathered contact information, and will eventually distribute the resource to various communities. Partnering with Legal Aid of North Carolina, Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) took four students to Pembroke, N.C., to assist clients in preparing wills and powers of attorney in April. Pembroke serves as the tribal seat for the Lumbee Tribe and its population is almost 89% Native American. Asian-American Law Students Association (AALSA) partnered with North Carolina Asian Americans Together (NCAAT) to offer a Naturalization Clinic in Raleigh in April. Students and attorneys assisted clients in completing immigration documents.
From left, Jonathan Dickerson 1L, Alex Rutgers 2L, Taylor Carrere 3L, Laura Medlin 2L, Kendall Thielemann 2L, and Matt Lancaster 2L accepted Robert E. Bryan Award on behalf of Christian Legal Society. Student and attorney volunteers in Morehead City, N.C.
Publico Awards & Recognitions
From left, Miranda Goot 2L, Leigh Wicclair ’11, Lauren Toole 3L, Nicole Angelica 1L, Lashieka Hardin 3L, Grace Lempp 2L, Professor Luke Everett ’08, Emily Burke ’14.
Sylvia K. Novinsky Award
1L Student of the Year
Lauren Toole
Nicole Angelica
Leigh Wicclair ’11
For her depth and breadth of pro bono work
For her significant personal commitment to
For giving students opportunities to engage
throughout her three years at Carolina Law.
pro bono work–logging more than 1o0 hours
with the important work of the North Carolina
She has taken on attorney projects with orga-
through participation in thirteen different pro
Pro Bono Resource Center through expunction
nizations ranging from Legal Aid to Public De-
bono projects ranging from the Cancer Clinic
clinics, Pop-Up Pro Bono, and spring break proj-
fenders offices to the Voter Protection Hotline.
and Innocence Project to FEMA Appeals Clinic
ects. Additionally, she is a supervising attorney
in Morehead City.
with the Juvenile Parole Project.
3L Student of the Year
Alumnae Awards
Lashieka Hardin
Faculty Award
Emily Burke ’14
For logging more than 200 hours during her
Luke Everett ’08
For leadership on immigrants’ and children’s
law school career and being active with the
For his work representing a client who was
rights issues where she supervises law stu-
Southern Coalition for Social Justice’s Clean
ordered by a court to enroll in satellite-based
dents in pro bono work. She additionally
Slate Project and the Orange County Public
monitoring for the remainder of his natural
serves on a committee to establish and de-
Defender’s Office.
life. He secured a victory for his client before
velop a formal pro bono program within Or-
2L Student of the Year
the U.S. Supreme Court and continued to work
acle’s international legal department and is
on his client’s case on a pro bono basis over the
the chair of the NC Bar Association Pro Bono
Grace Lempp
last four years.
Recognition Subcommittee.
For logging more than 150 pro bono hours in her 2L year alone, with a total of 400 overall
Student Group Award
pro bono hours through her time at Carolina
Environmental Law Project
Law. Additionally, she has helped coordinate
For building a strong relationship with the
the Innocence Project’s ongoing pro bono
North Carolina Conservation Network and
project wherein students work with attor-
completing a research project around Munici-
neys to review trial transcripts and prepare
pal Clean Energy Targets in the state.
memorandum materials.
Agency, Firm and Organizational Partners 1789 Venture Labs ACLU of North Carolina AEquitas: The Prosecutors' Resource on Violence Against Women Alamance County District Attorney's Office Alexander Youth Network American Constitution Society American Red Cross of Northwestern Pennsylvania Apex Immigration Services Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta Atlanta Legal Aid Society Bagchi Law, PLLC Bold IP Boston Municipal Court Browner Law, PLLC Brunswick County District Attorney's Office Bull City Lawyer Capital Post-Conviction Project of Louisiana Catawba County District Attorney's Office Center for Constitutional Rights Center for Death Penalty Litigation Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation Harvard Law School Chatham County District Attorney's Office Chatham County Public Defender's Office Children's Advocacy Centers of North Carolina Children's Law Center City of Charlotte Aviation Department Colorado Legal Services Colorado State Public Defender- Dillon Compass Center for Women and Families Congressional Research Services Conservation Law Foundation Council for Children's Rights Cumberland County District Attorney's Office Durham County Attorney Durham Crisis Response Center Durham Expungement and Restoration Program Durham Office of the City Attorney Earth Law Center El Refugio End of Life Liberty Project UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy Equality NC Everett & Everett
Federal Public Defender – Eastern District of North Carolina Federal Public Defender Middle District of Tennessee Florida's 20th Judicial Circuit Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, & Jacobson LLP Future of Privacy Forum Gabriela J Matthews & Associates Glenn, Mills, Fisher & Mahoney, P.A. Good Solar Organization Grimes Teich Anderson LLP Guardian Ad Litem District 15B Guardian Ad Litem District 26 Haywood County District Attorney's Office Henderson County District Attorney's Office IRS - Volunteer Income Tax Assistance iTicket.law Jefferson County, AL District Attorney's Office Judge David T. Lambeth Julius L. Chambers Center for Civil Rights K&L Gates Land Loss Prevention Project Latin American Coalition Law Office Of Bruce T. Cunningham, Jr. Law Office of Daniel A. Hatley Law Offices of F. Bryan Brice, Jr. Law Offices of Thomas A. Beckett, PLLC Legal Aid of North Carolina (Battered Immigrant Project) Legal Aid of North Carolina (Charlotte) Legal Aid of North Carolina (Durham) Legal Aid of North Carolina (Fayetteville) Legal Aid of North Carolina (Gastonia) Legal Aid of North Carolina (Greenville) Legal Aid of North Carolina (Lawyer on the Line) Legal Aid of North Carolina (Medical Legal Partnership) Legal Aid of North Carolina (Morganton) Legal Aid of North Carolina (Pembroke) Legal Aid of North Carolina (Pittsboro) Legal Aid of North Carolina (Senior Law Project) Legal Aid of North Carolina (Sylva) Legal Aid of North Carolina (Wilson)
Legal Aid Service of Broward County, FL Legal Assistance Office of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Legal Momentum Legal Services of North Florida, Inc. Los Angeles District Attorney's Office Marine Corps Installations East Legal Assistance Massachusetts Attorney General's Office McDaniel & Anderson LLP Mecklenburg County Bar Mercy For Animals Mi Maletin Montgomery County Public Schools Moore County District Attorney's Office NALEO Educational Fund National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration NC Administrative Office of the Courts NC Administrative Office of the Courts, Guardian ad Litem Services Division NC Asian Americans Together NC Attorney General NC Bar Foundation NC Center on Actual Innocence NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence NC Coalition Against Sexual Assault NC Commission of Indian Affairs NC Commission of Inquiry on Torture NC Conservation Network NC Department of Justice NC Equal Access to Justice Commission
NC Innocence Inquiry Commission NC Justice Center NC Office of Indigent Defense Services NC Prisoner Legal Services, Inc. NC Pro Bono Resource Center NC Rural Center NC State Board of Education New Hanover County Public Defender's Office New York State Office of the Attorney General NOAA/Office of the Chief Information Officer North Carolina District Court 15B North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association Office of Professional Service Contracts UNC School of Medicine Office of the Public Guardian Cook County, IL Orange County Government Orange County Public Defender's Office Parry Tyndall White Paula Kweskin Weiss Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice Pisgah Legal Services Protect Our Defenders Public Defender Service - DC Safran Law Offices Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office Scharff Law Firm Scotland and Hoke County Public Defender's Office Scott Holmes Seeding Success Sidley Austin LLP Sierra Club Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP South Carolina Environmental Law Project South Carolina Legal Services Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Student Press Law Center Supreme Court of North Carolina Teen Court - Chatham County Teen Court- Orange County Texas RioGrande Legal Aid The Child's Advocate The Law Office of Derrick J. Hensley, PLLC Town of Elkin Triangle ArtWorks Triangle Healthcare Executive's Forum Two Families Law U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the General Counsel U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina UNC Athletics Department UNC Comprehensive Cancer Support Program UNC School of Government UNC School of Law Clinical Programs - Immigration Clinic UNC School of Law Clinical Programs - Youth Justice Clinic Union County District Attorney's Office Union County Government US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division US Securities and Exchange Commission Voter Protection Hotline Wake County Public Defender's Office Yoder Law PLLC
Counties Where We Worked
Beyond NC Alabama California Colorado
Florida Georgia Illinois
Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts
New York Ohio Pennsylvania
South Carolina Tennessee Texas
Virginia Washington, DC
2018-2019 Student Recognition Class of 2019 400+
100+
Sabrina T. Heck
William J. Patrick
75+
Sean A. Bickford
Cristiana Nanu
Lauren E. Kulp
Veronica A. Barkley
Evan S. Hiatt
Bari A. Ray
Erin C. Bennett
Alexandria N. Burns
Tae Hun Park
Meghan K. Moran
Ian D. Brown
Fred W. Irving
Kayla C. Rowsey
James B. Borden
William Cauley
Braxton H. Reyna
Nicole E. Burleson
William R. Jacobs
Megan E. Shook
Katherine S. Clarke
Marian Burroughs
Jasmine Jennings
Alan M. Sides
Marie V. Farmer
Christopher J. ClickKimber
Jake G. Rifkin
300+ Graham F. Whittington
Lydia C. Butts
Brittainy A. Joyner
Joscelyn Solomon
Richard F. Lowden
Kaleigh R. Darty
Maria P. Rojas
Taylor D. Carrere
Jandi Keum
Tara N. Summerville
Anthony J. McCue
Michael D. Davidson
Xiaolu Sheng
Christy A. Coates
Justin J. Knapp
Wesleigh C. Vick
Kahlil O. Perine
Benjamin Drew
Joshua E. Stephens
200+
Evan Dancy
Rachel C. Kokenes
Alexa M. Voss
Garrett Steadman
Laura M. Gritz
Luke G. Thomas
Elliot C. Clark-Farnell
Carolyn N. Daussin
William O. Walker IV
Joshua M. Stroud
Nicholas C. Haigh
Mariam B. Turner
Aaron D. Davison
Rachel M. LaBruyere
Kelly A. Waldo
David C. Hawisher
Thomas S. Walker
Sheri M. Dickson
Matthew L. Ledford
Andrew M. Wasilick
Kayla Johnson
Christopher S. Williams
Lenore R. Livingston
Daniel C. Kale
Jasmine Plott
Emma Ferriola Bruckenstein
Edward B. Woodall
Sierra H. Lyda
Yue Wu
Jonathan M. Zator Henry S. Zaytoun
Joseph C. Fields
Daniel L. Maher
Sarah J. Anderson
Glenn W. Leach
Sean Whelehan
Lingyue Zhu
Sabrina Galli
Ryan C. Nichols
Seth M. Yeazel-Hynek
50+
Hailey W. Klabo
Lauren M. Toole
Anthony L. Marin
Dean M. Yu
Kirsten A. Grieser
Emma C. Nunn
Samantha E. Aparicio
Kelly Hebrank
Rana J. Odeh
Jordan L. Bernstein
Natalie M. Minois
Olivia L. Perry
50+
Clarke S. Martin Alec T. Mercolino
Lashieka D. Hardin Jeffrey Miles
Michael T. Roberson
Bethanie A. Maxwell
Class of 2020 400+
100+
Rebecca B. Howell
Alyssa Wright
Grace K. Lempp
Tanner V. Caplan
Alexis E. Intriago
Evelyn S. Yarborough
Louisa C. Clark
Nur. I. Kara
300+
Alexander B. Cook
Steven B. Leger
Miranda E. Goot
Miles J. Duncan
Hannah M. Petersen
Nakia L. Arrington
Sean T. Placey
Nicholas M. Bogdash
Brett R. Orren
75+
Rachel Posey
Sebastian L. Brana
Michael C. Peretz
Laura H. Medlin
Anza Abbas
Sean O. Rafferty
Rachel E. Brinson
Charles C. Plambeck
Ryan P. Bullard
Jill C. Refvem
Yang Liu
Cameron V. Ervin
Jaelyn D. Miller
Jennifer M. Cofer
Alexander J. Rutgers
Rebecca L. Fisher
Emily Monnett
Courtney C. Cornelius
Adam M. Renkiewicz
Vanessa Canuto
Lindsay A. Seventko
Samuel P. Spalding
Rachel M. Geissler
Erin P. Neely
Sloane N. Echevarria
Claire W. Smith
James B. Cheek
Joshua E. Smith
Wilson Greene IV
Alexander E. Newkirk
Anna S. Gillespie
Rachel A. Stephens
Luke P. de Leon
Sarah B. Spiker
200+
Erin N. Grubbs
Liliya Oliferuk
Briana N. Kelly
Erin L. Wilson
Matthew L. Farley
Samantha B. Taylor
Kisha K. Patel
Wilson W. Hayman
Zachary E. Shufro
Christine D. Kidd
Eric J. Fisher
Kendall Thielemann
Sarah Hoffman
Timothy A. Sookram
Mollie J. McGuire
Ashley N. Longman
William H. Thomas
Cooper T. Norris
Lena A. Madison
Maya H. Weinstein
Mara V. Howard- Steven C. Wilson Williams
Class of 2021 150+
Rachel E. Grossman
John R. Fallon
Ryan M. Collins
Kendra D. Hickman
Sarah Ammons
Holden M. Hughley
Zachary R. Tooman
Jonathan T. Dickerson
Athina A. Hinson-Boyte
Frank R. Qin
Janet B. Witchger
Robert C. DiDomenico
Samantha C. Jackson
Cayla M. Rodney
Gina Balamucki 75+
Sydney C. Plummer
Joseph E. Gerber
Elisabeth P. Jones
Isabelle R. Stevens
100+
Chloe Altieri
50+
Maureen F. Gleason
Olivia E. Koontz
Merriwether C. Vaughan
Nicole L. Angelica
Andrew M. Benton
Jacob P. Brannon
Sterling M. Gutierrez
Anastasia K. McKettrick James W. Whalen
Maria K. Carisetti
Dale A. Davis
Barbara Chennell Coleman
William K. Harris
Carly N. O’Dell
Nathan W. Wilson
2018-2019 Leaders
Student Board & Staff Student Director: Sierra Lyda 3L 1L Class Coordinator: Cayla Rodney 1L 2L Class Coordinator: Sam Spalding 2L 3L Class Coordinator: Jasmine Plott 3L Alumni Outreach Coordinator: Rana Odeh 3L Attorney Projects Coordinator: Graham Whittington 3L Public Relations Coordinator: Erin Grubbs 2L Special Trips Coordinators: Cameron Ervin 2L & Josh Smith 2L Special Projects Coordinators: Alex Rutgers 2L & Liliya Oliferuk 2L Student Groups Coordinator: Becca Fisher 2L Winter & Spring Break Projects Coordinator: Jeff Miles 3L Director of Pro Bono Initiatives: Allison Standard ’09 Assistant Dean for Student Development: John Kasprzak ’05
Student Board, from top left, Josh Smith 2L, Sam Spalding 2L, Jeff Miles 3L, Alex Rutgers 2L, Graham Whittington 3L, Dean Kasprzak ’05, Jasmine Plott 3L, Erin Grubbs 2L, Becca Fisher 2L, Cameron Ervin 2L, Allison Standard ’09, Rana Odeh 3L, Liliya Oliferuk 2L, Sierra Lyda 3L, and Cayla Rodney 1L
Alumni Board Chair: Sarah Hill McIntyre ’14, North Carolina Justice Center Vice Chair: Lauren Cranford Katzeff ’12,
Pro Bono Alumni Board Continues to be a Critical Component of the Pro Bono Program
Sidley Austin Past Chair: James Jolley ’14, Smith Anderson Mary Irvine ’12, North Carolina IOLTA Vernetta Alston ’09, Durham City Council
The Pro Bono Alumni Board (PBAB) had another successful year, creating and helping other
Kaci Bishop ’04, UNC School of Law
attorneys facilitate over 30 experiences. These experiences range from supervising students dur-
Rachel Blunk ’11, Forrest Firm, P.C.
ing various clinics to submitting new projects in different practice areas throughout the year. This year, PBAB hosted a Fall Social for students, packaged goodie bags for students that signed up for Winter Break projects, and supervised projects throughout the year. Additionally, PBAB organized
Hon. Chris Brook ‘05, North Carolina Court of Appeals Will Corbett ‘03, Consumer Financial
a Family Law CLE in the spring where, family law attorney Sarah D’Amato provided an overview
Protection Bureau
about major family law topics affecting low-income North Carolinians. The CLE was followed by
Emily Erixson ‘10, PSI CRO AG
a Free Legal Answers “Empower Hour.” In closing off the academic year strong with a new feature, the PBAB facilitated a Free Legal Answers session for alumni and students during Law Reunion Weekend in May.
Sherry Everett ‘08, North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence Erika Jones ‘12, North Carolina Department of Justice Ashley McAlarney ’14, Legal Aid of North Carolina–Concord Hillary Dawe ’16, K&L Gates Joey Polonsky ‘14, King & Spalding LaToya Powell ’05, North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts Jared Smith ‘16, NC Equal Access to
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