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Public Service
Fulbright Dreams .......................... Ernani DeAraujo ‘08 is a Fulbright alternate for his proposal involving a comparative study of U.S. and Colombian administrative law. If funded, the project will take DeAraujo to Colombia for a year of study at the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota.
From l. to r.: Kyu-Eun Lee, Kiyomi Bolick and Sara McManus, members of the Class of 2010, have been selected as the 2008 recipients of Virginia Law Foundation Public Service Internship awards. These awards help make it possible for students to work at law-related public service jobs during the summer. Two will work with public defender agencies: Bolick for the Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District of Virginia in Norfolk and Lee for the Office of the Public Defender for the Commonwealth of Virginia in Danville. McManus will work for the Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia in Norfolk.
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....................................... Charles E. Gates Jr. ’09 will serve as a student editor of Student Lawyer magazine for the 2008-09 academic year. Published by the American Bar Association, it provides information and guidance on issues affecting law students across the county. A graduate of Stanford University who transferred to W&L this year, Gates served as a communications specialist and press secretary within the administration of Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich before attending law school. “I am excited for the opportunities this position offers me to represent W&L on a national level,” said Gates. “This position is a perfect blend of my love for journalism and the law.” Gates will recruit writers, assign topics, write and edit articles for the magazine’s Division Dialogue section. He has already convinced Student Lawyer to cover the Law School’s third-year curriculum reform in an upcoming article on trends in legal education. He has a busy year ahead of him. In addition to his work with Student Lawyer, he will serve as managing editor of the Environmental Law Digest and as a student attorney in the Community Legal Practice Clinic. S p r i n g
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Ernani DeAraujo ’08 hopes to be in Columbia next year, but if not, he’ll be joining Foley Hoag L.L.P. in Boston in its business law department.
He plans a meticulous review of the constitutional and statutory underpinnings of Colombia’s administrative law system, and hopes that his comparative study will help both democracies better manage their bureaucratic systems. DeAraujo, whose mother is a native of Colombia, has dedicated himself to building bridges between the South American nation and the U.S. As a White House intern in 2000 and 2001, under Presidents Clinton and Bush, he advocated for granting undocumented Colombians Temporary Protective Status, which would give them legal status to live and work in the U.S. Though unsuccessful in these efforts, he said the experiences inspired him to volunteer at a Boston Catholic parish that was supporting a community of Colombian immigrants. 9