Harvard Law Students Helen Kim, Ehren Brav, Rita Lomio and Zach Clopton with NOLAC attorney Bernadette D'Souza. Photo courtesy of Helen Kim.
The following essays come from four law schools in the affected region (University of Alabama, Loyola University New Orleans, University of Houston and Mississippi College) and from four of the more than 100 law schools from distant corners that sent volunteers to the Gulf—Fordham, Harvard, University of Maryland and University of Southern California. These are stories not just of assisting survivors in crisis, but also of the life-changing potential of public service and of providing legal services in the public interest. We've collected a few of these remarkable stories. Of particular interest to law school applicants will be the story of the Student Hurricane Network. Not since the Freedom Summer of 1964 have so many young people descended on the Deep South, changing themselves and the region in the process.
Read first-person accounts from these law schools in the affected region: University of Alabama, Loyola University New Orleans, University of Houston and Mississippi College.
The Writers:
Tari Williams
Director of Public Interest Law Programs and Public Interest Institute
University of Alabama School of Law
William P. Quigley
Professor and Director of the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center and Loyola Law Clinic
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Rhonda Beassie
Assistant Clinical Professor
University of Houston Law Center
Jim Rosenblatt
Dean
Mississippi College School of Law
Read first-person accounts from four of the more than 100 law schools from distant corners that sent volunteers to the Gulf: Fordham, Harvard, University of Maryland and University of Southern California.
Hillary Exter
Director of Student Organizations and Publicity
Public Interest Resource Center
Fordham Law School
Lee M. Branson
Assistant Director
Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs
Harvard Law School
Briana Green
Director, Judicial Clerkships, Public Interest & Government Programs
University of Maryland School of Law
Lisa Mead
Associate Dean
Office of Public Service
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
