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March 01, 2007 - Since 1914, approximately 20 student at Harvard Law School are selected annually through a competitive application process during their first year of law school and make a two-year commitment to the organization. Bureau members provide free legal representation to low-income clients in the greater Boston community, handling cases involving a diverse range of practice areas including housing, employment, domestic, and public benefits law. Over the years, the Bureau has successfully adapted with changing times, and currently serves a dual function of community service and pedagogy. Alumni of the Bureau include Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, and renowned constitutional scholars Professors Laurence Tribe and Erwin Chemerinsky.
The 2007 Board of Directors:
Lam Ho - President
Anna Ferrari - Executive Director
Erika Anderson - Vice President for Practice Standards
Heather Byrd - Vice President of Membership
Michael Thompson - Treasurer
Benjamin Sauter - Development Director
Kristin Small - Training Director
Alison MacManus - Intake Director
Ruth Bray - Outreach Director
Monee Takla - Technology Director
Lam Ho
Brockton, MA
Lam Ho was born in Vietnam and grew up in Brockton, MA, He graduated with degrees in English Literature from Brown University in 2001 before pursuing a Ph.D. at Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar. Ho plans to pursue a career in civil rights law.
Anna Ferrari
Los Altos Hills, CA
Anna Ferrari grew up near Palo Alto, CA in Los Altos Hills and earned her undergraduate degree at UC Berkeley (’03) in Political Economy and English. Ferrari looks forward to a career in litigation, and will work this summer as an associate at Morrison & Foerster in Palo Alto.
Erika Anderson
Boulder, CO
Erika Anderson grew up in Boulder, Colorado, and after spending a few years in Tucson, Arizona, she returned to Boulder to pursue a B.A. in Psychology at the University of Colorado. Her current work focuses on Family law and Social Security benefits, but after graduation she hopes to work on broader policy issues affecting poverty law and indigenous peoples.
Heather Byrd
Atlanta, Georgia
Heather grew up in Atlanta and got her Bachelors in Legal Communication at Howard University. She graduated from Howard in 2005. Heather plans to pursue a litigation career and is looking forward to working this summer at Alston and Bird and also as a judicial intern for Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, District Court Easter District of Virginia.
Michael Thompson
Bronx, NY
Michael Thompson grew up in New York City and completed his undergraduate degree at Harvard College (’05) with a major in Government. He plans to pursue a career in securities litigation and will spend the summer as an associate at Foley & Lardner in Boston, MA and Boies, Schiller, and Flexner in Washington, DC.
Benjamin Sauter
Boulder, CO
Bejamin Sauter grew up in Boulder, CO before attending Pomona College. At the Bureau Sauter focuses on housing cases, and after graduation intends to spend time in Paris working for Cleary Gottlieb.
Alison MacManus
Dallas, TX
Of Dallas, TX, Alison MacManus received her undergraduate degree from Austin College before spending two years in Houston with Teach for America. Regarding career plans, MacManus is undecided, but she is interested in regulatory policy and mental health law.
Kristin Small
Westwood, MA
Kristin Small grew up in Westwood, MA, and received a B.A. from Wesleyan University. Small particularly enjoys wage and hour cases at the Bureau, and intends a career as a legal services attorney.
Monee Takla
Los Angeles, CA
Monee Takla grew up in Los Angeles and received her undergraduate degree from UCLA in Political Science and Psychology. At the Bureau, Takla focuses on housing cases and will work this summer as an associate at Morrison & Foerster in Los Angeles.
Ruth Bray
Tulsa, OK
Ruth Bray grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and received her undergraduate degree in English Literature from Yale University. She hopes to pursue a career in legal services.
For more information, please contact Susana Arteta,
Administrative Director,
at sarterta ( @ ) law dot harvard dot edu
or (617) 384-5596.
You can also visit the Bureau on the web at: http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hlab/
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