American University Washington College of Law Students Kristin Donovan and Rodolfo Castillo Selected as 2017 Gallogly Public Interest Fellows
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WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 3, 2017 – American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) is delighted to announce the selection of two 2017 graduates for the Gallogly Family Foundation Public Interest Fellowship Program. Kristin Donovan and Rodolfo (“Rudy”) Castillo are the first AUWCL students to be selected for this prestigious fellowship.
“We are grateful to the Gallogly Family Foundation, especially our very own AUWCL alumna, Executive Director Kasey DeLuke, for providing our graduates the opportunity to launch their public interest careers while serving those most in need,” said Associate Director for the Office of Public Interest Angie McCarthy.
Modeled after the Skadden Public Interest Fellowship program, the Gallogly Foundation Fellowship supports recent law graduates from a select number of leading law schools across the country by providing compensation and benefits package for one year and the option to renew for one additional year following that. In exchange, fellows work for a domestic 501(c)(3) non-profit on a new or existing project within the organization in order to provide legal services to the poor and-or those deprived of their civil or human rights.
“The Gallogly Family Foundation is excited to partner with AUWCL on this new fellowship program. We are proud of our first fellows and are grateful that we can support the critical work they will do serving others,” said DeLuke.
Working with the Baltimore field office of Kids In Need of Defense (“KIND”), Rudy Castillo will provide direct representation to low-income, unaccompanied minors in need of immigration services in the greater Baltimore metro area. His project will also connect immigrant families to existing community resources and services by building on existing medical-legal partnership models that have successfully served low-income or immigrant communities.
During her fellowship year, Kristin Donovan will partner with the Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC) in Northern Virginia to improve working conditions in the residential and commercial cleaning industry. In particular, through outreach, advocacy, and direct legal representation, she will help immigrant women cleaning workers who suffer wage theft, discrimination, sexual harassment, and other workplace rights violations obtain relief and hold abusive employers accountable.
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