Membership:
OVERVIEW & PROGRAMS
PILA strives to create a close-knit community of students interested
in public-interest legal careers while also reaching out to the
general student body to promote the importance of public service
in all areas of the law. Throughout the school year, PILA organizes
the following for its members:
- 1L Section Representative Program
- Mentor/Mentee Program
- Career Panels
- Faculty-Student Lunches
- Social Events
- Alerting Members of Pro Bono Opportunities
If you would like to get involved with the Membership Committee,
or have any general question about PILA, contact Erin Crowgey or Amy Saltzman.
1L Section Representative Program
Each 1L section elects a representative to serve on the 1L section
representative committee. The committee is responsible for acting
as the interface between PILA and each 1L section. In addition to
communicating with their sections about upcoming PILA events, 1L
representatives help PILA to plan events, find speakers, and contribute
ideas to improve PILA and its outreach to the school.
This year's section representatives are:
| Section A |
Megan Saia |
| Section B |
Lauren Willard |
| Section C |
Ravi Sharma |
| Section D |
Jesse Stewart |
| Section E |
Veronika Bath |
| Section F |
Kristin Russell |
| Section G |
Kate Molony |
| Section H |
Kristin Weissinger |
| Section I |
Jeree Harris |
| Section J |
Jessica Vormwold |
| Section K |
Amelia Dungan |
| Section L |
Claire Blumenson |
| LLM |
Valentina Mello Ferreira Pinto |
| Transfer |
Alexis Gregorian |
Mentor/Mentee Program
PILA's mentoring program is a great way to meet public interest
minded upperclassmen who can help to guide you in your law school
career and your job/fellowship search. Each year, each participating
1L is paired up with a 2L and 3L who has similar career and public
services interests, work experience, and hobbies. PILA then holds
a number of a events for the mentors and mentees to get to know
each other and share information. This relationship can be invaluable
for 1Ls to learn what types of opportunities exist, what types of
fellowships are out there, who to talk when they have public interest
questions, etc....
If you want to participate, but missed the sign ups in September,
or just have general questions, email Emily
Zackrison.
Career Panels
Each fall, PILA holds a number of public interest career panels
to help students learn about the types of job opportunities that
exist for both summer work and permanent employment in public interest.
The career panels are usually held in November and cover a range
of opportunities, including: Government jobs, prosecution and defense
work, domestic non-profit work, and international non-profit work.
Students who have worked in these areas serve as the panelists,
so the setting allows for a good amount of interaction and gives
students the opportunity to ask questions and understand what it
"really means" to work in one of these areas.
Faculty-Student Lunches
PILA tries to organize a number of brown-bag lunches with different
faculty within the school who have done public interest work in
the past. These lunches provide an informal setting for students
to interact with professors and learn how they attained their positions,
what their work was like, get guidance, etc...
These events are open to everyone, so look for announcements throughout
the school year.
Social Events
One of the main goals of PILA is to create a close-knit community
of students who are interested in public interest. To that end,
we try to hold a number of social events through out the year including
pre-bar nights and potlucks allowing students from different years
to get to know each other and talk about opportunities that they
may have or be looking for. |
