Deans Fellows - 2007 - 2008

Jocelyn Bush is a second year law student at WCL and was born and raised in Washington D.C.In addition to being a Legal Writing and Rhetoric Dean's Fellow, she is a junior staff member of the American University Law Review . Jocelyn graduated from Pomona College in 2002 with a major in History and a minor in French. Before attending law school, Jocelyn worked at Strategic Forecasting, Inc. This past summer, she interned for the Honorable Vanessa Ruiz, Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Patrick Evans is a second-year law student at WCL from Weston, Connecticut. In addition to being a Legal Rhetoric Dean's Fellow, he is a junior staff member of the International Law Review. He graduated from Bucknell University, where he majored in Economics and Spanish and was Sports Editor of the Bucknellian. Following his first year of law school, Patrick worked for Fensterstock & Partners, a law firm specializing in complex commercial litigation in New York City.

Jessica Feinberg is a second-year student at WCL. In addition to being a Legal Rhetoric Dean's Fellow, Jessica is a junior staff member of the American University Law Review and is President of the Media & the Law Society. Jessica graduated from Northwestern University with a B.S . in Journalism and a minor in History.  Before attending WCL, she worked as a paralegal for two years at Jackson & Campbell, P.C., a small firm in Washington, D.C. , in its Liability Insurance Coverage Group.  This past summer, Jessica spent four weeks on the study abroad program in Istanbul, Turkey , and spent the remainder of the summer as a law clerk at Jackson & Campbell.

Lisa Fennell is a second-year law student at WCL. In addition to being a Legal Rhetoric Dean's Fellow, Lisa is a junior staff member of the Administrative Law Review. She graduated from the University of Virginia in 2005 with a major in Foreign Affairs and a minor in History. Between college and law school, Lisa worked at a large corporate immigration law firm inManhattan. During the summer after her first year of law school, Lisa was a law clerkin the Appellate Division oftheUnited StatesAttorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Her favorite television show is The Twilight Zone.

Brenna Finn
Brenna Finn is a second-year law student at WCL and a Dean's Fellow for the Legal Rhetoric Program. Brenna serves as a junior staff member on the Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law and participates in the Women's and Environmental Law Societies. She graduated cum laude from Princeton University in 2004, with a BA in History and a focus on Victorian England and women's suffrage.  Brenna spent the summer after her first year working as a summer intern for the Department of Justice, in the Civil Division's Environmental Torts Section. Before starting at WCL, Brenna worked as a legal assistant at Bergeson & Campbell, P.C., in Washington DC, a boutique environmental firm focusing on chemical and regulatory affairs and associated business issues. Brenna also coaches a girls travel soccer team in Fairfax, Virginia and is an avid soccer player herself.

Amy Foster is a third-year law student at WCL. She is on the senior staff of the Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law, a Myers Society Dean's Fellow for the Legal Rhetoric program, and member of Phi Alpha Delta. She graduated cum laude from Bucknell University with majors in Psychology and in Spanish, and with a minor in Sociology. Before attending law school, Amy interned for the Honorable Stewart Dalzell, U.S. District Judge, E.D., Pa.; served as the intern to House Counsel for an international diversified chemicals company; worked as a teacher for the Bureau of Prisons at USP Lewisburg, a maximum-security federal penitentiary for adult males; and volunteered at the Danville Center for Adolescent Females, a maximum-security state detention facility. During the summers of 2006 and 2007, Amy clerked for Zwerling, Leibig, & Moseley, P.C., a criminal defense firm locatedin Alexandria, Virginia.

Kimberly isa third year law student at WCL, a senior staff member of the Administrative Law Review, a member of the Business Law Society, a member of the Women's Law Society and a member in Phi Alpha Delta.She isa 2005 graduate of Tufts University with degrees in Political Science and Women's Studies. The summer afterher first year of law schoolshe worked part time as a Rhetoric Dean's Fellow Research Assistant and as a full time extern for the Department of Commerce National Telecommunication Information Administration's Office of Spectrum Reform.   Last year, Kimberly participated in the Disability Rights Law Clinic at WCL.  Kimberly spent the summer in New Hampshire working as a summer associate for McLane, Graf, Raulerson and Middleton in New Hampshire.

Kari Greenwood is a third-year law student at WCL. In addition to being a Rhetoric Dean’s Fellow, Kari is an Articles Editorfor the American University Law Review, and participates in the Women and the Law Clinic at WCL. After her first year, Kari spent the first half of her summer at the Supreme Court of Virginia working for the Chief Staff Attorney’s Office, and the second half of her summer as an intern for the Honorable Deborah K. Chasanow at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Southern Division. After her second year, Kari was a summer associate at Arnold & Porter LLP. Kari is a graduate of American University’s School of International Service, receiving her B.A. in International Relations, with a minor in Education Studies.

Alice Hamilton Evert is a third-year law student and a returning Legal Rhetoric Dean's Fellow. She graduated with Honors from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Classics and a minor in Linguistics. After her first year, Alice was a Dean's Fellow for the WCL Office of Public Interest and a legal intern for the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project. In the fall of her second year, she did an externship with Manna, Inc., a nonprofit developer of affordable housing. Last summer she worked as a summer associate for Linowes and Blocher LLP in Bethesda, Maryland. In addition to being a Legal Rhetoric Dean's Fellow, this year Alice will be working in the Community and Economic Development Clinic.

Heather Hardy was born and raised in Camarillo, CA. She attended the University of Southern California where she graduated cum laude in 2005 with a degree in History. Heather worked for the Catholic Church for several years while in undergrad, but came to WCL in the hopes of becoming a criminal prosecutor. She returns now for her second year as a Legal Rhetoric Dean's Fellow, and is also involved in the Mock Trial Honor Society and American Law Revue.

Jason Hegt is a second-year law student at WCL. In addition to being a Legal Rhetoric Dean's Fellow,Jason is a junior staff member of theAmerican University Law Review and a junior editor of the Business Law Brief . He graduated Emory University in 2004 with a B.A. in Political Science. Between college and law school, Jason worked forvarious state elected officials and Members of Congress. This summer he worked for the Honorable Vanessa Ruiz, Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and is working this year at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission in the Office of the General Counsel.

Natalie Huls is a second-year law student at WCL. In addition to being a Legal Rhetoric Dean's Fellow, she is a junior staff member of the American University Law Review and a staffwriter for the Human Rights Brief. After graduating summa cum laude from the University of Denver with a BA in International Studies and an MA in International Administration, Natalie spent a year teaching English in China. This past summer, she participated in the London-Paris-Geneva Comparative Law Program and was a Dean's Fellow for the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.

Peter Hwang is a third-year law student at WCL. After graduating from Johns Hopkins University in 2002 with a B.A. in Economics and minors in History and Computer Science, Peter volunteered in the LegalHealth Department at the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG). At NYLAG, he advocated on behalf of clinically-ill clients and was awarded the New York Mayor's Volunteer Service Award by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. In the summer after his first year, Peter was a summer associatein the Washington, DC office of Dickstein Shapiro LLP. This past summer, Peter was a summer associatein the Washington, DC office of Baker Botts LLP.

Sabrina is a second year law student at WCL, a junior staff member of the Administrative Law Review, a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, and the director of public relations for the Law and Government Society. She graduated cum laude from Duke University in 2006 with a major in Political Science and a minor in History. During her first year summer she worked at the National Whistleblower Center and completed her comment on FOIA regulations and comparative bullet lead analysis. Outside of law school, Sabrina likes to find ways to be on stage.

Andy Kawel is a second-year law student at WCL. He is a Research Dean's Fellow for the Legal Rhetoric Department, a junior staff member on the Administrative Law Review, and spent the summer of 2007 at the Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, where he had the good fortune to learn from many highly talented interns and attorneys. He graduated cum laude from Kalamazoo College in 2001 with a degree in Spanish Language & Literature and a minor in Music with a focus on classical guitar performance. He studied abroad during his junior year at the Universidad de Extremadura in Cáceres, Spain, where he received his Spanish fluency certification from the Spanish government's Ministry of Education and Culture. After graduation, he taught K-5 Music and high school Spanish for four years in Naples and Immokalee, Florida. He is training to complete an olympic-length triathlon in 2008.

Linda Lau is a third-year law student at WCL. In addition to being a Legal Rhetoric Tutor, she is a Note & Comment Editor for the American University International Law Review. After graduating from Williams College in 2003 with a B.A. in Political Science and History, Linda spent two years working as a project assistant in the DC office of Wilmer Hale. In the summer after her first year, she was a judicial intern for Judge Stephen S. Mitchell of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. This past summer, Linda was a law clerk at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Molly McBurney is a second year law student at WCL. In addition to being a Legal Rhetoric Dean's Fellow, she is a junior staff member on the American University International Law Review, is a Marshall-Brennan teaching fellow at Roosevelt Senior High School, and is an intern with the Federal Programs Branch of the Civil Division at the Department of Justice. In the summer after her first year, she interned with Hon. Rod Smeltzer and Hon. William C. Stewart in the Dunn County, Wisconsin, Circuit Court. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2005 with a B.A. in Germanic Languages and Literatures and minors in the Humanities and Biomedical Physics. Before attending law school she worked for the College of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.

Sarah McGinnis is a second-year law student at WCL. In addition to being a Legal Rhetoric Dean's Fellow, she is also a junior staff member of the Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law. She graduated from the College of William and Mary in 2005 with a B.A. in Government and a minor in Philosophy. After her first year of law school, she completed an externship in the state and federal policy divisions of a women's health nonprofit organization.

Mike Nieves is a second-year law student at WCL from New Jersey.  In addition to being a Legal Rhetoric Dean's Fellow, he is a junior staff member for the American University Law Review.  He graduated from the University of Michigan where he majored in Economics.   Following his first year of law school Mike worked for the National Association of Securities Dealers.  This fall he will be a legal intern for the Honorable Reggie B. Walton at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Brad Resnikoff is a second-year law student at the WCL from Staten Island, NY. In addition to being a Legal Rhetoric Dean's Fellow, he is a junior staff member of the Administrative Law Review. He graduated magna cum laude from American University where he majored in History and wrote an ethnic study on Washington's Italian-Americans for his senior thesis. Following his first year of law school, Brad worked for corporate counsel of Mooring Financial Corporation, which specializes in commercial lending, a variety of real property transactions, and tax related litigation.

Drew Rodgers is a second year student at WCL.  In addition to being a Rhetoric Dean’s Fellow, Drew is a junior staff member on the Administrative Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Honors Society.  Drew graduated with honors from Washington University in St. Louis in 2004 with a BA in Political Science and Finance.  This past summer Drew interned with Judge Gerald Bruce Lee in the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division. 

Jennifer Schwartz is a second year law student.  Jennifer graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in English and a minor in Religion.  Prior to law school, Jennifer worked as a pharmaceutical sales representative for Eli Lilly and Company.  This past summer, Jennifer worked as a judicial intern for the Honorable Reggie B. Walton in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.  In addition to her role as a Legal Rhetoric Deans Fellow, Jennifer is a junior staff member on the American University Law Review, a Research Deans Fellow for Professor Lewis Grossman in the area of Food and Drug Law, and will be teaching Constitutional Law to high school students as a Marshall-Brennan Fellow.

Meaghan Shirk is a second-year student at WCL, a junior staff member of International Law Review, and a member of the WCL Moot Court Honors Society.   I graduated from Millersville University in Pennsylvania in 2004, cum laude, with a B.A. in History and a minor in Government and Political Affairs, and in 2006 with a M.A. in History with a focus in American history and societal unrest in the 19 th through the mid 20th century.  In addition to being a Legal Rhetoric Tutor, I am dean's fellow for Professor Jaszi, and am continuing to volunteer for the office I worked for this last summer.   Over the summer I worked for the Department of the Interior, National Parks Service, National NAGPRA Group working on researching state laws on burial sites to aid in the repatriation of burial artifacts and human remains to Indian tribes.

Danielle Stampley is a second year law student at WCL, a Legal Rhetoric Dean's Fellow, and a junior staff member on the American University Law Review. Danielle graduated magna cum laude from the University of Missouri with degrees in journalism and political science and a minor in Spanish. This past summer, Danielle worked for Bernabei and Wachtel, a small employment law firm in D.C. that specializes in civil rights and whistleblower law.

Jeremy Steckel is a third-year law student at WCL, and a Myers Society Distinguished Fellow. After graduating from Tulane University with a major in Economics and a minor in Music Performance, he lived in New Orleans for three more years, playing guitar and saxophone in several groups around town. Jeremy left the "Big Easy" in 2003 and moved to Boston to work for a non-profit organization that provided low cost home heating oil to poor families in New England. He later worked as a Budget Analyst for the Massachusetts House Committee on Ways and Means, specializing in Homeland Security and Health and Human Services. In the summer after his first year of law school, Jeremy worked as an Honors Legal Intern at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He also worked both semesters last year as an extern at the US Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section. Most recently, Jeremy worked as a summer associate at the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York.

Kelli Stephenson is a second-year law student at WCL. In addition to being a Legal Rhetoric Dean's Fellow, she is also a junior staff member of the American University International Law Review and a Junior Research Associate for the Public International Law & Policy Group. She graduated summa cum laude from Texas A&M University in 2006 with a B.A. in Political Science and minors in History and German. This past summer, Kelli had an externship with the Department of Defense in the Office of Military Commissions, where she assisted defense counsel representing detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Emily Thaler is a second year law student at the Washington College of Law. She is a junior staff member of the International Law Review and of the Business Law Brief. After graduating from Middlebury College in 2004 with a joint degree in art history and English, Emily spent 2 years working as a legal assistant in the Financial Restructuring & Insolvency Group at White & Case in New York. In the summer of 2007, she interned at the International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR), where she researched and summarized international cultural property legislation for IFAR’s art law database.

Tom Vanaskie is a second-year law student at WCL and a junior staff member of the American University Law Review.  Tom graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with High Honors from Lehigh University with a B.A. in International Relations.  This past summer Tom worked as a summer law clerk for the Honorable Royce C. Lamberth in the United States District Court.

Leaf Williams is a second-year law student at WCL, a MISO Dean’s Fellow, a member of the Moot Court team, and a junior staff member on the American University Law Review.  Leaf graduated from University of California Berkeley with honors, with a B.A. in Political Science, and a minor in Creative Writing.  Last summer she played co-ed soccer, soldiered through Evidence and Wills, Trusts, and Estates, and conducted legal research for Professor Victoria Phillips.

Justin Winquist is a second-year student at WCL.  In addition to being a Legal Rhetoric Dean's Fellow, Justin is a Junior Staff member of the American University Law Review.  Justin graduated with a Communications degree from Northwestern University where he was a Radio/TV/Film major.   Following his first year of law school, Justin worked in the Office of Chief Counsel for the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration.    

Rebecca Wolf is a second-year law student at WCL.  She graduated from Brandeis University cum laude , and with Honors in Psychology.  Prior to attending law school, Rebecca founded and directed a medical fellowship, which brings Israeli health professionals to Uganda to volunteer.  She spent the summer after her first year of law school interning at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.  In addition to being a Dean's Fellow for the Legal Rhetoric Department, Rebecca is an Executive Board Managing Editor for Health Law & Policy.  She is also a Research Associate for the Public International Law and Policy Group, and is President of the Jewish Law Students Association.