Legal Intern, Criminal Law Reform Project

Strategic Litigation Paralegal

- Assisted with litigation to combat the use of discredited forensic science evidence. Performed legal, investigative, and archival research. Identified new cases to advance department’s strategic goals, evaluating and summarizing facts, evidence, and legal issues to present to attorneys. - Drafted amicus briefs, ethics complaints, and website content. Reviewed case records, digested documents, and generated new investigation strategies. - Participated in legal calls and visits with incarcerated clients. Supported attorneys at evidentiary hearings. Fact-checked, edited, and Bluebooked briefs.

Research and Program Associate

- Researched and wrote extensively on redistricting and federal democracy issues for advocacy partners and general audiences. Co-authored report detailing how democracy reform legislation would advance equity and improve representation. - Analyzed population and demographic data using statistical and geospatial methods to identify unfair maps. Utilized data visualization tools to create graphics for publications and presentations. - Responded to urgent research inquiries from Capitol Hill, drafted updates to congressional and state legislative expert testimony, generated talking points to promote favored policies, and fact-checked and copy-edited documents. - Supported litigation through document review, producing data visualizations for briefs, and vetting expert witnesses. - Scheduled meetings and media interviews, processing expense reports, and providing administrative assistance. - Contributed to essay series in collaboration with Ms. Magazine on the link between democracy and reproductive justice. - Developed and maintained online resources including redistricting litigation trackers, section-by-section guides to democracy reform legislation, and a compilation of abuses of executive authority during the pandemic. - Coordinated events, including a two-day virtual symposium which was viewed by over 2000 attendees. - Corresponded with external partners, helped establish and maintain Salesforce system to organize contacts and records. - Participated in candidate interviews and hiring process for next class of Research and Program Associates. Supervised legal intern projects and assisted with legal intern hiring process. - Staffed election protection hotline during 2020 election, providing direct support, information, and guidance to voters in real-time. Assisted with training for election officials in preparation for the first pandemic-era election cycle in 2020.

Research Assistant

- Analyzed political advertisements for a non-partisan research project frequently cited by major media outlets and academic experts. - Independently led trainings for new student coders on various research projects and presented findings publicly. - Translated and analyzed Spanish political advertisements. Worked closely with faculty mentors to develop new codebooks focused on law and order policies, moral foundations theory, and gender-based appeals.

Undergraduate Intern

- Conducted extensive research on democracy, justice, and civil liberties issues. Wrote memos, attended Hill events and think tank conferences, and briefed supervisors in preparation for key meetings. - Produced a memo on deep fake technology, created a comprehensive issue tracker for 2020 presidential candidates, and wrote proposals for events. Final work products were regularly sent to top members of the leadership team.

Social Psychology Teaching Assistant

Undergraduate Intern

Investigative Intern