Hometown: Waukegan, IL Education: JD 2019, Georgetown University Law Center, BA in Neuropsychology and Holistic Healing, Pitzer College, one of the Claremont Colleges Why BPI: BPI’s versatility and commitment to the constantly evolving issues of social justice drew me to…
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BPI is pleased to announce the selection of two outstanding 2018 Polikoff–Gautreaux Fellows. Isabel Breit and Marsheda Ewulomi will join our staff in Fall 2018. Some highlights from their impressive credentials include: Isabel Breit Izzy will graduate in May from the University of…
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Deadline to apply for the 2018 Fellowship is October 13, 2017 Each fall, BPI hires a recent law or policy school graduate to become a Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellow for a two-year term, beginning the following fall. BPI created the Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellowship…
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The Chicago Housing Authority’s prisoner reentry pilot program, which allows some prisoners to live in CHA housing upon their release, was the recent subject of a thoughtful article in AtlanticMedia’s Citylab. The author is BPI’s Maddy Hamlin, our newest Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellow,…
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BPI is pleased to welcome Madeleine Hamlin as our newest Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellow. Her policy work here will involve both our justice reform and housing initiatives. Maddy recently graduated from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs with dual…
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Hometown: Madison, WI Education: BA Carleton College; JD Harvard Law School Why she applied for a Skadden Fellowship at BPI: Most of my work prior to and during law school involved providing assistance to individual tenants and homeowners going through eviction…
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Hometown: Bethesda, Maryland Education: JD, University of Chicago Law School, class of 2016; BA, Law Letters & Society, University of Chicago, 2013. Areas of Interest: The legal issues that interest me most concern civil rights, particularly in the context of…
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BPI is pleased to share exciting news regarding both the Polikoff-Gautreaux and Skadden Fellowship programs. For fall 2015, BPI has selected two Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellows, rather than just one as has been customary. We will also be hosting a new Skadden Fellow, the first in a few years. You’ll understand why…
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Our blog series highlighting former BPI staff, fellows, interns, and directors continues apace. Today we’re profiling our very first Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellow, Jennifer Salvatore. Affiliation with BPI 1999-2001 Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellow Current Position Shareholder with Nacht, Roumel, Salvatore, Blanchard & Walker, PC –…
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Emily Brown received a JD cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was Note Editor for the Michigan Journal of Law Reform and Co-Chair of the Poverty Law Society. During law school she worked with Community…
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