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Public Interest Episodes

Nov. 21, 2023

Let's Get Personal with Megan Richardson and Lauren Myerscough-Mueller, Staff Attorneys at The Exoneration Project

On Episode of 55 of Personal Jurisdiction we chat with Megan Richardson and Lauren Myerscough-Mueller of The Exoneration Project, a non-profit based in Chicago, Illinois, which provides free legal services to fight for the w…
Nov. 14, 2023

Law School Live at UNM Law with Sovereign Hager, Leon Howard, and Riley Masse

What do laughing, clapping, and squeaking chairs have in common? Our first LAW SCHOOL LIVE episode! On November 2, we recorded our first live episode of Personal Jurisdiction at the University of New Mexico School of Law in …
Oct. 24, 2023

Let's Get Personal with Maria Griego, Director of the New Mexico Center on Law & Poverty’s Economic Equity Team

On episode 51 of Personal Jurisdiction, we chat with Maria Griego, Director of the New Mexico Center on Law & Poverty’s Economic Equity Team. Maria shares how owning a furniture store led her to law school, how a clinic case…
Sept. 26, 2023

Let's Get Personal with Karla Johnson, Senior Staff Attorney with the Kinship Caregiver Law Project at Mobilization for Justice

On Episode 47 of Personal Jurisdiction, we chat with Karla Johnson, Senior Staff Attorney with the Kinship Caregiver Law Project at the New York City-based civil legal services organization, Mobilization for Justice (MFJ). K…
Nov. 29, 2022

Let's Get Personal with Rachel Easter, Senior Counsel at National Women's Law Center

On Episode 44 of Personal Jurisdiction, we chat with Rachel Easter, Senior Counsel and Director of Federal Abortion Policy Initiatives at the National Women's Law Center in Washington, D.C. Rachel shares insights about the r…
Oct. 18, 2022

Let's Get Personal with Mark Feldman, Senior Litigation Attorney at the National Immigrant Justice Center

In this episode of Personal Jurisdiction, we chat with Mark Feldman, Senior Litigation Attorney at the National Immigrant Justice Center, in Washington, D.C. Mark shares how his federal clerkships, Equal Justice Initiative f…
Oct. 4, 2022

Let's Get Personal with Wookie Kim, Legal Director at ACLU of Hawaii

In this episode of Personal Jurisdiction, we chat with Wookie Kim, Legal Director at ACLU of Hawaii, about what it means to be an active law student, how he benefitted from his time as a litigation associate at a large law f…
April 26, 2022

Let's Get Personal with Ally Coll, President and Co-Founder of The Purple Campaign

Join us for the last episode of Season 2 as we chat with Ally Coll, President and Co-Founder of The Purple Campaign. Ally shares how she became interested in politics and saw the power of grassroots organizing before law sch…
April 5, 2022

Let's Get Personal with Lindsay Dubin, Staff Attorney at Defenders of Wildlife

Lindsay Dubin developed the courage early on to push back against other people's expectations. Join us for Episode 21 and hear from Lindsay about her experience as an environmental law litigator, what made her say "No Thanks…
Feb. 15, 2022

Let's Get Personal with Todd Belcore, Executive Director of Social Change and Advocate for Social, Economic & Racial Equity

In Episode 14, we welcome Todd Belcore to Personal Jurisdiction. Todd is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Social Change, a national nonprofit organization committed to liberation and amplifying community voices throu…
Oct. 27, 2021

Let's Get Personal with Leslie Kuhn-Thayer, Pro Bono Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP

Leslie Kuhn-Thayer developed her leadership skills, team-focused mindset, and discipline during her career as a Division I college athlete and coach. Now, she is Pro Bono Counsel at Sidley Austin in Chicago, IL where she coo…
Oct. 12, 2021

Let's Get Personal with Alissa Lietzow, Executive Director of Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services

Alissa Lietzow is the Executive Director of Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services in South Carolina. Charleston Pro Bono provides civil legal assistance for low-income Charleston County residents at no cost to the client. In th…
Oct. 5, 2021

Let's Get Personal with My Khanh Ngo, Staff Attorney at the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project

My Khanh Ngo is a Staff Attorney at the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project (IRP) in San Francisco, California. In this excellent episode, My Khanh shares how a variety of experiences before and during law school shaped her curr…