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Representation of tenants in New York City Housing Court. Includes nonpayment and holdover proceedings, Article 78 proceedings, NYCHA administrative hearings, and affirmative litigation (HP actions).

Representation of HRA program areas, including Adult Protective Services (APS) and the HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA). Initiate and conduct Article 81 Guardianship proceedings on behalf of the Commissioner of Social Services in Supreme Court. All stages of litigation, including filing papers, hearings in all five boroughs, and settling orders of.

Research support for unit specializing in civil class-action and impact litigation suits. Extensive research and writing assignments for use in immigration and public benefits cases.

Assistant to Professor for advanced writing class; research and writing from the position of a law clerk on one of the cases challenging the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive coverage mandate, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

Placement through CUNY Law School’s International Women’s Human Rights Clinic. Analysis of US foreign policy and aid recipients in South East Asia and the MENA Region; civil practice with indigent clients, analysis of national and state-specific health care and immigration policies.

Researched and created content for reproductive justice blog.

Extensive research and writing assignments supporting drafting of legislation in support of reproductive healthcare providers; research on current challenges to the contraceptive coverage provision of the Affordable Care Act; analysis of New York health care policies.

Preparation of bench memoranda and judicial opinions for criminal part judge; extensive research and writing assignments, particularly involving immigration consequences of criminal convictions.

Researched, wrote, and edited briefs on Fifth Amendment law; prepared documents for depositions and trial hearings; researched relationship between marijuana use and child custody cases in various states