2016 Summer Associates Announced

Cleveland, OH -- The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland recruited top law students for its 2016 Summer Associate Program.

Legal Aid attorneys mentor the summer associates on issues of poverty law. The structured 11-week program includes trainings on substantive law, public interest work, and basics of legal practice. Students learn how to interview clients, draft court pleadings, research relevant legal issues and observe hearings and trials.

Many summer associates are funded through their law school’s public interest law program, alumni associations, or through national foundations such as Equal Justice Works Summer Corp Program and Equal Justice America. The schools, students and placements include:

Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Rachel Lehr
Family Practice Group

Lauren Roberts
Health, Education, Work, Income and Immigration Practice Group with focus on medical-legal partnership

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Rachel Kalayjian
Health, Education, Work, Income and Immigration Practice Group with focus on employment law

Christopher Kolezynski
Consumer Practice Group

Luis Martinez
Health, Education, Work, Income and Immigration Practice Group with focus on immigration

Tiffany McElhaney
Family Practice Group with focus on Lorain County

Anne Wells
Family Practice Group

Cornell University Law School

Tianyu Wang
Health, Education, Work, Income and Immigration Practice Group with focus on Unemployment Compensation Law
Harold Oaklander Public Interest Fellowship

Harvard Law School

Abigail Pink
Housing Practice Group

Ohio Northern College of Law

Carrie Frankhauser
Family Practice Group with focus on Lake-Geagua-Ashtabula Counties

The University of Akron School of Law

Samerra Allooh
Health, Education, Work, Income and Immigration Practice Group with focus on immigration

Frank George
Health, Education, Work, Income and Immigration Practice Group with focus on tax

The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland provides high-quality free legal assistance to low income clients in Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain and Geauga counties. Legal Aid’s mission is to secure justice and resolve fundamental problems for those who are low income and vulnerable by providing high quality legal services and working for systemic solutions. Founded in 1905, it is the fifth oldest organization of its kind in the US. For information, visit www.lasclev.org.