Elizabeth Kolbe, President
Beth is a 3L at Stanford Law School and will graduate in 2012. She has worked in Washington DC for two summers at Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville (PPSV) and Sidley Austin. Beth is also a participant of the Youth and Education Law Project Clinic at Stanford and was the Co-Case Manager of the Social Security Disability Pro Bono Project.
Beth has a mobility impairment.
Beth has a mobility impairment.
Deepa Goraya & Nora Devine, Vice Presidents
Deepa is a 3L at the University of Michigan School of Law. Deepa has been an intern for Senator Dodd, a White House intern for the Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy, Kareem Dale, an extern for the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, and most recently was an intern for Eve Hill at the Burton Blatt Institute in Washington DC.
Deepa has a visual impairment.
Nora is a third-year law student at the University of San Francisco School of Law. She has interned at the Law Office of Eric L. Lifschitz in San Francisco assisting with housing rights litigation for low-income plaintiffs and at Disability Right Education Defense Fund (DREDF) in Berkeley, conducting legal research and investigations pertaining to potential Americans with Disabilities Act violations. This fall she is externing at the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in in the chambers of Judge Maxine M. Chesney. She has a visual impairment.
Deepa has a visual impairment.
Nora is a third-year law student at the University of San Francisco School of Law. She has interned at the Law Office of Eric L. Lifschitz in San Francisco assisting with housing rights litigation for low-income plaintiffs and at Disability Right Education Defense Fund (DREDF) in Berkeley, conducting legal research and investigations pertaining to potential Americans with Disabilities Act violations. This fall she is externing at the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in in the chambers of Judge Maxine M. Chesney. She has a visual impairment.
Greg Oguss, Chief Financial Officer
Greg attends Northwestern University School of Law and will graduate in 2013. Greg was an Extern in the chambers of U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey T. Gilbert of the Northern District of Illinois, is a Research Assistant for Professor Len Rubinowitz, and volunteers with both the Chicago Bar Foundation and Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County.
Greg has type I diabetes.
Greg has type I diabetes.
Alexander Thompson & Kevin Fritz, Chief Information Officers
Alexander is a member of the Class of 2012 at St. John's University School of Law. He is President of the Disability Rights Society there. He received his BA in Sociology with a concentration in Legal Studies and an Economics minor from Bucknell University. At Bucknell, he was a Kenneth G. Langone Scholar and served as Technology Officer for the, Delta Upsilon fraternity, as well as the campus chapter of STAND: Students Against Genocide. He is also an Eagle Scout.
Alexander has a mobility impairment.
Kevin is a second-year law student at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis Missouri. He has interned on Capitol Hill in the Office of Senator Barack Obama conducting policy related research regarding world health and autism, and most recently in the Office of Commissioner Chai Feldblum at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission conducting research on employment discrimination and investigating potential charges of discrimination arising under the Americans with Disabilities Act. During the fall of 2011 he will continue his work with the Commissioner while also serving as a research assistant and public relations coordinator for his school’s public service advisory board.
Kevin has a mobility impairment.
Alexander has a mobility impairment.
Kevin is a second-year law student at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis Missouri. He has interned on Capitol Hill in the Office of Senator Barack Obama conducting policy related research regarding world health and autism, and most recently in the Office of Commissioner Chai Feldblum at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission conducting research on employment discrimination and investigating potential charges of discrimination arising under the Americans with Disabilities Act. During the fall of 2011 he will continue his work with the Commissioner while also serving as a research assistant and public relations coordinator for his school’s public service advisory board.
Kevin has a mobility impairment.
Patrick Dennis, Membership Director
Patrick attends Lewis and Clark Law School and will graduate
in 2013. Patrick has worked as a clerk
for Disability Rights Oregon and will continue to work with them in the fall of
2011. He sits on the Campus
Accessibility Committee and serves as the Diversity Committee Representatives
for the Student Bar Association. Next
summer he will be clerking in the Office of Enforcement & Compliance
Assurance at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC.
Patrick has a mobility impairment.
Patrick has a mobility impairment.
Kathryn Carroll, Conference Director
Kate attends St. John's University School of Law and will graduate in 2013. She has work experience teaching, working at local level government, and with inclusive human rights through BlueLaw International, LLP. Kate is also a volunteer with a Courtroom Advocates Program and is part of her school's Child Advocacy Clinic. Kate has a visual impairment.