Comments from PILS Alumni
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"The PILS program immediately connected me to like-minded mentors, faculty, staff and peers at Georgetown. It was this important community of people that supported me through law school, challenged me to take on new professional opportunities, and helped ready me for life as a public interest lawyer." - Allison Green, Staff Attorney/ Equal Justice Works Fellow, Children’s Law Center, Washington, DC |
"Having PILS on my resume has consistently drawn attention from potential employers. In these tough economic times, I was proud to have such a prestigious commendation to show employers that I have something special to offer."
- Lucy Panza, Policy Analyst/Reproductive Justice Fellow in the Women's Health and Rights Program, Center for American Progress
“PILS gave us an invaluable network of public interest contacts among the the students, the faculty, and the government and nonprofit communities. That network helped us explore public service projects, stay focused on our goals, and find great public interest jobs when we graduated.”
-Katherine Barton, Attorney, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice
"My public interest law job is attacking capital punishment systematically. As the director of the Death Penalty Information Center, I am continually researching and reporting on the failure of the death penalty. PILS served as an excellent reminder that the very content of the law is up to us." -Richard Dieter, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center |
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"The PILS Program is what drew me to Georgetown University Law Center. It provided me with the support, encouragement and inspiration to strive toward and realize my goals in public interest law."
-Lee McGoldrick, Vice President, Teach for America
"I knew prior to entering law school that I wanted to work for social change, and that I wanted to make a difference in the lives of people typically left out of the political process. The PILS program was an exciting introduction to the endless possibilities as a public interest lawyer."
-Jennifer L. Renne, Assistant Director, Center on Children and the Law, American Bar Association
"The camaraderie of my fellow PILS students and the support of PILS faculty and mentors helped me focus my career goals and introduced me to the larger public interest legal community. A PILS-funded summer internship involving protecting the rights of Native Alaskans in the Anchorage office of the Department of the Interior led directly to my rewarding public interest career."
-Maria Wiseman, Attorney, Office of the Solicitor, Division of Indian Affairs, US Department of the Interior
