GALILEE Itinerary 2010-2011
City: Washington, D.C.
Dates: 01/11/2011-01/13/2011
Hotel:Sheraton National Hotel by Arlington Cemetery
Team Members: Lisa Pollack, Janae Lopes, Katherine Parker, Rebekah Soule, Matt May, Michael Patlan, & Jim Gallagher
Tuesday, the 11th:
*Activity*White House Tour
Time: 8:45AM
Team Member: Michael Patlan
1. Organization: International Justice Mission
Time: 10:35-11:30AM
Team Member: Lisa Pollack
Contact: Melanie Dodson
Phone Number: 703-465-5495
Website:
Goals: Learn about a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation, and other forms of violent oppression.
2. Organization: ABA Rule of LawInitiative
Time: 2:00-4:00PM
Team Member: Rebekah Soule
Contact:Jessie Tannenbaum, ND Alum
Phone Number: 202-662-1950
Website:
Goals: Learn about the ABA’s public service project dedicated to promoting the rule of law around the world while focusing on poverty, economic stagnation, and conflict.
Wednesday, the 12th:
1. Organization: CIA
Time: 9:00-11:30AM
Team Member: Janae Lopes
Contact: Jennifer Z., Outreach Coordinator, Public Communications
Phone Number: 703-482-2507 or 703-482-1122
Email:
Goals: Learn about the career opportunities to work as an attorney for the general counsel of the CIA.
2. Organization: National Association of Attorneys General
Time: 1:00PM-2:00PM
Team Member: Matt May
Contact: Judith McKee, Director of Attorney General Training Research Institute
Email:
Website:
Goals: Speak with executive staff about their state offices’ involvement in class-action litigation like that involving the tobacco industry and policy concerns.
3.Organization: Covington & Burling, LLP
Time: 3:00PM
Team Member: Michael Patlan
Contact: Anne Coffey-Proctor, Pro Bono Counsel & Kelly Voss, Pro Bono Coordinator, D.C. Office
Phone Number: 202-662-6513 or 202-662-6658
Email: ;
Website:
Goals: Learn how a private law firm’s pro bono program works; what areas of law their program encompasses; and how their associates have played lead roles in representing indigent criminal defendants at trial, on appeal and in habeas proceedings.
Thursday, the 13th:
1. Service Project: Food & Friends
Time: 9:00-12:00noon
Team Member: Katherine Parker
Contact: Jane Yamaykin
Phone Number: 202-269-6824
Website:
Goals: Work in a kitchen that prepares 3,000 meals a day for more than 2,000 individuals affected by HIV/AIDS, Cancer, or other life-challenging illnesses.
2. Organization: ACLU, D.C. Chapter
Time: 1:00PM
Team Member: Matt May
Contact: Beverly Miller
Phone Number: 202-457-0800
Website:
Goals: Learn about who they are and what they do including past successes and anticipated future litigation such as: freedom of speech; equal rights; religion free from coercion; elimination of police abuse; a women’s right to choose; just immigrant treatment; elimination of the death penalty; etc.