Winter 2016

  • Washington D.C.

    Capitolists

    While Philadelphia remains home to the single largest cohort of Kline School of Law alumni, a growing number have made the nation’s capital their professional home.

    From the courts to federal agencies to the halls of Congress, the number of D.C.-based venues employing Kline School of Law alumni have gradually but steadily increased.

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  • Steve Schultz

    Jack of All Topics

    Name a subject that’s in the headlines, and – chances are – Steve Schultz can discuss it. In detail. From different vantage points.

    As a legal fellow at the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Schultz, ’15, helps minority members prepare for hearings and issue reports on a wide range of topics.

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  • Dorcas Adekunle

    Tweaking the System

    These are tough days to be a Democrat in the U.S. Congress, given the party’s bitter divisions with a GOP that enjoys a majority in both houses.

    But beyond acknowledging that undeniable fact, Dorcas Adekunle, ’13, could not voice a more optimistic view of her work as legislative counsel to U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, a first-term Democrat from New Jersey.

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  • Ginnie Gordon

    Eye of the Storm

    Tucked inside a sprawling office building, Virginia Gordon, ’14, toils with quiet determination on one of the nation’s most bitterly contested frontiers.

    At the Arlington Immigration Court and Headquarters Immigration Court, Gordon is one of 5 clerks serving eight judges who decide the fate of thousands of immigrants living in D.C., Virginia and beyond who face deportation.

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  • Jason Gromley

    Rutabagas and Reform

    Teaching a man to fish could solve the problem of hunger, Jason Gromley believes, only if everyone could access bodies of water where they swim and had the resources and know-how to prepare a wholesome meal.

    To attack the root causes of hunger and a cascade of related adverse health effects requires a comprehensive approach, and that’s where Gromley, ’09, comes in.

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  • Books

    Class Notes Winter 2016

    Find out what your classmates are up to.

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