 All right guys, can I have your attention, please? All right, thank you guys very much for coming. We appreciate it. We hope you had a great spring break. We're excited to hear about it. Just so you know, this session currently is being videotaped just because Suza and Eliza are both out sick. And they do want to be able to see it later as well. I'm sure the dean wants to do it as well. So first thing I want to do is just highlight the email I sent. I know it was a lengthy email last night. I hope most of you read it. Just to remind you guys, by this Friday the 18th, we need your stipend cards and receipt trackers due back to Lisa and the Fine Sign Center, please. The 25th, your pro bono paperwork is going to be due to the Fine Sign Center. We actually descended any photos from your group shots that you guys got to us. So please email that to Brittany or myself. And then also, I sent a survey link for you guys to fill out, just kind of asking you your thoughts and input on the program, your placement, any concerns or anything you had. So we'd really appreciate if you fill that out. I know we already got a bunch of responses. So if you didn't do that, please make it a point to do that still. So what we're going to do now is just call each project. We're going to ask that a representative from your group placement come up to the podium. Just give us a brief, like no more than two minutes, because we are going to be pressed for time. Just a brief synopsis of what you guys did, the type of projects you did, what you guys liked about it. And then we'll just go from there. So I'm just going to go down the list. I think it is alphabetical. So I'm going to call Kirby from the AIDS Law Projects into your sole placement. So. Yeah, AIDS. And Pennsylvania AIDS Law Projects did open a lot. I think I've ever had a real life. I did a probate for a will. So I had to sell the property and roll the trust stuff. I worked on HIV discrimination in the occupationalized states and the service employment, which was very interesting. And I also got to listen in on an administrative court sort of conference call to determine an HIV discrimination issue and a physical therapy clinic thing. You know, like the issue was like they told someone with HIV that they couldn't get a pool just because they had HIV, which is not something that's actually a concern, which I actually didn't really know was an issue. Through enjoyers, I loved it. Everyone should go to that one. You will work your level. I have to write a memo. Thank you, LP. I'm going to say that a couple of times. Thank you. I'm just going to let that go until today. So I have to write a memo. I also work on their webinars. They're doing a webinar series about HIV discrimination and employment. And everyone should actually go and learn more about HIV because it's actually super important. And their stereotypes and stigma that are surrounding them are still very prevalent despite 30 plus years of research about it and information about it is still going up. So thanks a lot. For six of us there, it was actually a great experience. I think everyone would agree. We all had a little bit of a different experience because we were shadowing attorneys. We were in court, actually. We weren't fortunate enough to see a trial, which just finished up closing arguments on Monday and the verdict didn't come out. So that's pretty cool. There is actually a sort of revolutionary court in the red community in Brooklyn that is a community court. It's actually the first major court to be more of a rehabilitation focus court. It's like a community court. Myself and Karina were there on the day that the British Parliament actually came. So we have to sit next to the members of parliament. They were very excited. They were a little confused as to why they were so excited. They explained afterwards. Others, once that I worked on the day there was a housing court, which was not as engaging for them, but they still had joined it. The attorneys were great. They were welcoming. Very informative for any of the questions that we asked. So we looked at the beverage was an awesome experience. I would recommend it. Food and wine. I'd like to give a word to that from Heidi, please. Wait. Have those social services integration. Sorry. Please don't act. What was that? You know something, what? Today, we're going to call you out. Sorry. OK. We're going to call you out. We're going to call you out. We're going to call you out. We're going to call you out. We're off today. And that was an eye leap. And I enjoyed it a lot basically. So the first day and then, so the first day we went, they basically got it acclimated. I really knew about the immigration law before I went here. And they gave us the basics about just what the different topics are, the different types of cases they deal with. They deal with some juvenile, special immigrant juvenile status. So the first day I got to see a few of us, me and Leah, we got to see a few client interviews with one of these attorneys. They are being with two bar guards for the special immigrant juvenile status to help them get their cleaning cards. And they are at the end of the status and the end of the process. So they're pretty happy because their courtiers are going up to actually get their cleaning card. So it was really rewarding. I'm sure for the attorney it was exciting for us to see. We did a lot of research and did mental life things also. And then on Wednesday we got to go to court in Boston and watch one of the clients actually receive a screen card which was really nice to see. And then we stayed throughout the day, watched a few other cases, a few people got the board in which was sad. And then on Thursday we did some more research. But it's good. I think we all enjoyed, especially the court day was probably the most interesting because we had to see it firsthand and they turned it very friendly and helpful. And I think we all learned a lot about the process and how it's like, how it could be for some people. I have a question. I have a question. What's the procedure for when the client was deported by me? Well actually he was removed technically. He was applying for asylum from El Salvador. So he was actually in detention. They did it for a video conference. So he wasn't physically in the court. He was in the New Hampshire detention center. So he had applied for asylum and he had done so big to apply for asylum. You have to show that it's too dangerous to have your country or you work hard in the past or make your own in the future so you can't go back. And he just didn't meet the burden of truth. And I think there's some speculation that you... I don't know how much actually I can say. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway. So I'm James. Me and Pete went down to Annapolis to work with the Chesapeake legal alliance. It sounds like everyone was juggling a lot of stuff. We got very targeted on our first day. Our supervising attorney gave us Maryland state environmental law to research the hack out of, which we did for two days. Learned all the ins and outs. Couldn't find quite what we wanted. Then Wednesday we actually got to go out in the field and see the development area that was supposed to go in on top of some wetlands. It was just close enough that it was going to ruin the wetlands, but just outside of the actual law. So we were sort of preparing an informational war chest for them to bring a lawsuit, or at least talk with the county and the state about what they were not allowed to do. And, you know, we got sunburned. So that's... I was a good spring break. We didn't spend all the time in an office. So we had fun. My name is Joe. I went to the city of Central Falls with Alex and Blaine. Back there, Alex and 1L. Blaine's a 3L. We were assigned all of our different... We had different assignments the moment we first walked in. So we had to choose between three assignments and whatnot. So I will just briefly talk about Alex and Blaine's assignments first, and then I'll talk about mine. But Alex, as far as what I remember, she worked on the... Because we were kind of just doing our own thing, but Alex worked on the city town charter. Dried to see if, you know, she could maybe make any amendments to it. So it consisted of a lot of research going out and looking at other cities and towns throughout Rhode Island to make sure that Central Falls, I guess, complied with the other cities or just compared at least to other cities' charters as well. And then Blaine was actually out on the town doing quite a lot of work going around public parks in Central Falls to make sure that the safety precautions were met if they had certain signs up, if there was any dangers in the public parks. Like if something needed a fence, he would bring that to the city solicitor's attention or if there needed to be a sign or anything of that sort. He also spent a lot of research I believe as well on some other areas in that notion. For me, I worked on the nuisance task force of the city of Central Falls. So I spent a lot of my time with the assistant city solicitor, Bob Weber. And he's actually a recent RW law alum. The city solicitor, Matthew Jerzik, is also an RW law alum. It's really cool to work with them. I spent much of my time at the beginning working on one case in particular just to try and research it on a specific issue that the assistant city solicitor needed. And then another portion of my time was spent working upstairs on the third floor with the redevelopment agency because the town doesn't have a redevelopment plan. And I was trying to get the gears going for them to try and get some kind of a redevelopment plan going for the city. So on Wednesday, I went with the assistant city solicitor to go and check out some vacant homes or abandoned buildings around the city. It was kind of an interesting experience to see that. Really some deplorable conditions there in some of those areas of the town. And then Wednesday night, I also went to a housing court in Central Falls. So it was kind of cool to follow the assistant city solicitor in the morning, take some photos of the place, use this evidence for housing court that night. So I got really good experience that way. And then to top it all off, I don't know if I'm going over time here, but there was a lot going on. But Friday at lunchtime, we ended up going out to lunch in downtown Central Falls with the mayor of Central Falls, Mayor James Deosa. And also the Patuket representative, Carlos Tobin, which I thought was really cool because I'm actually from Patuket. So we had a connection there and we talked mostly all throughout the lunch about Patuket and whatnot and where I live and stuff. So it was a really good time. I would definitely recommend it. The people there were awesome. And really the city, it's just great to see the city like it's been in the news for, you know, it's bankruptcy and whatnot, but it's just really good to see that the city is starting to, on the right foot again. And it has really good people working for it. So go Central Falls. Hey, I'm Alicia. Olivia and I were at Conservation Law Foundation. So our week was a little atypical for them. They were getting ready for a mediation on Wednesday. So our first day, we were given some research topics and they just wanted to fine tune on some weak points on their mediation prep. And then on Tuesday, we were given assignments for drafting complaints and given notices of intent. And then on Wednesday, we got to both sit in and participate in mediation preparation, which was really sweet. You don't realize, I think, with environmental law how much thought goes into all the technical aspects and learning all of the other, like, intricate and in and out of the economic aspects, all of the workings of a power plant or whatever they're suing at that moment. And then also the law and the rules. And it was just stressed very important, or very much so how important administrative law is and just how you really need to know your rules. And then the next day, they were out of the office, so we got to work on our complaints. Thank you, Professor Murphy, for all of your master challenges. And then on Friday, we got to actually go to DEM and go to a meeting where we learned about some new energy programs being implemented and got to ask some questions. So it was pretty nice week. Go environmental stuff. CPCS Fall River. Hi, guys. I'm Heather. We spent a lovely week in Fall River. We spent a lot of time in court. We got to see a lot of motions, motion suppress, a couple continuances, a couple hearings on a few different matters. None of us were Title IX, so none of us could actually argue anything in court. But we did a bail argument, mock bail argument in front of the entire office. So that was interesting. They got really into character, people were screaming as they were the defendants. So that was pretty interesting. We got to do an opening argument as well. So hopefully that will pay off for our argument time at 4LB. So we hope. We got to speak to Judge McGovern over at District Court. He was really inspirational, just his love for jurisprudence and his knowledge. He talked to us about just not law stuff, how he got there and how he was appointed twice. Because I guess he decided to stop being a judge for a while and then realized, what the hell am I doing? And he also pinched us on his book. I think it was called the Artful Deception, or Deception, right? Deception. All right, yes. So by it's on Amazon and on Kendall, by the way. We spent, like I said, a lot of time in court. We helped them with a couple of cases on, it's a really familiar environment at the office, which I really appreciate it. And I thought it was really nice how they have such a tough job with, you know, the stuff that they do, having to defend people and, you know, kids, even, you know, young adults. And there's so many different situations. We got to speak to some attorneys from CAFOL and from YAD, which are organizations in that public defender realm that deal specifically with children and with children's families. And it was fascinating to see what these people do every day. It was also really interesting on that, on another side there, on the bail argument stuff, on how these attorneys just talk to a client that they just met at lockup because, you know, they were arrested in the weekend and 10 minutes later, they're delivering a bail argument to the court. And, you know, how well they're doing that is whether that guy goes to jail or whether he goes home. So the stakes are high. So it's really fascinating how creative these people are and how much they support each other in being able to perform and do right by all of these Indigenous folk. And so it was really interesting to really get into that and see the defense side of the house and how it all operates. What else here? I'm trying to make sure I cover everything. We, on Thursday, surprisingly young, I thought it was a surprise, the entire office gets together to do something they call case crunching. So if they're not doing training on emotions or something of that kind, an attorney will actually bring a case to the office and every single attorney, including from the most experienced to the newest attorney, will actually get copies of all the documents and they work together and figure out what motions they should file, where they should proceed, what arguments they can make, where the case is weak, where the case is strong. So that was really interesting because we got to sit in that and hands-on participate in that. And, you know, hopefully my suggestion will pay off. But so that was really, really, really interesting stuff to do. We spent three out of our five days in court. So we really got to see a lot of court time. We really got to experience how your plans don't always work. You know, sometimes people bleed it out. Sometimes police weren't there to justify and things keep getting pushed by a half hour, by a half hour and, you know, you got to be quick on your feet and you have to be able to just, you know, do what you can. So it was a really awarding experience and, you know, it was definitely impressive how much these people are bond together and how close they are dealing with the stuff that they deal with. So, yeah, I would recommend it to anyone anytime. I actually want to go back. Thank you. I'm James. So we went to CPCS in Bedford. And it was pretty similar to what Eder just said. On Monday, we... So we all got to do a little bit of everything. On Monday, we split up. Two of us got to go see the Superior Court. The other two got to go to the District Court and basically shadow in court all day. Every day, we break at 1 o'clock from 1 to 2 for lunch. So we got to really get to know a lot of people, all the attorneys, three of which were Roger Williams' alum, recent Roger Williams' alum. So that was cool. On Tuesday, the other two that went to the Superior Court, we got to sit in on the District Court, which was really cool. We got to go down to lock up, talk to new clients, basically shadow everything that happens throughout the day. On Wednesday, we did something similar to sitting in on a case crunch. Since we hadn't really done a lot of hands-on work, we did our own mini case crunch with Jen, who kind of took over as our supervising attorney, because we hadn't actually met our number one supervising attorney, Tom. We didn't meet him until, like, Wednesday. But that was okay. And he was actually... He was really cool. We got to see him in action on Friday on a motion to suppress which he lost, which I think he's going to appeal, because the judge essentially didn't listen to the case that he brought up in the law. So that was wild to see. So we got to case crunch on Wednesday. On Thursday, we did some research, which was just because we hadn't done a lot of... We didn't do any motions. We didn't have to write anything crazy. So if you're looking for that, if you're looking for more of a shadowing, not-so-much-work type of experience, then this was really, really good. I would recommend it for everybody, I think. On Friday, we got to go out to lunch instead of our one-to-two lunch. We did. We talked about the whole week. We went to a local pub and got to talk about a recap of the whole week, which was cool. Got to know everybody a little better. So essentially, it's a nonprofit. It helps qualify and connective veterans with a minority of different people on issues. So housing, family, veterans' benefits are big. It's a long time to get through veterans' benefits if you have to go through the VA. So it's a small team, and we did a lot of research for them, some of it's just some weird VA quirks for their benefits that they didn't have real time to do. So we helped them with that. Our biggest project was going through the board decisions. Each branch has two different boards to make decisions on military discharge. So we had to go through and find keywords because there's nearly no rhyme or reason why they decided on different outcomes. So they wanted to put together something that would help them moving forward. So that took a lot of our time. But we did a couple of climbing takes and some one-on-one with veterans were great. They wanted to talk to you all day. So that was pretty rewarding to see at the end of the week what you're actually doing all week. So I would suggest working with... If you take anything away from this experience moving forward like pro bono work and getting to see what happens afterwards, it's really rewarding that we should do it after graduation as well, especially for people like veterans. So I'd love to know what's coming back. It was great being here. Yeah, so Connor, Tim, Ed, and I were at the island to do all last week. It was really interesting. We got there the first day. They kind of gave us like a little bit of a breakdown of all the different things that they're all doing. They, as their name indicates, serve island communities off the coast of Maine. And having a very little experience with those communities personally, it was really interesting just all the logistics and the difficulties that they kind of faced with providing energy in general, particularly renewable energy to those communities, just dealing with, you know, when you're talking about an island community and there's maybe like less than 500 people on an island and you have like 10 kids keeping open a school for 10 kids on an island year round and how that changes year to year. So it was really interesting. Connor and I kind of got to do research dealing with... We were prepping testimony in support of a bill dealing with funding for ocean acidification, which obviously is, you could imagine, in a state like Maine that's so heavily dependent on fishing as an industry, ocean acidification would be very relevant. And then Adam and Tim kind of got to focus more on the business side, providing some kind of training for island communities and their access to like growing business so it was very interesting. Then I know Adam and Tim got to go out to one of the islands to kind of put that into see how the work they were doing would be put into effect. And personally, I got to, on Friday, attend a town hall, a Lobsterman's Town Hall for U.S. and Canadian Lobstermen and watch them interacting with the scientific community and kind of figuring out how things were going to go for their industry, which was very interesting. And if you're, I guess, probably in public interest, all in general, I think is a really, really important aspect of it is actually going out into the community that you're serving and getting their input on everything. So it was very interesting. I would certainly recommend it, particularly to anyone who's interested in environmental law. I thought the Island Institute was a great experience. Pittsburgh Federal Public Defender's Office. So I'm Josh Savakul, I'm a 3L. I went with Melvin up there. He's a 1L to Pittsburgh Federal Public Defenders. Kind of an interesting time. We got to see how the federal system differentiates and sometimes quite a bit from the state side. So for instance, on the state, courts will handle 30 or 40 cases a day, not including trials. Federal level, they'll handle 30 cases a day, and that's excluding, or that's including trials. Another interesting point we came across was that whenever a criminal defendant pleads out, the federal government strips them of their right of a direct appeal, something I never knew or even thought was a thing. Let's see, the week wasn't too bad. We started off doing a lot of researching. We got to see some federal interactions. We saw one motion to suppress, which the public defender actually lost. What else happened? For everyone here, or should be everyone, you know the joys of writing a memo. I got to spend two wonderful days, research, writing, drafting, redrafting, showed up there, they're like, oh hey, this is really great, we don't need it anymore. And I was like... I'm going back to library. Let's see what else. On Thursday, we finally got taken out by our supervising attorney. Got taken out to a cigar lounge and very nice cognac. That was a good time. I'm not sure if I should put that on the record, but you know. I assume you were taken? Yes. What else? Melvin actually got a chance to do some research. He was drafting a closing argument and also looking for legal holes because an individual failed a polygraph and because of that he failed his parole. So it's sort of an argument of can you criminalize thought? Other than that, had a good time and definitely recommend people take it if they want to. The Senate for Justice is a new non-profit that offers legal services in areas that before, especially in this state, were not being serviced. So for example, right now they're in the middle of a class action law against national grid regarding the shutoff of utilities for people who are disabled or faulted and really run out of this law that barred national grid from shutting off utilities for these people specifically. And the Senate for Justice is in the middle of a class action lawsuit against them for shutting off utilities. And class action lawsuits, for example, are something that no one else would have taken for that social and economic people. Legal services barred by statute from taking class action so they could have done it. So the Senate for Justice really fills in a lot of legal gaps that especially for low income individuals that other organizations can't really surface. So the first day we got to go to a meeting with the Senate for Justice and a number of other community organizations to a meeting about regarding this utility issue. And the Senate for Justice was the only legal organization that was there. There was also organizations that dealt with medical benefits, cash assistance, and they sort of all brainstormed. It was really cool to see these community organizations together brainstorming and trying to network, trying to figure out where they could help each other out and sort of fill in the gaps within that certain issue. It was also very out of me for us because we got to see really how much national grid was breaking the law, especially regarding these utility shutoffs. It was still a lot of things. It made you feel so angry at the same time. I felt like it sort of leaves because the Senate for Justice was trying to remedy this situation. So for the whole group, we were not working on the utility shutoffs issue. We were working on a manual attendance dispute, which is another area legal service that the Senate for Justice works with. It has to do with another topic that I didn't know anything about. But there's corporate landlords that bought foreclosed homes or failing mortgages. These huge corporations bought them mortgages, foreclosed on the homeowners or bought the foreclosed homes and they just rent them out and they don't have a presence at the home or have any sort of interaction with people other than collecting the money. So a lot of issues come up with the conditions at the home and so we were researching all week regarding that issue kind of a lot about this and it seems like a really pervasive issue in a lot of different areas in the country. And so we were working on a project for that whole week with a presentation based on this issue when one day we got to go out and investigate we found the addresses of some of the homes that were owned by a certain corporation and we went to certain addresses and people were scared we couldn't have the car running. I'm like I just had to be in the door every time but I'm not going to see people in the door so but no, it's not fun. One day the other members of my crew got to go to housing court which is a sad place because unfortunately they know 10 issues are why the under-service area belong because it's not the most lucrative so it can be a sad place and then they gave the other members their presentation to the center on Friday so the center is just a great place they do a lot of great work and I would recommend it either for Spring Break or getting involved with them otherwise I think it's a great place and they really care about their interns and about the homework for them and we really appreciate the work that we're doing so it's a great experience. Soros project this was comment I went with Katie to the Soros project it was based out of a non-profit organization called Prism which services the local community and acts as provides them with criminal defense and also if they want to make complaints against the police which is what we were mostly dealing with the system in Rhode Island right now if you make a complaint against a police officer it's saved or recorded but it goes to a court it's not really a court but it's presided over by a higher ranking police officer so it's not really very fair and the outcome isn't very favorable so what we were doing is those reports when they're finally sent out the end of the year the officer's name and the complainant's name is redacted so there's no way to know how many complaints a police officer has so basically all week we were doing tons of research we're basically compiling a database of police misconduct so that lawyers can potentially use that information as evidence for defense and then on Friday we gave a presentation to the employees of the organization and some of the local youth on what the issue is what they can do to help like a lot of people will record police misconduct when they see it and that's very helpful for the project and eventually they want to become the go-to for the self-problems community if there is a police misconduct that they will first go to the police misconduct project and then file the complaint so they actually have some legal counsel and they get assistance with the matter and it was a very rewarding experience it definitely opened our eyes to the issue that it's talked about but it's not really talked about in Rhode Island it may not be as in your face as Ferguson but it definitely exists here and it's something that needs to be addressed so my group went to the Bronx Defenders and we were all assigned different areas of law to practice based on our preference we were actually asked in advance so they were kind of prepared for us in that regard so we have some I know Eunice went to housing court and worked on an attorney in that regard and Matthew was able to do some criminal law I personally did immigration I had no prior experience in immigration and got like absolutely thrown right in I was able to work with Roger Williams alum and he was like so what experience do you have in immigration I was like none and he was like okay let's get started and we got started immediately so during that time we were able to go and see some cases in court we were free to do that at any time that we wanted actually the courthouse was like right up the block mine was not we went to immigration court one day what arrived immigration court and as one of my colleagues earlier mentioned it was a really sad day in immigration court because people were getting deported for like the stupidest things and like the head of DHS was like deporting these people left and right and I was like sit down like why are you doing this but nonetheless it was really interesting I don't know for some reason it just didn't hit me that we were defending people so like I'm like looking at some of these convictions and I'm just like why did you do this but it was great to get like thrown right in and be able to advocate for them because a lot of them like you know the odds were stacked against them so they were happy to see that we were there to support them and there was a lot of work so this wasn't kind of like oh you want to just shadow and not do work like no we were like we were doing work like I had to draft up a brief and I'm not even done so it got real out there so go to the Bronx guys and the food was great the food was great the bodega the juvenile rights division that a man had and it's actually the legal aid society we were really fortunate because we didn't have any memos or research or anything thank god we were actually in court what's that? it was amazing we were in court every single day shadowing attorneys we saw everything from emergency hearings for abuse and neglect to adoption hearings we were able to brief and debrief with all the attorneys we were busy every single day a lot of courtroom experience we also were able to take part in some of their training exercises within their office so I would highly recommend going to Manhattan especially if you don't like research or writing awesome awesome thank you we also didn't have to do any research or write my own and we got to the court five out of five days so that was fun we got to see a lot of stuff we got to watch their aging process which is very interesting and we got to see a bunch of different cases specifically in education and neglect case which I didn't think was going to be interesting because it was just that Sunday when kids school but it's actually way deeper than that and I just want to email them today if I have the opportunity because I'm very invested in it but it was it was interesting and the in Brooklyn was nice and we also did get to go to that right from the court that the Brooklyn fighters were going to do we didn't go on an interactive video but they an interesting aspect was that they didn't have any court so some of the people who get convicted of smaller crimes but their job is to then serve on the court and then definitely get back to the community which I felt was really cool and innovative something that made you to be established as opposed to the thing 16-year-olds so under 16-year-olds in the jail for small offenses I felt these courts were really interesting so yeah awesome Hi I'm Paula myself and six other ladies and Mike got to participate in the women in prison project so we had awesome excellent programming that kept us busy so I'll just mention three brief highlights the first was probably the most visceral experience was doing a tour of the women's correctional facility in Cranston particularly the segregation units learning about the kinds of jobs you can have in prison which range from one to two to three dollar per day gigs that was very eye-opening and somewhat shocking to see also the intake process that happens the second obviously the main portion of why we're there is to do research for inmates female inmates who are expected to be released within the next anywhere from two weeks to a month and to address concerns and do some research for them that they have upon getting out so anywhere from can I get my record expunged how can I find housing or court costs and fines so these are all real concerns that people have upon getting out to address you can kind of end up back in the system again for violating parole so it was super interesting and then the last thing I'll just highlight is that we got to sort of we got to go to district court and witness public defenders work and kind of in contrast I also got to see the Hope Court if you don't know what the Hope Court is it's sort of the brainchild of Judge Sullivan to address minimum or sorry I guess recently released recently released persons who sort of have issues with either drug problems or addictions and it's just really an innovative court I won't go into too much detail because we have two minutes but definitely check it out it's very innovative especially when you see witness and arraignment hearing in district court and it's just very different approaches so if you're interested in participating I highly recommend trying for it next year it's really really impactful Before we go you guys know me and a lot of the work for Susie Harrington-Stepin who both did the lion's share of work on this program are both home in bed like sick with fevers so apparently putting together alternative spring break is taxing on everybody but Brittany and Trevor survived and I just want to say sitting and listening to all of you it's really just fills my heart with such joy and learned so much and got out there and represented the law school well a couple of these were brand new placements Chesapeake Bay and the AIDS Law Project and some of them are fairly new placements that we just started with in the last year or two so I really thank all of you for giving it your all and working so hard and representing us so well and paving the way for future students and I hope that when you're alums in cool public interest places you'll welcome our students as well it takes a village to organize this you're the biggest group we've ever sent over 60 students as you guys know when this program first started in 2005 we sent like four kids to New Orleans so it has grown by leaps and bounds and it couldn't have happened with that really hard work from Trevor and Brittany and from Sue and Joan and Lisa who've been working for months meeting in our office every Tuesday two o'clock I'm gonna miss them because I just closed my door and don't listen they get Brittany and Trevor get a little Roger Williams swag and I know they're gonna make a push again for you guys to fill out those surveys because it really gives us great data and Susie and Liza and I are really excited to read your journals it shows us so much just sort of hearing what you guys did every day and so thanks for your enthusiasm thanks for being so great and I'm gonna turn it back over to you guys almost done I want to say thank you again for participating in such an amazing experience we hope you really enjoyed it from the sounds of it most if not all of you did for the most part and so yeah thank you fill out the surveys I don't know if they're anonymous or not but if they're not we'll come hunt you down because we want your feedback so it takes probably like five minutes yes or no questions so it would be greatly appreciated last but not least I know probably like three or four of you have already sent us emails indicating your interest but if you're thinking of doing what Trevor I did this year being an ASB coordinator let us know it's a great experience it is a lot of work but it's very rewarding I wouldn't have changed it for the world this year so just shoot us an email because there has been already a lot of interest we'll probably have an interview process of some sorts at that point we'll give you more of a job description we want to work on that and get it really thorough for you guys but it is a great experience we encourage a lot of you to show interest as many years as you want to apply you can do it so oh and also we're gonna be making a brochure we typically do a faculty presentation but just given with the timing of everything that might not work out this year so we're gonna really do an in-depth brochure it's gonna include some of the photos that you sent and so really another plug is really put some effort into your journals we of course we'll ask you for your permission but we use some quotes from those journals in the brochure to kind of brag about the program that gets and that gets sent around to people who are donors faculty so really put some thought into those journals reflect and really share your experience because we would love to share that further down the road so keep your eyes peeled for that we'll let you know and of course we won't publish anything without asking you first so anyway thanks