WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM FIELD PLACEMENTS FOR SUMMER & FALL 2014

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WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM

FIELD PLACEMENTS FOR SUMMER & FALL 2014 CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXTERNSHIPS

Legal Aid and Defender Association, Federal Defender Office http://www.ladadetroit.org/federal_defender.php

Miriam Siefer, Chief Counsel

Legal Aid and Defender Association, Federal Defender Office 613 Abbott Street

Detroit, Michigan 48226

Legal Aid and Defender Association, State Defender Office http://www.ladadetroit.org/state_defender.php

Donald L. Johnson, Chief Counsel

Legal Aid and Defender Association, State Defender Office 613 Abbott Street

Michigan Department of Attorney General, Criminal Division http://www.michigan.gov/ag/0,4534,7-164-19441---,00.html

Richard Cunningham, Chief

Michigan Department of Attorney General, Criminal Division 3030 West Grand Boulevard, Suite 10-354

Michigan State Appellate Defender Office http://www.sado.org/

Jonathan Sacks, Deputy Director

Michigan State Appellate Defender Office 645 Griswold, Suite 3300

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Michigan, Criminal Division http://www.justice.gov/usao/mie/manage/criminal.html

Sherene Buffa, Human Resources Specialist

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Michigan 211 West Fort Street, Suite 2001

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Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office

http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/prosecuting_attorney Brian L. Mackie, Prosecuting Attorney

Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office Courthouse

P.O. Box 8645

200 N. Main, Suite 320 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48107

Washtenaw County Public Defender’s Office

http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/departments/public_defender Timothy R. Niemann, Assistant Public Defender

Washtenaw County Public Defender’s Office Washtenaw County Annex Building

110 North Fourth Avenue, 4th Floor Ann Arbor, Michigan 48107

Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office

http://www.waynecounty.com/prosecutor/

Nicole Scott, Assistant to the Director of Recruiting, Training, & CLE Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office

Frank Murphy Hall of Justice 1441 St. Antoine, Room 1220 Detroit, Michigan 48226

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JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIPS Macomb County Circuit Court

http://www.macombcountymi.gov/circuitcourt/ Michigan Court of Appeals

http://courts.mi.gov/courts/coa/pages/default.aspx Michigan Supreme Court

http://courts.mi.gov/courts/michigansupremecourt/pages/default.aspx

Oakland County Circuit Court

http://www.oakgov.com/courts/circuit/Pages/default.aspx U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan http://www.mieb.uscourts.gov/

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit https://www.ohnb.uscourts.gov/

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan http://www.mied.uscourts.gov/

Washtenaw County Circuit Court

http://washtenawtrialcourt.org/index_html Wayne County Circuit Court

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PUBLIC INTEREST EXTERNSHIPS American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan http://www.aclumich.org

Michael J. Steinberg, Legal Director

American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan 2966 Woodward Avenue

Detroit, Michigan 48201 Asylum & Immigration Law Clinic

http://law.wayne.edu/clinics/immigration.php Rachel Settlage, Director

Asylum & Immigration Law Clinic Wayne State University Law School 471 West Palmer Street

Detroit, Michigan 48202 Business & Community Law Clinic http://law.wayne.edu/clinics/business.php

Eric Williams, Director

Business & Community Law Clinic Wayne State University Law School 471 West Palmer Street

Detroit, Michigan 48202 Center for Civil Justice

http://www.ccj-mi.org/

Terri Stangl, Executive Director Center for Civil Justice

436 South Saginaw Street Flint, Michigan 48502

City of Detroit Human Rights Department

http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/Departments/HumanRights/tabid/613/Default.aspx Portia Roberson, Group Executive of Human Rights & Ethics

City of Detroit Human Rights Department Coleman A. Young Municipal Center 2 Woodward Avenue, Suite 1240 Detroit, Michigan 48226

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City of Detroit Law Department

http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/Departments/LawDepartment/tabid/122/Default.aspx Melvin Hollowell, Corporation Counsel

City of Detroit Law Department Coleman A. Young Municipal Center 2 Woodward Avenue, 5th Floor Detroit, Michigan 48226

Detroit Center for Family Advocacy

http://www.law.umich.edu/centersandprograms/pcl/cfa/Pages/default.aspx Rubina Mustafa, Staff Attorney

Detroit Center for Family Advocacy 3031 West Grand Boulevard, Suite 440 Detroit, Michigan 48202

Detroit Land Bank Authority http://www.detroitlandbank.org/

Kevin Simowski, General Counsel 65 Cadillac Square, Suite 3200 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Disability Law Clinic

http://law.wayne.edu/clinics/index.php David Moss, Director

Disability Law Clinic

Wayne State University Law School 471 West Palmer Street

Elder Law and Advocacy Center/Free Legal Aid Clinic

http://www.nlsmichigan.org/elder-law.html and http://www.detroitflac.com Sonya Bellafant

Elder Law and Advocacy Center/Free Legal Aid Clinic 5425 Woodward Avenue

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Detroit Field Office http://www.eeoc.gov/field/detroit

Gail Cober, Director

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Detroit Field Office 477 Michigan Avenue, Rm. 865

McNamara Federal Building Detroit, Michigan 48226 Freedom House

http://www.freedomhousedetroit.org

Kelly Steffens AuBuchon, Senior Attorney Freedom House

2630 West Lafayette Boulevard Detroit, Michigan 48216

Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel http://jobs.irs.gov/student/office-chief-counsel.html

Contact: Professor Alan Schenk ([email protected]) Eric Skinner, Associate Area Counsel

Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building, Rm. 1870 477 Michigan Avenue

Lakeshore Legal Aid, Counsel & Advocacy Law Line

http://www.lakeshorelegalaid.org/counsel-advocacy-law-line.php Kari K. Deming

Lakeshore Legal Aid, Counsel & Advocacy Law Line 16130 Northland Drive

Southfield, Michigan 48075

Lakeshore Legal Aid/Free Legal Aid Clinic

http://www.lakeshorelegalaid.org/index.php and http://www.detroitflac.com Michael Kwarcinski

Lakeshore Legal Aid/Free Legal Aid Clinic 5425 Woodward Avenue

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Legal Advocacy for People with Cancer Clinic http://law.wayne.edu/clinics/cancer-clinic.php

Kathryn Smolinski, Director

Legal Advocacy for People with Cancer Clinic Wayne State University Law School

471 West Palmer Street Detroit, Michigan 48202

Legal Aid and Defender Association of Detroit, Civil Law Group http://www.ladadetroit.org/civil_lawgroup.php

Michele Hall, Deputy Chief Counsel

Legal Aid and Defender Association of Detroit, Civil Law Group 613 Abbott Street

Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Jackson Office http://www.lsscm.org/

Erica Zimny, Managing Attorney

Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Jackson Office 540 North Jackson Street

Jackson, Michigan 49201

Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Lansing Office http://www.lsscm.org/

Kellie Maki, Managing Attorney

Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Lansing Office 3490 Belle Chase Way, #50

Lansing, Michigan 48911

Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Monroe Office http://www.lsscm.org/

Shannon Lucas, Managing Attorney

Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Monroe Office 1118 South Telegraph Road, Suite A

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Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Washtenaw County Office http://www.lsscm.org/

Paul D. Sher, Managing Attorney

Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Washtenaw County Office 420 North 4th Avenue

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

Michigan Department of Attorney General, Detroit Office http://www.michigan.gov/ag/0,1607,7-164-19441---,00.html

Ron Robinson, Assistant Attorney General Michigan Department of Attorney General Cadillac Place, 10th Floor

303 West Grand Boulevard, Suite 10-200 Detroit, Michigan 48202

Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission http://www.agcmi.com

Steve P. Vella

Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission 535 Griswold Street, Suite 1700

Michigan Attorney General’s Office, Civil Rights Division

http://www.michigan.gov/ag/0,4534,7-164-19441-60564--,00.html Ron D. Robinson, Assistant Attorney General

Michigan Attorney General’s Office, Civil Rights Division Cadillac Place, 10th Floor

3030 W. Grand Boulevard, Suite 10-200 Detroit, Michigan 48202

Michigan Bureau of Employment Relations http://www.michigan.gov/merc

Ruthanne Okun, Director

Michigan Bureau of Employment Relations 3026 West Grand Boulevard, Suite 2-‐750 P.O. Box 2988 Detroit, Michigan 48202

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Michigan Children’s Law Center http://www.miclc.org/about

Eleanor L. Rabior, Supervisor, Court Operations Michigan Children’s Law Center

1 Heritage Drive, Suite 210 Southgate, Michigan 48195 Michigan Community Resources http://www.mi-community.org/home

Samira Guyot, Legal & Policy Program Manager Michigan Community Resources

615 Griswold, Suite 1805 Detroit, Michigan 48226

Michigan Department of Civil Rights, Office of Legal Affairs

http://www.michigan.gov/mdcr/0,1607,7-138-42240_42254---,00.html Sylvia Elliott, Director

Michigan Department of Civil Rights, Office of Legal Affairs 3054 West Grand Boulevard, Suite 3-600

Detroit, Michigan 48202 Michigan Legal Services

http://www.milegalservices.org/index.html Marilyn Mullane, Executive Director Michigan Legal Services

220 Bagley Street, Suite 900 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Michigan Poverty Law Program http://www.mplp.org/

Angela S. Tripp, Managing Attorney Michigan Poverty Law Program 220 East Huron Street, Suite 600A Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

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National Labor Relations Board, Detroit Regional Office http://www.nlrb.gov/region/detroit

Erikson Karmol, Deputy Regional Director 477 Michigan Avenue, Room 300

National Wildlife Federation, Great Lakes Regional Center http://www.nwf.org/Great-Lakes.aspx

Neil Kagan, Senior Counsel

National Wildlife Federation, Great Lakes Regional Center 213 West Liberty Street, Suite 200

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

Neighborhood Legal Services Michigan, Elder Law & Advocacy Center http://www.nlsmichigan.org/elder-law.html

Kathleen Graham, Managing Attorney Elder Law & Advocacy Center

12121 Hemingway Redford, Michigan 48239 Patent Procurement Clinic

http://law.wayne.edu/clinics/patent.php Eric Williams, Director

Patent Procurement Clinic

Wayne State University Law School 471 West Palmer Street

Salvation Army, William Booth Legal Aid Clinic http://centralusa.salvationarmy.org/emi/WBLAC

Amy Roemer, Clinic Director William Booth Legal Aid Clinic 3737 Lawton Street

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Solution Oriented Domestic Violence Prevention Court http://www.legalnews.com/oakland/936203

Katherine Strickfaden

Solution Oriented Domestic Violence Prevention Court 2 Woodward Avenue, Rm. 1601

Detroit, Michigan 48226 Sugar Law Center

http://www.sugarlaw.org

John Philo, Legal Director Sugar Law Center

4605 Cass Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48201

Transnational Environmental Law Clinic

http://law.wayne.edu/clinics/environmental.php Nick Schroeck, Director

Transnational Environmental Law Clinic Wayne State University Law School 471 West Palmer Street

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Michigan, Civil Rights Unit http://www.justice.gov/usao/mie/manage/civil.html

Judith E. Levy, Chief

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Michigan, Civil Rights Unit 211 West Fort Street, Suite 2001

U.S. Office of Special Counsel, Midwest Field Office http://www.osc.gov

Christopher T. Tall, Chief

U.S. Office of Special Counsel, Midwest Field Office 211 West Fort Street, Suite 521

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Wayne County Corporation Counsel

http://www.waynecounty.com/corpcounsel/index.htm

Zenna Faraj Elhasan, Corporation Counsel Wayne County Corporation Counsel 500 Griswold Street, Floor 12 Detroit, Michigan 48226