Class of 2019

MY Law Links

S uccess is achieved and maintained by those who try

and keep trying. - W. Clement Stone

Alana Hines welcomed by her supervisor Brian Brown, our new Law Links intern

sponsor.

Judge Catherine Chen & Shybria Robbins.

Judge Gregory Sampson & Dion Hill.

Lia Gilleran and Senior Law Links Intern Meg Sabanal meet

their Johns Hopkins Supervisor, Sarah Anderson.

Wesley Rice on the bench with Judge George Russell III.

Dominique Logan and Alyssa Meet their Supervisor, Patricia DeMaio (right), from the State’s Attorney

Office.

MY LAW LINKS 2019

Alicia Wilson, Esq.

Port Covington Impact Team

Ann Kim, Esq. University of Maryland Francis King Carey

School of Law

Dean Donald Tobin, JD University of Maryland Francis King Carey

School of Law

Gary Norman Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Jason Downs

Downs Collins, PA

Judge George L. Russell, III U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Judge Catherine Chen

District Court of Maryland, Baltimore City

Keiffer Mitchell, Jr. Senior Advisor to Governor Larry Hogan

Kelly Hooper

Office of the Attorney General

Kristen Campbell McGuire France-Merrick Foundation

Margaret Lynch Selwood

Venable LLP

Michelle Lipkowitz, Esq. Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Riley Aldridge

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Ruth Fry

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Warren Rymes 3 R – Recovery, Rehabilitation, Re-Entry

Guest Speakers Association of Legal Administrators

Bader & Cooper Baker Donelson

Baltimore City Council Baltimore City Law Department Bar Association of Baltimore City Bar Associations’ Insurance Trust

Baltimore City Circuit Court Bekman, Marder, & Adkins, LLC

Brown & Barron, LLC Family League of Baltimore/BSFC Initiative

Farace & Scherr, PA Fedder & Garten Professional Association

France-Merrick Foundation Frank F. Daily, PA

Gordon Feinblatt, LLC Hirschhorn Foundation

Homeless Persons Representation Project Hylton & Gonzales

Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation Legal Dept. Juvenile Justice Center Kramon & Graham, PA

Maryland Bar Foundation Maryland Legal Aid

Maryland State Department of Education Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service

Nelson Mullins Office of the Attorney General Office of the Public Defender

Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City Rifkin Weiner Livingston, LLC

Sagamore/Port Covington Development Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Semmes, Bowen & Semmes Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, PA

Shawe & Rosenthal, LLP The Saint Yves Law Firm The Weinberg Foundation

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Whiteford, Taylor & Preston

Funding and Support

MY LAW LINKS 2019

Alana Hines

Baltimore Polytechnic

Institute

Brown & Barron, LLC

Dion Hill Mergenthaler Vocational

Technical Circuit Court for Baltimore City

Dayonna Chavis Green Street Academy Gordon Feinblatt LLC

Imani Morris Baltimore Polytechnic

Institute Gordon Feinblatt LLC

Alyssa Randolph Mergenthaler Vocational

Technical State's Attorney for

Baltimore City

Christian Ato Mergenthaler Vocational

Technical Maryland Legal Aid

Jermaine Davis Green Street Academy

Maryland Legal Aid

Ja’sha Prince Mergenthaler Vocational

Technical Office of the

Attorney General

Dominique Logan Mergenthaler Vocational

Technical State's Attorney for

Baltimore City

Erica Little Mergenthaler Vocational

Technical Office of the Public Defender

Damon’Tae Taylor

Augusta Fells Savage Institute

Office of the Public Defender

Autumn Grayson Baltimore City College

Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC

Congratulations to the Law Links Class of 2019!

Kayla Johnson Mergenthaler Vocational

Technical Baltimore City Council

Wesley Rice Baltimore Polytechnic

Institute Baltimore City

Law Department

Jordynn Parker Paul Laurence Dunbar

Bekman, Marder & Adkins, LLC

Kayla Gauger Green Street Academy

Homeless Persons Representation Project, Inc.

Lia Gilleran Baltimore City College Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation Legal Department

Megane Mbapte Green Street Academy Maryland Volunteer

Lawyers Service

Nathaniel Shaw Benjamin Franklin

Juvenile Justice Center

Tyler Lewis Baltimore City College

Maryland Legal Aid

Meg Sabanal Baltimore Polytechnic

Institute Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation Legal Department

Shybria Robbins Benjamin Franklin

Office of the Public Defender

Zora Cabell Mergenthaler Vocational

Technical Semmes, Bowen & Semmes

“Be somebody

nobody thought

you could be.”

Congratulations to the Law Links Class of 2019!

LAW AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

Field Trips

Law Links Luncheon Interns meet supervisors and present their Mission Statement and Opportunity and Obligations.

Chief Medical Examiner Office—

Baltimore City

“Deadliest room in Baltimore” Medical Examiner Bruce

Goldfarb

CitiWatch—Baltimore City

Detective McSpadden gives insight on CitiWatch cameras.

Newseum—Washington, D.C.

Check out the Capital in the background.

Edward A. Garmatz US District Courthouse

Interns visit Judge George Russell III.

Dominique Logan presents her argument during Voting with Your

Feet.

Interns practicing their Elevator Pitch.

LAW AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

Christian Ato introduces Ruth Fry.

Guest Speakers

Thank you to all of our guest speakers for instilling the importance of hard work, commitment and advocacy in our 2019 Law Links interns.

Zora Cabell thanks Keiffer Mitchell Jr. with a gift.

Warren Rhymes educates the interns about Safe Streets

Baltimore.

Megane Mbapte introduces Michelle Lipkowitz.

Lia Gilleran thanks Dean Tobin with a gift.

Alicia Wilson advises on making a great impression

Alyssa Randolph on the bench with Judge George

Russell III.

Jason Downs educates interns on appropriate interactions with the police.

Maggie Lynch Selwood explains Transactional and Real Estate Law.

Kristen Campbell McGuire assists interns with drafting

and presenting their Elevator Pitch.

Keiffer Mitchell Jr.

MYLAW Staff

Shelley Brown

Executive Director

Sonia Dowuona

Program Coordinator, Baltimore City Initiatives

Shelane Bell

Baltimore City Teen Court Social Worker

Cynthia O’Neill

Program Coordinator, Statewide Initiatives

Teresa Ginyard

Office Administrator

Tom Breen

Accountant

MYLAW Programs

MY Law Links Internship

MY Baltimore City Teen Court

MY Baltimore City Council Page Program

MY High School Mock Trial Competition

MY Summer Law Academy

Law Links Committee

Alicia Wilson, Esq.

Port Covington Impact Team

Antonia Fasanelli

Homeless Persons Representation Project

Barry Gogel, Esq.

Rifkin Weiner Livingston, LLC

Katrin Hussmann Schroll

UMD Francis King Carey School of Law

Ruth Fry

Firm Administrator, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Contact

Maryland Bar Center

520 West Fayette Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

667-210-2250

www.mylaw.org