Legal Careers
Children & Youth Law Clinic Alumni (Partial List)
There are numerous opportunities to work with children and on children's issues both in and out of the legal profession. Some law students pursue more traditional legal careers while others have created unique opportunities, drawing on their legal training and experiences in the Children & Youth Law Clinic and in our classes. Below is a partial listing of some of the public interest advocacy, traditional legal and non-legal work that our alumni are doing.
Careers of Some of our Alumni
Jennifer Blakeman
Assistant Public Defender
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Orlando
Camille Blanton
Attorney
Wicker Smith Tutan O'Hara, et al.
West Palm Beach
Ian Bristol
KPMG LLP
Toronto, Canada
Jooyeun Chang
Staff Attorney
Child Welfare and Mental Health Division
Children's Defense Fund
Washington, D.C.
Hilda Cenecharles
Former Equal Justice Works Fellow and Attorney
Haitian Citizenship Project
Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.
David Daniel
Program Associate
Farmworker Health Services, Inc.
Washington, DC.
Former Echoing Green Public Service Fellow
Soul Builders, Inc., Children's Mental Health Advocacy Project
University of Miami School of Law
Children & Youth Law Clinic
Former Peace Corps Volunteer
Central Pacific
Alexandra De La Asuncion Attorney
Holland & Knight LLP
Miami
Pamela Entzel
Study Coordinator
Center to Protect Workers' Rights
Silver Spring, MD and
Former Peace Corps Volunteer
Central Pacific
Santiago Gatto
Attorney
Holland & Knight LLP
Miami
Evan Goldman
Government and Public Affairs Specialist
Children's Services Council of Broward County
Ft. Lauderdale, and
Former Associate Director
Children First Project
Nova Southeastern University
Shepard Broad Law Center
Dan Gower
Assistant Public Defender
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Bushnell FL
Jepera Hvidberg
Project Attorney
Teens in Transition Project
Legal Aid Society of Dade County Bar Association
Miami
Shara Kobetz-Pelz
Assistant Public Defender
Eleventh Judicial Circuit
Miami
David Kreeger
Attorney
Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering
Washington, D.C.
Jennifer Mansfield
Attorney
Holland & Knight LLP
Jacksonville
Kimberly Mears
Assistant Public Defender
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Lake City, FL
Patrick Montoya
Attorney
Colson Hicks Eidson
Miami
Elisabeth Porter
Assistant Public Defender
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit
West Palm Beach, FL
Tracy Pueschel
Political Asylum Adjudication Officer
Department of Homeland Security
Miami
Janice Rodriguez
Attorney
Evan Marks, P.A.
Miami
Sabrina Salomon
Equal Justice Works Fellow and Attorney
Nou Kab! Haitian Domestic Violence Project
Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center
Miami
Richard Shoop
Assistant General Counsel
Florida Department of Health
Tallahassee
Kavita Sookrajh
Child Welfare Attorney
Florida Department of Children and Families
Orlando
Eric Swenson
Attorney
White & Case
Miami
Jack Wallace
Former Equal Justice Works (NAPIL) Fellow and Attorney
Florida Asylum Relief Project
Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center
Tammy Wilsker
Equal Justice Works Fellow
Foster Youth Informed Project
University of Miami School of Law
Children & Youth Law Clinic
Melissa Zelniker
Equal Justice Works Fellow and Attorney
The Bridge-Dependent-Delinquent Advocacy Project
Legal Aid Service of Broward County
