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Katie D.

Katie D.

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Civil Staff Attorney

  • Education

    • Movement Law Lab

      2020 - 2020
      Course in Movement Lawyering

      Build Power, Fight Power: Movement Lawyering in the 21st Century

    • Carmel High School

      2011 - 2015
      CORE 40 with Academic Honors

      Activities and Societies: Accents show choir, Ambassadors show choir (section leader), Gay Straight Alliance, Students for Choice, Yoga club, Scrabble club

    • Fordham University School of Law

      2018 - 2021
      Doctor of Law - JD Law

      Activities and Societies: Activities: Fordham OUTLaws, Fordham Law Women, Archibald R. Murray Magna Cum Laude Public Service Award (500-999 pro bono hours) Courses: Affordable Housing; Gender, Sexuality, and the Law; Community Economic Development (Clinic) Accepted to Fordham University's highly selective 3-3 program, in which Fordham undergraduates can complete undergrad and law school in 6 years

    • Universiteit van Amsterdam

      2018 - 2018
      Semester Abroad Women's Studies

      Activities and Societies: Courses in "Intersectionality and the Politics of Difference"; "Documentary: History, Theory, and Rhetoric"; "Gender, Family, and Social Mobility in Latin America" Semester abroad in Amsterdam, Netherlands from February to June 2018

    • Fordham University

      2015 - 2019
      Bachelor of Arts - BA Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

      Activities and Societies: Rainbow Alliance, Fordham Film Club, student organizing Focused studies on intersectional analysis within legal contexts, feminist film studies, and the frameworks for modern conceptions of sexual identity

  • Experience

    • Rainbow Alliance Club

      Aug 2016 - May 2017
      Treasurer

      Tasks included preparing the yearly budget (heavily reliant on Microsoft Excel), scheduling programming, and running advocacy events including our annual spring dance

    • Fordham Observer

      Aug 2017 - May 2018
      Contributing Writer

      Informing the wider Fordham community about our advocacy on behalf of trans and intersex students

    • Fordham University

      Aug 2017 - Aug 2018
      Campus Organizer

      Work includes advocating a change to Fordham's antiquated guest policy on behalf of trans and intersex students, submitting policy proposals, and holding regular meetings with administrators

    • Community Voices Heard

      Aug 2017 - Dec 2017
      Bilingual Community Organizing Intern

      Projects included community involvement in rezoning advocacy, participatory budgeting, and accessible housing, in both English and Spanish

    • Community Service Society of New York

      Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
      Transgender Healthcare Legal Intern

      Duties include assisting clients with ACA claims, writing & editing legal briefs, and managing caseworkAdditionally utilizing my background in science and gender studies to assist particularly with trans health advocacy

    • Lincoln Square Legal Services Inc.

      Jan 2020 - May 2020
      Community Economic Development Intern

      Helped new charitable organizations establish 501(c) status, assisted in drafting articles of incorporation and bylaws, co-created project on emergency COVID-19 advisement for mutual aid organizations

    • CHLP

      May 2020 - Aug 2020
      HIV Legal Policy Intern

      Improving the status of HIV positive individuals through criminal law policy intervention and legal research on the efficacy of HIV policy in both state and national governments

    • Bronx Legal Services

      Aug 2020 - Dec 2020
      Housing Litigation Intern

      Assisting staff attorneys with holdover and nonpayment cases in Bronx Housing Court

    • Neighborhood Defender Service

      Sept 2021 - now

      Assisting folks impacted by the criminal and family carceral systems with various civil re-entry issues; practice areas include housing, benefits, employment, and civil forfeiture Defending tenants from eviction in New York County Housing Court, focus on nonpayment and holdover proceedings with some affirmative repairs work

      • Staff Attorney, Collateral Consequences Team

        Jan 2023 - now

      • Staff Attorney, Housing Defense Team

        Mar 2022 - Jan 2023

      • Law Graduate, Housing Defense Team

        Sept 2021 - Mar 2022

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Katie D.
      Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award, Magna Cum Laude - Mar 2021 Award for 500-999 hours of pro bono legal service during the duration of law school
    • Awarded to Katie D.
      AP Scholar with Honors College Board May 2015 Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams
    • Awarded to Katie D.
      National Merit Commended Scholar National Merit Scholarship Corporation Aug 2014 Achieved top 2% score on the PSAT