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The Maryland Katrina and Indigent Defense Project
Chair: Veronica Berruz
Fundraiser/Treasurer: Caroline Farrell
Grants Coordinator: Chris Dahl
Criminal Law Trip Chair: Nina Wu
Civil Law Trip Co-Chairs: Sarah Liebschutz
Jessica Marks
Building Trip Co-Chairs: Erin Frazee
Jennifer Rheingrover
Faculty Advisor: Professor Doug Colbert
The Maryland Katrina and Indigent Defense Project is comprised of more than fifty law students at the University of Maryland School of Law. The group was informally created in March 2006 in response to the overwhelming need that still exists in New Orleans two years since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
Click here to watch a documentary video of the Project!
Law students have donated their valuable vacation time to the rebuilding effort, working with Catholic Charities and Habitat for Humanity reconstructing homes in affected areas, and with the New Orleans Office of the Public Defender, focusing on bond hearings and prison conditions.
Click on the links above for more information on the Project, news and events, and ways to support our efforts.
Coming Up!
Informational Meeting
Winter Break Trip to Gulf Coast
Thursday, September 6
Noon-1 p.m. in Room 107
5-6 p.m. in Room 108
Legal Internship Opportunities in the Gulf Coast
(click on Partner Organizations)
SHN works with local legal service providers in LA and MS.
Funding is available through Equal Justice Works' "Summercorps" grants.
