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Testimonial

Law Student Testimonial

Rob Kresch

EJA Summer Fellow

2023

  • EJA Summer Fellow, 
    2023

Harvard Law School

I am further convinced of the importance of organizations like Equal Justice America, which help to make the public interest work of GBLS interns possible. During my time at GBLS, I not only got the chance to contribute to GBLS’s legal aid work, but also got the chance to improve my own skills and knowledge for future work in public interest and pro bono settings. Tasks like interviewing clients through an interpreter and drafting demand letters, alongside presenting clients’ cases at unemployment hearings and engaging in policy advocacy, will all be useful experiences to draw on whenever I engage in this type of work going forward. I have no doubt that the other organizations where EJA interns work provide similarly useful experiences and training. Thus, no matter whether the majority of EJA interns continue on to work directly in legal aid organizations like GBLS, in public interest law, or even at private firms with pro-bono programs, it is clear that these fellowships provide interns with the skills and experiences to be successful advocates for our low-income clients.