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