2023-2024 Innovators

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GABRIELLE BATTLE

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights / Harvard Law School

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TORI BIANCO

Clooney Foundation for Justice / University of Texas at Austin School of Law

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JAMAL BURNS

National Urban League / Yale Law School

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KAVYA CHATURVEDI

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights / Stanford Law School

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SALMA ELSAYED

United Way of New York City / Yale Law School

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BRENDAN HYATT

Earthwatch Institute / University of Michigan School of Law

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JENNIFER LEE

National Women’s Law Center / Harvard Law School

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SAM MALDONADO

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas / Yale Law School

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AVA PACCHIANA

Innocence Project / Harvard Law School

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SAM SHAPIRO

National Urban League / New York University School of Law



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2022-2023 Innovators

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AVERY ALLEN

The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services / Duke University School of Law

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RIMPAL BAJWA

Tahirih Justice Center / University of Michigan Law School

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HERBER BANDA-CRUZ

Earthwatch Institute / New York University School of Law

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KATE MCNAMARA-MARSLAND

National Women’s Law Center / University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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BRADY MILLER

National Urban League / University of Texas at Austin School of Law

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SADIE STATMAN

Human Rights Watch / Harvard Law School

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SARA TAKETATSU

Asian Americans Advancing Justice / Harvard Law School

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FILMORE THOMAS, IV

Posse Foundation / University of California Berkeley School of Law

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ETTA WANG

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights / Harvard Law School

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JACKSON WEIHE

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas / University of Texas at Austin School of Law



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2021-2022 Innovators

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SOFIA BARBOSA

Tahirih Justice Center / University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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JONATHAN CHAN

Earthwatch Institute / Harvard Law School

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BIANCA CORGAN

The Aspen Institute / Harvard Law School

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BITANIA ENDALKACHEW

National Women’s Law Center / Columbia Law School

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RYAN FOO

National Urban League / Harvard Law School

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LEAH HEBRON

Human Rights Watch / Georgetown University Law Center

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MALKA HIMELHOCH

Met Council / Harvard Law School

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NINA KUMAR

American Civil Liberties Union of Texas / Columbia Law School

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CHACE PULLEY

Tahirih Justice Center / Columbia Law School

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INDIRA RIVERA

National Urban League / Columbia Law School

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SHARONYA VADAKATTU

United Way of New York City / New York University School of Law

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ZOE VERNI

Tahirih Justice Center / University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School



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2020-2021 Innovators

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JULIA BEVAN

Tahirih Justice Center / New York University School of Law

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CALEB GREENE

Aspen Institute / University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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HARVEY LOU

Earthwatch Institute / University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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RACHEL MARANDETT

Innocence Project / New York University School of Law

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MAEVE O'BRIEN

Human Rights Watch / New York University School of Law

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ANNE PFEIFENBERGER

Ashoka / New York University School of Law

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CASSIDY SHAPIRO

Human Rights Watch / Duke University School of Law

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CARLY WEST

Oxfam / Columbia Law School



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