The Public Interest Institute has formed a new advisory board to inform the legal community and support public interest work at the University of Alabama School of Law
“As the Public Interest Institute has continued to grow, I felt it would be beneficial to our students to engage more external partners in our mission,” said Glory McLaughlin, Assistant Dean for Public Interest.
Public Interest Advisory Board members will provide additional perspectives on public interest and pro bono issues and needs. They will help promote the Law School to public interest employers, act as mentors to law students seeking careers in public interest law and assist with fundraising to promote the work of the Public Interest Institute.
The Advisory Board consists of 19 members from Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Montgomery and Huntsville who work in public interest and government. Of the board’s 19 members, 17 are alumni of the Law School.
Advisory Board members are:
Tiffanie Agee, Of Counsel, Gespass and Johnson
Stephanie Blackburn, Managing Attorney, Legal Services Alabama
Leigh Byers, Partner, Nolan Byers
Jerome Dees, Deputy District Attorney, Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office
Mike Forton, Director of Advocacy, Legal Services Alabama
Kevin Garrison, Shareholder, Baker Donelson
Nicole Hampton, Associate, Rosen Harwood
Brad Hargett, Assistant Public Defender, Tuscaloosa County Office of Public Defender
Tiara Hudson, Lead Trial Attorney, Jefferson County Public Defender’s Office
Nicole Hughes, Attorney, Hardin & Hughes
Patrick Jones, Staff Attorney, Legal Services Alabama
Marcus Maples, Shareholder, Baker Donelson
Latasha McCrary, Staff Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center
Paul Rand, Magistrate Judge Law Clerk, Northern District of Alabama
Steve Rygiel, Legal Director, Birmingham AIDS Outreach
Stephen Stetson, Policy Analyst, Arise Citizens’ Policy Project
Sarah Stokes, Staff Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center
Jessica Vosburgh, Director, Adelante Alabama Worker Center
Liz Whipple, Director of Domestic Violence Clinic, University of Alabama School of Law
