Hope Peraria (she/her/hers) is a third-year law student at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law who is passionate about public interest law, health law, and litigation. She earned her B.A. in Communication Studies from the College of New Jersey and worked in public health communication and medical copywriting for 6 years prior to starting law school. During her 2L year, Hope completed a field clinic in the Social Justice Division of the New York State Office of the Attorney General assisting with investigations and litigation in the Health Care Bureau. She has spent her law school summers at the NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings and Sheppard Mullin, working on administrative adjudications and healthcare litigation, respectively.

Emily Abrams (she/her) is a third-year student at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law who is pursuing a career in public service, with a practice focus in criminal law. She attended Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Queens College, where she earned a BA in Political Science, English, and American Studies. Prior to law school, she spent three years with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York as a paralegal in the Criminal Division. This past summer, Emily was a legal intern with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

Matt Donelian is a third-year student at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He grew up in Bergen County, New Jersey and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from New York University. During his 2L summer, Matt worked as a Summer Associate at Coughlin Midlige and Garland LLP. Matt has focused his coursework on corporate law, capital markets regulation, and intellectual property- with hopes of pursuing a career in one of those areas.

Laura Tierney (she/hers) is a third-year law student at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Prior to attending law school, Laura received a BA from Mount Holyoke College, an MA from Teachers College, Columbia University, and worked in higher education. She is a previous member of Cardozo’s Benjamin B. Ferencz Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic. She has worked as a Judicial Intern in Bronx County Supreme Court and as a Safe-Housing Fellow for the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC). When she’s not doing law-related things, you can usually find Laura in Prospect Park with her dog, Luna.

Skylar Corby (she/her) is a third-year student at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She earned her B.S. in Journalism from the University of Missouri and worked in public relations and pharmaceutical communications prior to starting law school. During her 2L year, Skylar participated in the Mediation Clinic, assisting parties at the state and federal levels to resolve cases amicably through alternate dispute resolution techniques. She has spent her 2L summer as legal intern at The Law Office of Alexander Paykin, focusing on corporate litigation and intellectual property, which she hopes to pursue after graduation.

Olivia Cohen is a third-year law student at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Prior to law school, she attended George Washington University and graduated with a BA in Arts and Sciences and minors in criminal justice and psychology. During her 2L year, she participated in Cardozo’s Prosecutor Practicum, in which she worked for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. This summer, she interned with a personal injury law firm and is interested in pursuing litigation and tort law.  In her free time, she enjoys playing pickleball, spending time with family, and going to Yankee games.

Tess Bedingfield (she/her) is a third year law student at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Tess earned her B.A. with a major in History and a minor in Classics from Colgate University. Prior to law school, Tess worked as a Litigation & ESG Paralegal for two years at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. During law school, Tess worked as a Clinical Intern in the Bet Tzedek Civil Litigation Clinic, as a Legal Intern at Clayman, Rosenberg, Kirshner & Linder, a small litigation firm, and as a Legal Intern at Union Square Hospitality Group, a NYC-based restaurant group where she did a variety of in-house work and enjoyed lots of great food! In her free time, Tess loves cooking, running and watching reality TV.

Olivia Handelman (she/hers) is a third-year law student at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law who is interested in working in the government sector. She is from Freehold, NJ and graduated from Gettysburg College with a self-designed Classics and Political Theory major, plus a minor in Jewish Studies. Last spring, she externed through the NYC Law Department Appeals Division Field Clinic. She spent the summer before 3L interning at the Maui County Department of the Corporation Counsel and has become the annoying study abroad student who can’t stop talking about her experience. When she manages to find free time in between stressing about school, Olivia loves to read, see new shows on Broadway, and visit her family back in Central Jersey.

Emily Glazier (she/her) is a third-year student at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She grew up in Marlboro, New Jersey and attended Indiana University, where she majored in Law and Public Policy and minored in Environmental Management. Emily is passionate about personal injury and toxic tort litigation and spent her law school summers interning at personal injury firms. In her free time, she enjoys watching Bravo!

Gerald Dryden is an NYC transplant from Philadelphia, Pa. He studied Theatre and English at the College of Wooster, and is currently a 3L hoping to one day litigate. At Cardozo, Gerald is VP of OUTLaw and on the E-board of the Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice as both the Annotations Editor and a Submissions Editor. So far, he’s worked with organizations like the New York County Lawyers Association (“NYCLA”) and firms like Weitz & Luxenberg handling a mix of public and private work, with a maintained focus on advocacy. He hopes to continue such work in the future.