Katherine Wilkin, Tara Kade, Nkechi Erondu, Students, Columbia Law School

Katherine Wilkin: Katherine is a second-year law student at Columbia Law School who is passionate about environmental justice, particularly for rural communities and Indigenous tribes. She aspires to work through a community lawyering model to further these interests following graduation.

Tara Kade: Tara is a second-year law student at Columbia Law School. Her interests center around various aspects of children’s advocacy including juvenile justice, immigrant youth advocacy, education advocacy, child welfare, foster care reform, and civil rights. Tara ultimately aspires to teach a children’s advocacy clinic.

Nkechi Erondu: Nkechi is a second-year law student at Columbia Law School who is passionate about reimagining the criminal legal system with a transformative justice approach. Nkechi aspires to do post-conviction or appellate defense work after graduation