Brown, Goldstein & Levy is thrilled to welcome our new summer season associates for 2025: Rachel Bechtel, Lyllian Simerly, Kristina Smith, and Mira Ward.
These extremely achieved legislation college students convey with them glorious tutorial information and a ardour for legislation careers devoted to social accountability and justice. As they progress by BGL’s summer season affiliate program, they may have the possibility to achieve hands-on litigation expertise and publicity to circumstances in apply areas akin to civil rights, business litigation, employment discrimination, prison protection, and extra.
“We’re delighted to welcome Rachel, Lyllian, Kristina, and Mira to the agency this summer season,” mentioned Jessie Weber, BGL’s managing companion. “Their spectacular backgrounds and dedication to pursuing justice will assist us serve our shoppers, as we assist form the subsequent era of attorneys.”
Be taught extra about every of our summer season associates beneath:
Rachel is a rising 3L at American College Washington Faculty of Legislation, the place she serves on the board of the Equal Justice Basis, and as occasions chair of the Incapacity Legislation Society. Her ardour for incapacity advocacy has taken her abroad the place she accomplished a Grasp of Arts by Analysis in Mental and Developmental Disabilities on the College of Kent in England. She is drawn to BGL for its robust popularity combating for incapacity rights.
Kristina is a Juris Physician candidate on the College of North Carolina College of Legislation, the place she has earned honors for the best grade in her class in Constitutional Legislation, Contracts, and Torts. She was additionally awarded the Chancellor’s Scholar Award, which earned her a full tuition scholarship. Beforehand, she interned for the U.S. Division of Justice, the place she labored on issues associated to the Honest Housing Act. Her advocacy for racial fairness and justice within the realm of housing pairs nicely with BGL’s popularity and work in housing legislation.
Lyllian is a 3L on the College of Michigan Legislation College, the place she has earned many scholarships and honors. On the College of Michigan, she participates in actions such because the Michigan Legislation Evaluate, 1L Oral Advocacy Competitors, Michigan Legislation ACLU, American Structure Society, and the First Era Legislation College students. Given her ardour for social justice, she is worked up to hitch BGL as a summer season affiliate. Final summer season, she interned with the Michigan Poverty Legislation Program, the place she labored within the Household Legislation Division.
Mira is working by her ultimate yr on the College of Maryland Francis King Carey College of Legislation. As a Juris Physician candidate, she served because the workers editor of the Journal of Well being Care Legislation & Coverage and was a Variety & Inclusion Scholar. She was additionally a legislation fellow at FutureCare in Pasadena, Maryland, the place she cultivated her information and fervour in healthcare legislation and medical malpractice. Mira is wanting ahead to working extra in healthcare legislation at BGL.
We look ahead to working with these passionate summer season associates!
ABOUT BROWN, GOLDSTEIN & LEVY
Based in 1982, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a legislation agency primarily based in Baltimore, Maryland, with an workplace in Washington, DC. The agency is nationally acknowledged in all kinds of apply areas, together with complicated civil and business litigation, civil rights, well being care, household legislation, and prison protection. Above all else, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a client-centered legislation agency that brings a long time of expertise and passionate, efficient advocacy to your struggle for justice.
