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  • NOTES FROM THE FIELD: SARAH PEARL '20

    May 16, 2019

    My main duties included thorough literature reviews to understand current scientific research on geoengineering – the projected costs, risks, and effectiveness of the technology, along with the science behind it and the potential governance mechanisms to monitor, control, and possibly deploy it. I worked with Chief Scientist Michael MacCracken using a climate model, MAGICC, to simulate geoengineering and carbon emissions scenarios.

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  • NOTES FROM THE FIELD: MAYA FROST-BELANSKY '20

    May 6, 2019

    Having never worked in any sort of law office before, I was initially intimidated by the jargon and by the number of day-to-day activities that I was completely unfamiliar with. However, my fears were assuaged almost instantly when one of the attorneys noticed the perplexed look on my face and leaned over to explain what “a split plea with a deferred sentence” meant. 

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  • NOTES FROM THE FIELD: LOUISA AUERBACH '20

    May 4, 2019

    Exposure to the countless factors, from the crime itself to the role of the defense attorney to the nature of commitment in DC opened my eyes to the many ways in which public policy is both felt and enacted.

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  • NOTES FROM THE FIELD: ZACHARY BERKOW '20

    May 2, 2019

    As a winter Government Relations Intern at American Rivers, I reviewed Congressional hearings, tracked and analyzed legislation, and researched legislative and policy positions to advise American Rivers’ Government Relations staff. Through this experience, I interacted with a number of individuals to forward American River’s mission.

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  • NOTES FROM THE FIELD: SHANIQUA HARRIGAN '20

    April 28, 2019

    I was fully immersed into the life of a paralegal: I served subpoenas, wrote transcripts and put together additional exhibits that were used in court, attended hearings, redacted confidential information from sensitive documents, wholeheartedly believed in organization and traceability thus, making numerous indexes by quickly familiarizing myself with excel, and delivered materials to attorneys during the middle of their trial.

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