3L Sowande reflects on his spring co-op at the US Bankruptcy Court in Boston.
"Once the technicalities of the job are learned, an intern can really get to enjoy the underlying forces that make bankruptcy law so interesting."-Sowande
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Name: Amy, 3L
Area of Law: Health Advocacy, Juvenile Law
Student Activities: Black
Law Students Association, JD/MPH Program with Tufts University
Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, reading, knitting, coffee
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Undergraduate School: Brown University
Undergraduate Major: Community Health
Undergraduate Year of Graduation: 2006
Name: Benny, 3L
Area of Law: Local & State Government; Land Use, Real Estate, & Development; Administrative Law; Public Policy
Student Activities: Student Bar Association, Public Interest Law Scholars Program
Hobbies & Interests: Film, traveling, politics
Hometown: Cambridge, MA
Undergraduate School: Tufts University
Undergraduate Major: Philosophy
Undergraduate Year of Graduation: 2000
Name: Britt, 2L
Area of Law: Bioethics & Health Law, Family Law
Student Activities: Queer Caucus, National Lawyer's Guild
Hobbies & Interests: Urban gardening, cooking, and trying out new restaurants
Hometown: Oakland, NJ
Undergraduate School: Simmons College
Undergraduate Major: Philosophy, Women's Studies
Undergraduate Year of Graduation: 2009
Name: Diana, 3L
Area of Law: Domestic Violence, Family, Immigration
Student Activities: Domestic Violence Institute
Hobbies & Interests: Current events, reading, jogging
Hometown: North Bergen, NJ
Undergraduate School: Saint Peter's College
Undergraduate Major: Economics
Undergraduate Year of Graduation: 2003
Name: Sowande, 3L 
Area of Law: Bankruptcy; Civil Rights for Civil Servants;
Race, Gender and Equality
Student Activities: Research Assistant for Prof. Daniel Austin (Bankruptcy)
Hobbies & Interests: Mobile electronic gadgets, Japanese language and culture,
working out
Hometown: Brandywine, MD
Undergraduate School: San Jose State University
Undergraduate Major: Justice Studies Administration
Undergraduate Year of Graduation: 2006