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January 23, 2019 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

Framing the 1,844 mile future

I write this at the end of the first full day of my sixth trip to Puerto Rico since Hurricane

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January 15, 2019 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

Dear CBS News, Puerto Rico was not a paradise before Hurricane María…

            When I first arrived in Buffalo, New York in the Summer of 2016 to study law at the University at

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January 10, 2019 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

Hurricane Maria-One Year Later

When I think about the connection that The University at Buffalo School of Law has with Puerto Rico, I feel

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September 21, 2018 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

Reflections on Serving a Strong People Facing Intricate Fragility, One Year After Hurricane Maria

It’s been a year. Recovering from a disaster like Hurricane Maria was never expected to be complete by now. A

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February 19, 2018 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

The End of the Beginning: #UBLawResponds Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic has just commenced our journey

For those of you who have followed this blog, you know that in January 2018, #UBLawResponds Student Attorneys from the

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February 17, 2018 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

When Some is Better Than None: FEMA Accountability after Huracán María

What is accountability, really? We’ve all tossed the word around and heard it used. Usually one hears “accountability” and thinks

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February 16, 2018 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

“Living Without” versus “Being Without” Reflections on How Law and Policy Can’t Immediately Solve Certain Problems (Like No Running Water) But Can Offer Hope

I spent ten days in January 2018, alongside #UBLawResponds Student Attorneys from the University at Buffalo School of Law’s Puerto

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February 15, 2018 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

Sometimes I Get Angry: Contemplating the Role of Anger in Public Interest Work

Sometimes, when working in a public interest organization, it can be difficult for me to remain calm. Sometimes I become

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February 7, 2018 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

Helping Overcome Darkness: Observations on the Creation of the Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”  – Anne Frank I can remember when

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February 6, 2018 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

Moving Beyond “Un Poquito de Español”

When I interviewed with Professor Connolly for a position in the University at Buffalo School of Law’s Puerto Rico Recovery

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