Former Law clerks Meghan Corman, Shilpa Ram, Hayley Upshaw (summer 2007), Lucy Wang, and Catherine Wollard (summer 2008) have all passed the California Bar!

Summer 2007 Law Clerk Rachael Gardiner, a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law, has been awarded an Equal Justice Works Fellowship. She will be working at Legal Services for Children in San Francisco.

Caitlin Krutsinger, a NCYL communications intern in summer 2007, has started a blog about her experience in the Peace Corps in Mozambique, Africa. It’s fascinating. Check it out: pineappleintheshade.blogspot.com

Natalie Saba, a NCYL law clerk in summer 2008, will take a job at the Contra Costa Public Defender’s office after she graduates from Stanford Law School this spring.

Former NCYL undergraduate intern Ben Winig, now an attorney at McDonough Holland & Allen PC, in Oakland and Sacramento, took a leave of absence from the firm to work on the Obama campaign. As Jewish Vote Deputy Director for the campaign, Ben spent six weeks trying to sway the Jewish vote in Pennsylvania. Ben explains: “I helped manage and formulate a persuasive campaign targeting undecided Jewish voters throughout Pennsylvania. President Obama has always been a great friend to the Jewish community, and part of my job was to make it clear to the Jewish community in Pennsylvania that he is a strong supporter of issues of concern to Jews, including our commitment to social and economic justice and a just and lasting peace for Israel and her neighbors. Our team also had to react against the vitriolic smear campaign against President-elect Obama within the Jewish community, and I am proud that we successfully fought the smears (or as we liked to say, "fought the schmears").

Also working on the Jewish vote in Pennsylvania was NCYL Board President Peter Edelman. Says Ben, "I had the fortunate opportunity to campaign with Peter, and watching him engage Pennsylvania voters was both educational and inspirational. NCYL is in good hands."