Meet our 1L Representatives
Liat comes to George Washington Law School with a background in teaching, organizing, and policy advocacy for youth and education justice. A former middle school teacher, Liat's passion for legal justice came from her experiences working with predominately Black and Latinx students, youth, and educators impacted by the criminal injustice system. With her legal education, Liat seeks opportunities to disrupt the school to prison pipeline and advocate for a just and equitable criminal legal system that prioritzes restorative practices over carcerality.
William Frederick
Marshall InnWilliam Frederick is an 1L student and, prior to coming to GW, a lifelong resident of California. In 2025 he earned his B.S. in Political Science from UCSD and spent a year working in childcare after graduation. He is deeply interested in both public service and pro bono work. In his 1L year, outside of EJF, he hopes to also get involved with Street Law and Mock Trial. After law school he is planning on pursuing a career in criminal litigation.
Delaney Teehan
Ginsburg InnJackson InnDelaney Teehan is a 1L at GW principally interested in labor organizing/labor law. Prior to her entry into GW, she worked as a theatrical production manager where she became inspired to advocate for non-union theatre technicians and provide pathways to unionization for unorganized workers. As a part of the EJF, she hopes to establish novel pathways for students pursuing public interest law who wouldn't otherwise have access to the funding their projects necessitate. She recently completed her Master's in literature and considers the relationship between justice and language to be foundational to her pursuit of legal education.
Naomi Nicholas
Gwen Umbach
Liat Shiloah
Jackson InnNaomi is a 1L with a strong interest in public interest and public service. She particularly interested in legal affairs journalism and academia, where she can combine her passion for law, research, and storytelling to make complex legal issues accessible to the public. She is also interested in working in government, particularly in roles involving legal and public policy research, legislation, and advocacy.
Marshall InnGwen is a 1L at GW Law with a background in community legal services and union work. She was drawn to law school after spending six years at a DC medical-legal partnership, specializing in public benefits cases and representing her coworkers in union matters. She hopes to continue working in direct client services, providing strong advocacy and client education to help close the access to justice gap.
Kara McGoldrick
Kara is a 1L interested in criminal legal reform. She has worked as an Intern for the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office, handling search warrants, and as a Legislative Intern for Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, assisting constituents with casework.
Ginsburg InnAdam Elkins
Adam is a 1L student at GW Law from Buffalo Grove, Illinois. He earned a bachelor's degree in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University, where he interned at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and served as president of the International Relations Council. After graduating, Adam worked at the Environmental Council of the States, where he researched state policy initiatives and managed interagency workgroups. He hopes to pursue a career in energy or environmental law, and is looking forward to getting involved with EJF!
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Sam Myszkowski
Sam is a 1L at GW Law interested in administrative law as it can be used for economic justice. He most recently worked for the Space Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Outside of school, Sam is involved with local community organizing through the Metro DC chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America and serves on the board of DC Jobs with Justice.
Cardozo InnIngrid Leigh
Ingrid is a 1L student from Naples, Florida. She graduated from Georgetown University in 2024 with a bachelor's degree in English and a minor in biology. Following graduation, Ingrid worked at a labor & employment class action firm in Boston, where she represented over 2,000 claimants in a mass arbitration for Twitter employees who were laid off in 2022. She has also volunteered in community gardens and for Crisis Text Line, focusing on supporting her community. In her spare time, Ingrid can be found knitting sweaters or on the ice, where she works on her figure skating skills.
O'Connor InnEmma Dorazio
Emma is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but spent the past ten years in Seattle, Washington, where she earned her degree in Public Health at the University of Washington. Since college, Emma has worked as a community engagement consultant, serving as a liaison between the government and the community on projects in the transportation, environment, and health sectors. She also volunteered with the Downtown Emergency Services Center, Seattle’s largest service provider for community members experiencing homelessness, in a variety of public health research, facilitation, and milieu support roles. She is eager to apply her client services skills in a public interest career that connects issue areas and makes a positive impact in her community.
Cardozo InnJohn Lemoine
John is a 1L student from Los Angeles, California. After graduating from UCLA in 2024, he moved to Northern California, where he worked in partnership with the Santa Cruz Probation Department. John hopes to continue working in criminal law, likely in indigent defense. Although he longs to surf again and dreams of redwood forests, he has found familiar comfort biking around Rock Creek Park and in morning runs with his dogs through the National Mall. On weekends, you can find John playing rugby, briefly escaping the existential dread of a first-year law student.
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Natalie Andras
Natalie is a 1L interested in the intersecton of family law, privacy, and technology-related abuse. Prior to law school, she worked as a scientist investigating mineralized tissue development and repair.
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Anna Brinkhuis
Anna is a 1L Evening Student at GW and a graphic designer. She earned her bachelor's degree in International and Public Affairs and Religious Studies from Brown University, where she wrote her thesis on Supreme Court religious freedom jurisprudence. She's interested in constitutional and civil rights law and is excited to explore a public interest career.
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