19th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction—An Interview with PILS Fellow Meghan Refinski
The 19th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction on behalf of the Law School’s Public Interest Law Society (PILS) will be held on February 10 at the Law School. Proceeds from the event go to support PILS Fellowships to enable Marquette law students to do public interest work in the summer. Meghan Refinski, a current law student, shares her experience here as a PILS Fellow.
Where did you work as a PILS Fellow?
This past summer I served as a law clerk at the Cook County Office of the Public Guardian.
What kind of work did you do there?
In my role there, I advocated for children who had been abused or neglected by their parents. This included client interviews (both in the community and in the office), drafting pre-trial motions, researching case law in preparation for an appeal, and standing up in court for permanency hearings.