{"id":26284,"date":"2017-02-17T13:51:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T18:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=26284"},"modified":"2017-02-17T13:51:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T18:51:03","slug":"24th-annual-howard-b-eisenberg-do-gooders-auction-an-interview-with-pils-fellow-elisabeth-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2017\/02\/24th-annual-howard-b-eisenberg-do-gooders-auction-an-interview-with-pils-fellow-elisabeth-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"24th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders\u2019 Auction\u2014An Interview with PILS Fellow Elisabeth Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The 24th<\/sup> Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders\u2019 Auction on behalf of the Law School\u2019s Public Interest Law Society (PILS) <\/a>will be held on February 17 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. Elisabeth Thompson, a current law student, shares her experience here as a PILS Fellow.<\/p>\n

Where did you work as a PILS Fellow?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ACLU of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

What kind of work did you do there?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most of my work was legal research and writing.\u00a0 I prepared two big pre-litigation memos, both in areas of substantive law to which I\u2019d not been previously exposed.\u00a0 I also drafted a complaint and wrote a number of on-the-fly memos on an array of legal questions, and I got to participate in some meetings with clients.<\/p>\n

How was the experience meaningful to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The cases I worked on were incredibly meaningful.\u00a0 They were timely; they were high-impact; they were rooted in the local community but had national resonance.\u00a0 My work helped lay the groundwork for litigation that will raise awareness and advance justice.\u00a0 This was motivating to me.\u00a0 It also speaks to the value of the PILS fellowship; the funds that enabled me to spend the summer at the ACLU contributed directly to advancing their important work.<\/p>\n

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What did you learn in the course of your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The experience gave me an expansive view of the landscape of law.\u00a0 I worked on both federal and state law questions, and learned a lot about administrative law.\u00a0 I learned how to think through federal circuit splits and ambiguous Wisconsin statutes.\u00a0 The attorneys with whom I worked were tremendous teachers.\u00a0 They subjected my work to wonderfully rigorous editing — on the level of structure and analysis, not just proofreading.\u00a0 I learned so much from their feedback.\u00a0 And I cherished the opportunities to sit with them and think through the legal problems that were raised by my research assignments, and to listen to their thought processes as they discussed litigation strategy.<\/p>\n

What do you like best about doing public interest law work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The two fundamental drives that have set the course of my life (for good or ill) are idealism and intellectual curiosity.\u00a0 That combination has led me down a winding path; finding public interest law feels a bit like coming home. At its core, the work is about the human experience.\u00a0 It\u2019s learning deeply about people\u2019s lives (struggles as well as dreams and potential..) and how they\u2019ve been shaped by history and institutions.\u00a0 Then it\u2019s looking closely and creatively at the law, figuring out how to make its power and its protections work for people living all these diverse kinds of lives.<\/p>\n

What are you doing to help with the PILS Auction?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be helping set up during the day and working in various capacities all evening.\u00a0 I\u2019m looking forward to seeing everyone there.<\/p>\n

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