The graduating class of 2013 at Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad Law Center participated in the Pro Bono Honor Program and volunteered 23,041 hours of pro bono legal work while in law school, an all-time record. This is an impressive volunteer effort, and its impact on the community is beyond measure.
From the class of 2013, 93 students qualified for recognition by performing at least 50 hours of pro bono service. The total number of hours is the equivalent of over 460 work weeks (at 50 hours per week) or almost 9 years of service (at 50 work weeks per year). The top three levels in terms of number of students volunteering and the total number of hours were Bronze (50-124 hours), Silver (125-299), and Gold (300+ hours). In addition, 18 graduates received summer and/or academic year fellowships for a total of 3,300 volunteer hours.
Pro Bono Honor Program
Students are honored for performing pro bono legal work at public service agencies while enrolled at NSU’s Shepard Broad Law Center. Pro Bono Honor Program students are distinguished by a gold cord on the academic robe.
Gold (300+ hours)
Alexander Annunziato
Hope Baros
Carlos Barrenechea
Robyn Barrett
Alixandra Buckelew
Bryan Burkhardt
Sylvia Cano
Jennifer Chunn
Kimberly Cortez
Rina Feld
Jaclyn Gonzalez
Jared Guberman
Fatima Hasan
Daniel Kerness
Alexander Kochman
Brooke Latta
Emmanuela Louis
Viraj Mehta
Fabian Moiguer
Casey Mullin
Maryse Nelson
Jonathan Nunn
Jennifer Petrovitch
Nicole Sanchez
Andrew Sando
Courtney Shapero
William Soler
Abbie Waxman
Silver (125–299 hours)
Jamie Adler
Matthew Barry
Melanie Batdorf
Jennifer Betancourt
Chelsea Birman
Abigail Brown
Brooke Bryant
Rebecca Caysido
Pooneh Charkhian
Nicole Coumou
Cash Eaton
Alana Faintuch
Sean Foo
Mackenzie Hager
Chelsea Hair
Christophal Hellewell
Alexia Hudson
Mark Kieslor
Joshua Kobasky
Jenna Kulbersh
Ilana Lazarus
Efrain Marimon
Donna McMillan
Monica McWilliams
Melissa Miranda
Mai Nguyen
Christie Quintero
Hillary Rosenzweig
Yuna Scott
Amanda Sejba
Jenna Sobelman
Asra Syed
Michael Toback
Oscar Trinidad
Matthew Walker
Jessica Williams
Phoebe Wise
Jane Woodfield
Nadia Zarei
Bronze (50–124 hours)
Lisa Boswell
Alicia Braker
Lindsay Ervin
Kyle Jacobs
Philip Jones
Thasaian Jordan
Caroline Lewis
Kenneth Louie
Cosima Ortiz
Zachary Phillips
John Reis
Vanessa Romero
Sasha Stauffer
Kimberly Stephenson
Michelle Suarez
Shelby Tatum
Kit Van Pelt
Christine Venezia