2020 Peggy Browning Summer Fellows

2020 Peggy Browning Summer Fellows MaryGrace Menner JD’21 Northeastern University School of Law Boston, MA Migrant Justice Burlington, VT MaryGrace lived in Immokalee, a small farmworker town in Florida. There, she worked in the immigration department of Legal Aid, where she witnessed the need for a multi-faceted approach to migrant workers’ rights. She then became involved with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. MaryGrace’s work was advocating alongside a largely undocumented base of workers in low-wage, high-risk jobs like roofing and siding. Last year, she was a PBF Summer Fellow in the Employment Unit at Greater Boston Legal Services and has also interned for a Justice for the District of Massachusetts. MaryGrace is interested in the ways labor and employment law can be used to advocate for effective social change and justice for marginalized communities. Michael Migiel-Schwartz JD’22 Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA Gladstein, Reif & Meginniss, LLP New York, NY Originally from Ithaca, NY, Michael graduated from Wesleyan University in 2014 and began working at the Change toWin Labor Federation, where he contributed strategic research to union organizing campaigns, including the SEIU’s Fight for $15 campaign. Inspired by the bravery of fast food workers going on strike for a $15 minimum wage and the right to form a union, Michael became increasingly interested in how legal strategy can support social movements and specifically workers in their struggles to build power in their workplaces and in the broader economy. Michael is committed to returning to the labor movement and is excited to continue supporting workers and unions. Shelby Miller JD’21 University of Toledo College of Law Toledo, OH Sugar Law Center Detroit, MI Shelby was born and raised in Monroe, MI, and earned her Bachelor’s degree in psychology, cum laude , from the University of Toledo in 2015. She is currently an associate member on Board 51 for her school’s Law Review and a Moot Court competitor for the her school’s Labor and Employment Law team. Maura Moosnick JD’21 Fordham University School of Law New York, NY Make The Road New Jersey Elizabeth, NJ Raised in New York City, where her mother was a union member for over 25 years, Maura was inspired to fight for social and economic justice.  After receiving her college degree in Industrial and Labor Relations, she worked for two years as a paralegal at a labor law firm representing trade union pension funds.  In law school, Maura is vice president of the Fordham Workers’ Rights Advocates and is a member of the Fordham Urban Law Journal .  She was a 2019 Peggy Browning Fellow at Gladstein, Reif, and Meginniss in New York City.  Now a rising third-year law student, she looks forward to continuing to learn from union attorneys and union members in order to use her law degree to strengthen workers’ rights and advance workplace democracy.