2020 Peggy Browning Summer Fellows

2020 Peggy Browning Summer Fellows Arturo Gómez JD’21 Southwestern Law School Los Angeles, CA Wage Justice Center Los Angeles, CA Arturo applied for this fellowship because of his commitment to class struggle. As an undergrad at University of California, Riverside, he helped workers build student support in their campaigns for a better contract. Arturo also spent this time commuting from Riverside to Los Angeles to participate in his neighborhood council, where they fought to stem the gentrification tide in Elysian Valley, just north of downtown Los Angeles. Arturo looks forward to helping attorneys enforce administrative rulings so that workers receive the payment they deserve. Arturo believes that every person is entitled to decent treatment, and he would like to help mitigate violations to basic human decency. Karina Giron-Munoz JD’22 UIC John Marshall Law School Chicago, IL Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project Chicago, IL Karina grew up in an immigrant household in Madera, CA where she witnessed her close and extended family struggle to feel safe or educated enough to secure even basic rights in the workplace while working as farmworkers. This experience was her first insight into the particular struggles of the working-class. During college, Karina worked for a law firm that provides criminal defense for indigent defendants, which further supported the premise that those who are especially vulnerable in society need strong advocates. Karina has an interest in labor rights and criminal law and hopes to use her legal education to provide this advocacy and to help those in particularly disadvantaged positions. Karanjot Gill JD’21 University of California, Los Angeles School of Law Los Angeles, CA Rothner, Segall & Greenstone Los Angeles, CA As a daughter of immigrants, Karanjot has always been passionate about fighting for the rights of underrepresented communities. In college, at the University of Washington, her choice to take a class about Labor & Capitalism encouraged Karanjot to become aworkers’ rights advocatewithUnitedStudents Against Sweatshops. For two years she worked in solidarity with her fellow members and local unions on campaigns against several actors, including Nike and the University of Washington. As she entered law school, these experiences have continued to fuel her passion for workers’ rights. Last summer, Karanjot was an intern at Legal Voice, where she assisted on an amicus brief filed in support of UNITE HERE, and looks forward to advocating for union rights this summer in Los Angeles. M. Tyler Gillett JD’22 University of Pittsburgh School of Law Pittsburgh, PA Women’s Law Project Pittsburgh, PA Originally from Albuquerque, NM, Tyler holds advanced degrees in religious studies from the University of Kansas and Claremont Graduate University. He has always been moved by the importance placed on striving for social justice that is found in the major Western monotheisms. After moving to Pittsburgh he met lawyers and advocates working for equal rights in the workplace for women and the LGBT community. These friends convinced him to go back to school, get a law degree, and join in the fight. Tyler is one of the founders of Friends of Aseema, a non-profit organization dedicated to aiding a Mumbai-based charitable trust that provides education for children from marginalized communities. He also serves as an assistant editor with JURIST, a web-based legal news and research service.