Ashe Huang
Ashe Huang is committed to challenging carceral systems and to advancing the rights of justice-impacted communities. They grew up in Houston, Texas and graduated from Stanford University with degrees in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Comparative Literature. Ashe spent a year working in trial court administration in California prior to law school. At NYU, Ashe has served as a coordinator for NYU’s Parole Advocacy Project, a student advocate with the Solitary Confinement Project, a clinical student with the Civil Rights in the Criminal Legal System Clinic, and an articles editor for the NYU Law Review. They have also worked as a teaching assistant for Professor Emma Kaufman and as a research assistant for the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network and for Professor Colleen Campbell. Ashe spent their 1L summer at Transgender Law Center and their 2L summer at the Southern Center for Human Rights.
Erica Liu
Erica Liu is a first-generation immigrant committed to advancing environmental justice and Indigenous sovereignty. She is curious about the interconnections between law, power, and empire and hopes to probe these connections in both her advocacy and research. Erica grew up in Chengdu, Sichuan and Vancouver, British Columbia and graduated from the University of Toronto in 2021 with a BA in Geography and Political Science. She spent her 1L summer at the Environmental Protection Division of the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General while working as a research assistant to Professor Arthur R. Miller. She will spend her 2L summer at Earthjustice in the Washington, DC Office. At NYU Law, Erica is working with the Institute for Policy Integrity to analyze challenges to major agency rules and leading the Environmental Law Society’s Advocacy Committee in researching questions on tribal jurisdiction for the Lakota People’s Law Project. She is the diversity & membership editor of NYU Law Review, a student researcher for the NYU-Yale American Indian Sovereignty Project, and the coalition & partnerships chair of Law Students for Climate Accountability, a national student-led movement holding the legal industry accountable for its role in facilitating the climate crisis.
Natasha Menon
Natasha Menon is the proud daughter of South Asian immigrants and is committed to advancing the civil rights and civil liberties of communities of color. She grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020 with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, concentrating in Distributive Justice. Prior to law school, Natasha pursued a Master’s in International Migration & Public Policy at the London School of Economics. At NYU, Natasha serves as co-chair of the South Asian Law Students Association, 2L Leadership Co-Chair of the Women of Color Collective, a board member of the NYU Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, a research assistant for Professor Adam Cox, a staff editor for the Review on Law and Social Change, 2L representative on the Rose Sheinberg Committee, and a member of the Leadership Collective of the Coalition on Law & Representation. Natasha also serves as a student advocate in the Immigrant Defense Clinic and is currently a Derrick Bell Scholar and an Elizabeth Frankel Immigrant Rights Fellow. Natasha spent her first summer at the New York Legal Assistance Group with their Immigrant Protection Unit and will be spending her 2L summer at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Talya Nevins
Talya Nevins is committed to advancing civil rights, civil liberties, and international human rights in the realm of emerging technology. She is particularly interested in the relationship between surveillance perpetuated by private and by public actors. Talya grew up in New York City and graduated from Princeton with a degree in Near Eastern Studies and a certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies. She spent her 1L summer working at the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco and will intern with the US Federal Trade Commission during her 2L summer. At NYU, Talya serves as the co-president of Rights over Tech, a student fellow in the Privacy Research Group, and previously as a student advocate in the Technology Law and Policy Clinic. She is also an articles editor on the NYU Law Review and an IILJ Scholar at NYU Law's Institute for International Law and Justice.
Eunice Park
Eunice Park is committed to civil rights and civil liberties issues at the intersection of technology, racial justice, and the law. She graduated from Amherst College with majors in Sociology and Computer Science and then worked as a software engineer for several years. At NYU Law, Eunice has served as a Paul Weiss Student Fellow at the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, a student advocate in the Racial Justice Clinic, a co-chair of the Access Project within the student organization Ending the Prison Industrial Complex, and a board member of Rights Over Tech. Eunice is also an editor on the Law Review and an AnBryce Scholar. She spent her 1L summer at the Brennan Center for Justice within their Liberty and National Security Program, and will be spending her 2L summer at Legal Aid Society's Digital Forensics Unit within their criminal defense practice.
Peter Rawlings
Peter Rawling is interested in the labor movement, workplace justice, and the welfare state. He earned a BA in English from Cornell University and an MSJ from Northwestern University. Prior to law school, he was a journalist and labor organizer in New York City, and helped to successfully organize unions in his last two newsrooms with the NewsGuild and Writers Guild of America, East. At NYU, he has served on the board of the Unemployment Action Center, providing free representation to people in unemployment benefits hearings, and with the Parole Advocacy Project, helping people to prepare for parole board hearings. He has also been a student advocate in the Civil Litigation - Employment Law Clinic, a teaching assistant to Professor Helen Hershkoff, and an executive editor of the NYU Law Review. He spent his 1L summer as a Peggy Browning Fellow with Spivak Lipton, and will spend his 2L summer as a Peggy Browning Fellow with New York State United Teachers. Outside school, he has also worked as a term-time law clerk with Spivak Lipton, and volunteered with the ALU Law Student Working Group, providing legal support to the Amazon Labor Union.
Krishnan Sethumadhavan
Krishnan Sethumadhavan is passionate about workers' rights and the union movement. He grew up in Orlando, Florida and graduated in 2017 from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Economics. Prior to law school, he worked as a consultant in Washington DC at Bain & Company where he saw firsthand how union power allowed workers to challenge management's arbitrary control over the workplace and gave workers a voice in their firm. At NYU, Krishnan is on the board of Law Students for Economic Justice, which helps coordinate and support the activities of NYU employees in their fight for better paid, more stable, and dignified work. He is also a co-chair of the South Asian Law Students Association and an executive editor for the NYU Law Review. He recently served as a research assistant for Professor Cynthia Estlund and a teaching assistant for Professor Daniel Hemel. Krishnan spent his 1L summer working for the National Treasury Employees Union and plans to divide his 2L summer working for Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York and Bredhoff & Kaiser in DC.
Jeffrey Star
Jeffrey Star is from southern Oregon and committed to working toward economic and housing justice in both rural and urban communities. He graduated from Yale with a major in Literature. Before deciding to pursue a career in law, he worked in the film industry on projects such as Critics’ Choice Award nominee For the Birds (producer/editor) and A24’s Native Son (assistant editor). He spent his 1L summer at the ACLU of Southern California’s Economic Justice Project; in his 2L summer, he will intern at the Oregon Law Center. He has worked as a research assistant to Professor Helen Hershkoff and teaching assistant to Professor Richard Brooks and Professor Helen Hershkoff. At NYU, he is a student advocate in the Housing Law Externship with The Legal Aid Society and serves as Supervisory Editor on the Review of Law and Social Change, Co-Chair of the HIV Law Society, and Co-Music Director of Substantial Performance. He has also participated in the Tenant Defense Collective, the Solitary Confinement Project, and the Unemployment Action Center. Outside of school, Jeffrey facilitates voter outreach phone banks with Knock for Democracy.