Law: Advocacy and Solidarity

Possible individual career pathways within the Law: Advocacy and Solidarity field: 

  • Family law and domestic violence protection
  • Human rights law
  • Immigration law, immigrant services and education
  • Indigenous cultural preservation, solidarity and rights
  • International law and policy work 
  • Labor and employment law/ protection
  • Land issues
  • Migrant justice, migration and human trafficking  
  • Work with youth: Child protection, rights, services    

Select alumni that work in this field:

Brittney Nystrom, B.A. ’98

Brittney Nystrom is Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Utah. Her work focuses on advocacy for civil rights and civil liberties in Utah. She will return to the University of Notre Dame campus in October 2021 to receive the Kroc Institute’s 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award

Brittney Nystrom

Chernor Bah, M.A. ’11

Chernor Bah is Co-founder and Executive Director of Purposeful Productions, an organization that supports girls and their allies to spark and sustain movements for change in the developing world.

Chernor Bah

Vienna Colucci, M.A. ’90

Vienna Colucci is Senior Director, Policy, for Amnesty International USA, where she oversees human rights policy development.

Vienna Colucci

Anastasia Kushleyko, M.A. ’01

Anastasia Kushleyko is a regional legal adviser for the International Committee of the Red Cross, where she leads efforts to integrate and promote international humanitarian law.

Anastasia Kushleyko

Brian Ikaika Klein, B.A. ’08

Brian Ikaika Klein is a Ph.D. candidate in environmental science, policy, and management at the University of California, Berkeley.

Brian  Ikaika Klein

Anna Walther, M.A. ’08

Anna Walther is an associate attorney at Martinez, Aguilasocho & Lynch, APLC, in Bakersfiled, California, where she advocates for the rights of farmworkers. 

Anna Walther

Noah Salameh, M.A. ’94

Noah Salameh is the director and co-founder of the Center for Conflict Resolution in Bethlehem, Palestine.

Noah Salameh