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ACLU of Alabama Welcomes New Summer Legal Interns
The ACLU of Alabama is
thrilled to have two law students interning with us for the summer. They will
be assisting our Legal Director Allison Neal and our Law Fellow Jared
Shepherd in all areas of our legal program.
David Cylkowski earned a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from DePauw University
in Greencastle, Indiana, where he captained the
university’s intercollegiate Ethics Bowl debate team and hosted a
politically-focused weekly radio show. David also worked as a
research assistant for Dr. Daniel Shannon, served as President of the DePauw
Philosophy Club, and heard university disciplinary cases as a member of the
Judicial Affairs Hearing Board. During
his junior year, he interned at a boutique intellectual property firm in Chicago, IL. David wrote the winning paper on science,
policy and religion for the Commons Project Essay Contest three years
running, and presented a paper on medical informed consent at the Annual
Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics in
2009. He rounded out his undergraduate
experience by delivering pizza on the weekends for a local restaurant.
David recently completed
his first year at the Georgetown University Law
Center in Washington, D.C.,
during which time he also worked for a small D.C. law office specializing in
representation of aggrieved military servicemembers. Beginning in
August, he will serve as a Law Fellow in Georgetown’s Legal Research and Writing
program. David’s academic pursuits have focused on ethics,
government, and individual liberty, and he is excited for the opportunity to
direct those interests into meaningful work with the ACLU-AL. He is
particularly eager to work on the ACLU-AL's Jail Conditions Project and on
students' rights cases. David's professional interests
include religious liberty, freedom of expression and inmates’ rights, and he
hopes to continue working for civil rights and liberties after he graduates
in 2012.
Caty Wyly
grew up in Montgomery, Alabama,
and is a graduate of Lee
High School. She
earned her bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Sociology from Beloit College
in Wisconsin.
While at Beloit,
Caty served in student government, was active in several student
organizations that champion civil rights, volunteered on state and local
campaigns, and received the Henry S. Miller prize for the practical application
of politics for her work on Get-Out-The-Vote. After graduating from Beloit in 2005, she returned to Montgomery and worked as the Community
Education Coordinator for the Central Alabama Fair Housing Center (CAFHC), a
non-profit organization that works to eliminate housing discrimination.
In 2006, she began her service as Health Volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps
in Uganda.
She worked with women’s groups in Uganda on HIV/AIDS education and
economic development. Upon her return to the U.S.
in 2008, Caty came back to Montgomery
and to the CAFHC, where she helped CAFHC in its collaboration with the
ACLU-AL on a housing discrimination case. Her involvement in that case
helped her decide to attend law school.
Caty has just finished her
first year at the University of Minnesota Law School in Minneapolis. During her first year,
she volunteered with HomeLine, a tenants' rights organization in Minneapolis, and at the
Hennepin County Office of Multicultural Services, where she assisted an
immigration attorney advising pro-se clients. In the Fall, she
will be working in the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic. She will
also serve as the Co-President of the Minnesota Justice Foundation and on the
Board of Outlaw, a student group that works for LGBT rights. Caty
continues to be interested in human rights both internationally and
domestically. She is excited to be working with the ACLU-AL staff on
issues related to civil liberties, reproductive justice, and prison
conditions. Additionally, Caty enjoys biking and Ultimate Frisbee, and
while she survived doing both in the Minnesota
winter, she is glad to be home in Montgomery
where she can complain about the heat instead of the cold.
Learn more
about our legal program at aclualabama.org.
Thank you for your continued support of civil liberties
in Alabama!
Olivia Turner
Executive
Director, ACLU of Alabama
207 Montgomery Street, Suite 910, Montgomery, Alabama 36104
T: 334-262-0304 | F: 334-269-5666 |
info@aclualabama.org
www.aclualabama.org
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