Inside E-LAW: Alex Hanafi, Jane Engert, Thanks to Our Volunteers

Alex Hanafi

New Staff Attorney

Alex Hanafi has joined E-LAW U.S. as Staff Attorney. Prior to joining E-LAW, Alex worked as a Luce Scholar in Thailand on a project to reform that country`s economic and environmental laws. Before moving to Thailand, he worked at two environmental law firms in San Francisco. Alex graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School and was Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Environmental Law Review.

Moving On

E-LAW U.S. says goodbye to Jane Engert, who leaves to pursue other interests. For almost three years, Jane provided valuable scientific support to dozens of environmental lawyers around the world. Though Jane has left the E-LAW U.S. staff, she continues to provide valuable scientific support as a volunteer.

Thanks!

Volunteers and interns provide critical support to E-LAW U.S. Many thanks to our latest batch:

Cama Laue, E-LAW volunteer

Lesley Crosby, a volunteer from the Eugene community, is collecting, editing and posting biographical information about E-LAW partners on the web site. Matvey Ivashov is a Lane Community College student. Fluent in Russian, he has been translating documents and other E-LAW materials, as well as providing administrative assistance. Cama Laue, a student at a local high school, is assisting with administrative and fundraising projects. Micah LeBank is assisting with public relations. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2000 with a BS in Environmental Studies.

Berend Diderich recently graduated from the University of Oregon with a double major in Environmental Studies and Planning. At E-LAW he provided research assistance and prepared materials for E-LAW`s web site. Amy Snell performed research in response to scientific requests from the E-LAW network. She is a political science major at the University of Oregon with an interest in ecology.

E-LAW U.S. has also enjoyed the help of many legal interns from the University of Oregon School of Law. In the summer of 2001 we worked with Marshal Jevning, David McCaffery and Melissa Verhaag. In the current school year we have worked with Alison Bond, Mary Ann Christian, Laura Clemens, Kevin Van Driesche, Jason Hayter, Julie Meyer, Lisa Tessman, Kurt Unger, Greg Whiteley and James Wolverton. We are also working with Maria Julia Olivia, an Argentinian lawyer studying for an LLM at Lewis and Clark College.