Student Lunch with Sarah Rich
Join Sarah Rich for an informal conversation about her path as an attorney, advocate, and policy analyst, her work in Atlanta focusing on immigration and democracy matters, and her insights for students pursuing careers in law and justice.
Space is limited. Please RSVP by 12PM Fri, Feb. 27.
Contact Information:
Liza Soria (Center Coordinator/Event Organizer)
liza.soria@law.utexas.edu
About Sarah Rich:
Sarah M. Rich is an attorney, advocate, and policy analyst based in Atlanta, with a focus on immigration and democracy. Sarah is a Senior Attorney at Democracy Forward, where she works to protect and defend democratic values and institutions while disrupting anti-democratic and authoritarian actors and networks. Sarah litigates immigration cases and leads working groups and litigation tables on immigration and militarization. Before coming to Democracy Forward, Sarah spent a decade as an immigrants’ rights attorney and policy advocate at the Southern Poverty Law Center, where she worked on issues including immigrant workers’ rights, detention, asylum, and state and local entanglement with federal immigration enforcement. Before that, Sarah spent two years as a farmworker attorney at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid in El Paso, and clerked for the Hon. Richard A. Paez on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She also has a deep personal and professional interest in narrative change, messaging, and the history of race and immigration in the U.S. Sarah received a law degree from U.C. Berkeley School of Law and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, both in 2011. Prior to attending graduate school, Sarah served for two years in the Peace Corps in Mali, West Africa, and received her B.A. from Scripps College in 2003.
About the G. Rollie Public Interest Scholar in Residence program:
Rich’s visit to Texas Law as a G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar in Residence is supported by a generous gift from the G. Rollie White Trust. The program brings outstanding legal scholars, practitioners and advocates from the field of public service to Texas Law to foster discussion of issues related to public interest law, to raise the profile of lawyers working in this area, and to encourage students to view public service as an honored and expected part of every legal career. Rich is Texas Law’s thirteenth G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar in Residence.