Blessing Jee ’18, a sociology concentrator, credits her parents with helping inspire her interest in social justice work. ⠀
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During her time at Harvard, Jee took a year off, first working for the nonprofit Sunlight Foundation as a policy intern, then as a law clerk for the L.A. District Attorney’s office. She also researched education and disability rights as part of a successful effort to help her mother’s friend who wanted her autistic son to remain in his public school.⠀
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Her year away from Harvard, said Jee, “helped me realize my passion for public service could be translated into a calling towards public interest law.” Then, a summer internship as an investigator with the Bronx Defenders working with underserved clients confirmed her decision that law was her next step. ⠀
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For the past several months, Jee has been working with former HarvardLaw School Dean Martha Minow, who is writing a book about forgiveness in the law. Jee said Minow, whose work includes research into amnesty...
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