On March 24, 2015, the Katharine & George Alexander Law Prize was awarded to Martina E. Vandenberg, Founder and President of the Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center in Washington, DC. a remarkable human rights lawyer and leader in the law community. Her career spans two decades of fighting human trafficking, forced labor, rape as a war crime, and violence against women, exemplifying Santa Clara University School of Law’s commitment to social justice.
Widely regarded as an expert on an array of human rights issues, she has testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, the Helsinki Commission, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the House Armed Services Committee. A former Human Rights Watch researcher, she spearheaded investigations into human rights violations in the Russian Federation, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Uzbekistan, Kosovo, Israel, and Ukraine, and authored the first published report documenting human trafficking in Israel.
Before 2012, Ms. Vandenberg was an Open Society Foundation fellow and a partner at Jenner & Block LLP. Her illustrious record includes the Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Pro Bono Award and the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Award. She is a Rhodes Scholar and a Truman Scholar.
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About the Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center
The Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center (KGACLC) educates law students in accordance with the highest professional and ethical standards by serving individuals and communities in need with competence, conscience and compassion through pro bono legal representation and education.
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