Programs - The Lilly Project

The Legal Humanitarian Internship takes place during the summer with a variety of domestic humanitarian legal aid agencies. The Internship provides funds to support student participants. Professor Henry Kreuzman, Chair of the Pre-Law Advising Program, and Lisa Kastor, Director of Career Services, oversee the Legal Internship. Faculty members from disciplines across the curriculum, including members of the Pre-Law Advisory Committee, supervise its reflective and academic component and serve as mentors.

The Internship is designed to engage students who are pursuing one of the professions (including law) in which knowledge of ethical issues will be important. Iit attracts students from a variety of majors, including Philosophy, Economics, History, Political Science, International Relations, Psychology, Sociology, or Religious Studies. By working with individuals who have committed their lives to serve the under-served, our students become more sophisticated in their questions about ethical service, and better understand how their own values will affect their life's work. This experience enhances the students’ understanding of their life's calling and how they can improve the quality of the lives of others. For those students who do pursue legal-related careers after graduation, we expect that this internship experience will help them understand that the law involves a deep commitment to values and a desire to help others

Lisa Kastor, Director of Career Services

Lisa has 19 years of experience in assisting liberal arts students with their career journeys. She encourages students to test out their academic and career dreams during their college years, paying particular attention to obtaining hands-on experience through internships and other short-term experiences. Through her work with the Liberal Arts Career Network consortia, she has developed many helpful online resources for students interested in pursuing internships. Her advising expertise cover the wide-ranging areas of career development, job and internship searching, and the graduate school application process. She serves on the Pre-Law and Pre-Health Advising Committees. She personally advised the two current Legal Humanitarian Aid interns through the application process and is looking forward to helping them discern their distinct experiences.

Dr. Henry Kreuzman, Chair of the Philosophy Department, has expertise in the philosophy of science, epistemology, logic, and philosophy of law. He is currently conducting research on the history of medicine and ethical issues as they arise in the law. He has served as the Advisor for Wooster’s highly successful pre-law and pre-health programs, is a member of the College of Wooster’s Educational Policy Committee, and is Chair of the Pre-Law Advising Committee. He teaches an interdisciplinary course on ethics, literature, and the law, and has developed courses in environmental ethics, jurisprudence, logic, and epistemology. As Chair of Pre-Professional Advising Programs, he has invited representatives of medical and legal humanitarian organizations to speak to students. He is excited about the opportunities that the Legal Humanitarian Aid Internship will provide for students to work with legal professionals who are dedicated to serving those in need.

Legal Humanitarian Interns for the summer of 2007:

Manu Samanna-Spagnoli
Kelly Wisniewski

Legal Humanitarian Interns for the summer of 2006: