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A Bridge Between The Ivy League And The Jailhouse: An Interview with Brett Dignam, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney at Yale Law School

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2009 by Todd Matthews published in Prison Legal News August, 2009, page 16
Filed under: Attorneys, Attorney Client. Location: Connecticut.
Thirty years ago, Brett Dignam would not have believed she would spend her career as an attorney advocating for prisoners’ rights. Dignam’s passion at the time was performance, and she was deeply interested in teaching children’s theater.

“Law school was something I did so that I would have enough credibility ...

 

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