Project Vote welcomes three interns for the summer of 2016.
Julia Burzynski is a legislative intern at Project Vote. She is a rising senior at The College of William & Mary, where she is majoring in History with a minor in Anthropology. Previously, she has interned with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey as well as The Leadership Conference of Civil and Human Rights. At The Leadership Conference, she helped with their Rally to Restore the Voting Rights Act. On campus, she is vice president of communications for student rights group, VA21 and she is a member of the W&M Club Fencing Team.
“I have a passion for civil and human rights, specifically voting rights. I chose to work with Project Vote because of their dedication to working with community organizations,” said Julia. “This summer, I most look forward to diving deeper into the issues of voting rights and voter protection.”
Jacob Conarck joined Project Vote as a legal intern for the summer of 2016. He is a rising 2L at George Mason School of Law and a co-president of the school’s chapter of Revive My Vote, an advocacy organization for the restoration of voting rights. Jacob received his B.A. in Political Science from Stony Brook University. Previously, Jacob worked at the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, where he focused on identifying and supporting the campaigns of strong progressives throughout the country. He has many years of experience working on electoral campaigns at all levels of government, giving him a unique perspective on how elections are administered throughout the country.
“I came to Project Vote in order to gain more experience in litigation to ensure compliance among the states with federal election law, and to advocate for common sense voting rights reforms to increase civic engagement,” said Jacob.
Sarah Schwartz joined Project Vote as a legal intern in May 2016. She is currently a rising third-year law student at Washington University in St. Louis, where she serves as an associate notes editor for the Washington University Jurisprudence Review. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from Smith College. Prior to attending law school, Sarah was the office manager and bookkeeper at the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and served as president of their Washington University student chapter during her second year of law school, when the organization executed and cosponsored programming on the U.S. Supreme Court, Ferguson, environmental protection, and voting rights. Sarah participated in election protection efforts in Washington, D.C. in 2012 and in St. Louis in 2014. Over the past year, Sarah also worked in education law through a summer internship at Legal Services NYC-Bronx and a placement at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri through Washington University’s Civil Rights, Community Justice, and Mediation Clinic, where she assisted special education students entitled to academic support and related services under federal law.
“I am interning at Project Vote to sharpen my litigation skills, learn more about the formulation of public policy, and help advocate on behalf of marginalized communities so that they can access their fundamental right to vote,” said Sarah.