"gina kapustin" <ginakapustin@hotmail.com>
Directly out of school I received my MSW from New York University. I worked in the field for a couple of years working predominately with Spanish speaking clients - at the time I worked as a therapist for sexually and physically abused children and child witnesses of domestic violence. I also had a lot of contact, and did a great deal of work, with their parents (and typically their mothers).
Although I enjoyed my work and found it gratifying, I was not totally satisfied with the field. About a year and a half ago I began law school at Cardozo School of Law (part of Yeshiva University). I enrolled in their accelerated program which began in January 2002 and I am scheduled to graduate in June 2004. I am currently wrapping up my second year of law school. This summer I'll be interning at an organization called inMotion. I'll be using my Spanish very regularly, working with women who cannot afford legal services in the area of divorce, family law and immigration. It seems as if my role will have several components - I'll be assisting women attain divorces on their own and also I'll be doing a heavy amount of outreach - going into communities, speaking to women, letting them know what resources are available to them and hooking them up with different agencies which could provide them legal services. I'll be located in the Bronx - actually the specific program I'll be involved in is called "Poder Latina". I begin the internship on June 2nd. My guess is that, if you're interested, I'll be able to provide more detailed information about it later in the summer.
So in a nutshell that is where I am and what I'm doing. Specifically, what area of the law interests me...I'm not totally sure. Perhaps matrimonial law or maybe something entirely different. Either way, I would like to incorporate my social work degree and my Spanish.