Iraola, ’19, Named Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation 2019 Justice for All Fellow

14 Feb 2019    

Iraola

Nicole Iraola, ’19, has been named a member of the 2019 class of Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation Justice for All Fellows. Through the fellowship program, new attorneys focus on urgent legal issues facing Ohioans in two-year fellowships beginning in September 2019.

Since 1999, the Foundation has sponsored fellows, who work on a variety of legal challenges for Ohioans struggling to make ends meet. More than 80 percent of the fellows funded by the Foundation remain in public service today, working in the nonprofit sector, for the government, and for legal aids around the state.

“Our organization is committed to the proposition of justice for all,” said Angie Lloyd, executive director of the Foundation. “Justice for All Fellows help ensure that equal justice under the law is a right, not a privilege.”

Iraola will work with immigrant communities in Ohio to both educate and provide legal help to immigrants. A bilingual Latina, Iraola will regularly visit detention centers and conduct “Know Your Rights” presentations to detainees.

 "I am very excited to begin the next chapter of my life and to fulfill my dream of becoming an immigration attorney,”said Iraola. I am so thankful for the opportunities I have gained from my education at the University of Nebraska College of Law.