Wendy Thurm

In the summer of 1990, I spent 3 months as a law clerk with Public Citizen Litigation Group. I had just completed my first year of Harvard Law School, and was seriously considering not going back to finish the degree. In those days, Harvard Law School was overwhelmingly led and populated by conservative white men. But my summer with PCLG was phenomenal and opened my eyes to how the law can be used for the public good. The Supreme Court Project was still an idea rattling around Alan Morrison’s brain. The other summer clerk and I did a ton of research to help get that off the ground. And I did other fascinating research and writing projects with David Vladeck, Brian Wolfman, and Paul Alan Levy. That summer convinced me to return and finish my law degree. And it was damn fun, too.