Anne Goldin's writing didn't just impress her
Southwestern professors: it made an impact on the Ivy League. Her paper, "The
California 'Three Strikes' Law: A Violation of International Law and a Possible
Impediment to Extradition," was one of eight student papers selected - and one
of only four from law schools other than Yale - to be presented at Yale
University's Sixth Annual Young Scholar's Conference.
Goldin attended
the March event, where Dean Harold Koh of Yale Law School provided her with
feedback. "My argument was that the 'Three Strikes' law may be viewed by other
countries as a violation of human rights law, and this may lead to extradition
conflicts," she said.
A Lead Articles Editor for the Southwestern
Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas, Goldin credits Professor Jonathan
Miller with giving her the idea for her article when she was a student in his
Law Journal Seminar in Fall 2006. She says Professor Miller and other
Southwestern faculty, including Professors Lutz, Faerman, Raeder, Carpenter and
Parrish, helped her cultivate a passion for international human rights and
criminal law and provided her with feedback on her article, which she has sent
out for publication.
Although Goldin is originally from the Los Angeles
area, her recent trip back east took her near familiar territory. She earned her
B.A. in Religious Studies and B.S. in Business Administration at Boston
University. There she took a class about genocide around the world taught by
famed author, intellect and Holocaust survivor Eli Weisel. His class piqued her
interest in genocide and pursing a career in international work.
She
wanted to return to L.A. to pursue her law degree. "Southwestern has a great
reputation in Los Angeles," Goldin said, and she seized all the opportunities
she could during her time in law school, completing a summer externship in
Argentina (she's fluent in Spanish) and working two summers at Human Rights
Watch. She has also been a part-time paralegal at Hadsell & Stormer, a civil
rights law firm in Pasadena where she had the opportunity to work on the Doe
v. Unocal international human rights case.
With an interest in
litigation, criminal and international law, Goldin is currently externing in the
Public Defender's office where she was recently hired for full-time employment
after graduation. "I never thought I would be a litigator before coming to law
school. I like writing, and I am looking forward to developing my other trial
skills," she said.
