Meet CLASI supervising attorney, Olga Beskrone! I have worked as a Legal Aid advocate for my entire career, starting while I was still in law school at Rutgers University. I worked for Camden Regional Legal Services as a 3rd year law student helping senior citizens. After law school, I didn’t want to do any other […]
STAFF FEATURE FRIDAY: MEET WILLIAM MOLCHEN
Meet CLASI attorney, Bill Molchen! Except for a brief stint in the Delaware Attorney General’s Office and the Delaware Department of Insurance, my entire career of over 40 years has been in public interest law. After obtaining my law degree from Villanova University and passing the Pennsylvania bar, I began working for a legal aid […]
STAFF FEATURE FRIDAY: MEET JACKI CHACONA
Meet DVLS attorney, Jacki Chacona! Why do I work in the legal services field? I can take zero credit for working in the legal services field. I give the credit to my parents and Christine McDermott. I was raised by two amazing parents who loved me, encouraged me and taught me by example that the […]
STAFF FEATURE FRIDAY: MEET DAN ATKINS
Meet CLASI Executive Director, Dan Atkins! What motivated you to become a legal aid attorney? In college I first learned about how the law could be used to improve the lives of marginalized populations. It really sparked a passion in me to pursue social justice and making our society more just. I doubled majored in […]
STAFF FEATURE FRIDAY: MEET ZITA DRESNER
Meet CLASI volunteer attorney in Sussex County, Zita Dresner! I was motivated to become a legal aid advocate after serving as a nursing home volunteer for the DC Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program while working as an English Professor at the University of the District of Columbia. I took a leave of absence from UDC to […]
