Incarceration and the Law

CASES AND MATERIALS

Law Students & New Lawyers

Career Resources

Every year, UCLA Law School’s Prison Law & Policy Program compiles and shares a summer job-search guide for law students. Many of the listed organizations also sponsor new-lawyer fellowships or hire new lawyers. With the generous permission of the UCLA program, the guide is here.

Bonnie Tenneriello

Bonnie Tenneriello is Solitary Confinement Project Director and a Senior Attorney with Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts. Much of her litigation has focused on solitary confinement, including the pending case Evelyn v. DOC, which challenges the Massachusetts DOC’s evasion of solitary confinement reform.  She has also written on this topic for the Boston Review.  Recent litigation also includes Doe v. Mici, which challenges the use of prisons to house people civilly committed for substance use disorder.  She serves on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild.