The Maryland Public Interest Law Project Inc

The Maryland Public Interest Law Project, Inc. (MPILP) is a 501(c)(3) student-run non-profit providing summer funding for students to work in unpaid public interest internships. 2023 is our 35th year supporting University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law students. We are proud of MPILP grant recipients' dedication to serving at-risk and needy communities through public interest legal work.

Our general goals are to educate students about the numerous opportunities to practice public interest law, to reinforce their commitment to the rewarding field of public interest law, and to encourage the pro bono efforts of law firms.

MPILP's primary activity is administering summer grants to students working in public service legal positions. MPILP encourages students to build experience in non-profit legal agencies serving communities that are underserved and underrepresented.These grants are made possible through the generosity of the Maryland Legal Service Corporation (MLSC), and the donations we receive from our fundraising events and campaigns including our Annual Goods and Services Auction.

In 2023, MPILP administered a total of $160,000 in summer grants to 29 University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law students who completed 10,000 hours of public interest legal work.

For more information please contact:

Maryland Public Interest Law Project
500 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
mpilp.pres@gmail.com
Phone: (607) 434-8145

Executive Board

Co-Presidents: Sami Semiatin and Danielle Basdekis
Co-Vice Presidents: Mick Guile and Haley Goodwin
Co-Treasurers: Mark D'Ostilio and Henry Jones
Secretary: Joshua Hale
Summer Grant Coordinator: Natalie Ward
Grant Writer: Alexis Gabel
Community Service Chair: Zainab Ansari
Outreach Chair: Presley Dawson

Public Interest Law Employers

ACLU of Maryland: Baltimore, MD http://www.aclu-md.org/
Catholic Charities: Baltimore, MD http://www.catholiccharities-md.org
Community Law Center: Baltimore, MD http://www.communitylaw.org/
Health Education Resource Organization: Baltimore, MD http://www.hero-mcrc.org/
Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.: Baltimore, MD https://www.mdlab.org/
Maryland Disability Law Center: Baltimore, MD http://www.mdlcbalto.org/
Maryland Safe Center: Baltimore, MD https://umdsafecenter.org/
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service: Baltimore, MD http://www.mvlslaw.org/
National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: Washington, DC https://www.lawyerscommittee.org/
Office of the Public Defender: Baltimore, MD http://www.opd.state.md.us/
Office of Public Defender: Upper Marlboro, MD http://www.co.pg.md.us/Government/JudicialBranch/publicdefender.asp
Potomac Conservancy: Silver Spring, MD https://potomac.org/
The Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County, Inc.: Baltimore, MD http://www.familycrisiscenter.net/
The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia: Washington, DC http://www.pdsdc.org/AboutUs/index.asp
The Public Justice Center: Baltimore, MD http://www.publicjustice.org/
University of Maryland Rebuild, Overcome, and Rise Center: Baltimore, Maryland https://www.umaryland.edu/roar/