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Welcome our new Director of HR & Legal Director

We are delighted to announce two new members of the Legal Aid Justice Center team, Fallon Speaker as Legal Director of our Youth Justice Program and Fanny Brisker as our first-ever Director of Human Resources. Fallon Speaker – Legal Director, Youth Justice Program Prior to joining LAJC, Fallon served as an Assistant Clinical Professor of […]

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Know Your Rights: School Discipline

Students have rights when it comes to when and how they can be disciplined for certain behaviors. Schools have different rules about what students can be suspended for and how long. Your school’s code of conduct should have all these rules and be available online. According to Virginia law, students may be suspended or expelled […]

Welcome Our New Staff!

In the past few months we have been joined by a number of fantastic new staff members! Meet the staff who have started with us since March 2022: Favio Gonzales (he/him) – Communications Associate Originally from Peru, Favio received a B.A. in Audiovisual Communication at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC), and is currently […]

Robert Wadden

Robert is committed to cultivating an open presence through mindfulness and direct action spanning 30 years as a union leader, international youth facilitator, foster care worker and mental health advocate. Beginning in the 80’s, Robert began his career as an advocate for people with disabilities. His experience living in Southern Africa during the apartheid regime […]

Fanny Brisker

Fanny Brisker joined the Legal Aid Justice Center as Human Resources Director in July 2022. She has over 15 years of experience in human resources and is passionate about supporting organizations through hyper-growth while building their people and culture processes. She received her bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and a master’s degree in Human Resources Development […]

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