Becky Ballard
Klagsbrun Law Fellow, Nonprofit Advocacy Project
Becky Ballard (B.A., Duke University, 2004, cum laude, J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007) is a Law Fellow for the Nonprofit Advocacy Project and Foundation Advocacy Initiative in Washington, DC, where she assists in researching, writing, and presenting workshops on advocacy rules. During law school Becky was a member of the Pro Bono Board and completed over 100 hours of pro bono service. She externed with the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the largest general purpose foundation that contributes exclusively to North Carolina nonprofits, and with the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. Her note, It's About Time: Enforcing Human Rights Through Equitable Tolling, appears in the January 2007 issue of The North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation. As an undergraduate Becky majored in Religion, served as the President of Student Religious Activities and created the Heifer Project Undergraduate Alternative Gift-Giving Market.
About the Salomon Klagsbrun Scholarship
The Salomon Klagsbrun Scholarship is an annual award granted by the CrossCurrents Foundation to select nonprofit organizations working to strengthen civil liberties and to promote social justice. It is named for Salomon Klagsbrun, who held a deep philanthropic commitment to justice throughout his life. The 2007 Klagsbrun Scholarship award is granted to AFJ because its work clearly embodies Klagsbrun's spirit. The money is used to mentor a young attorney for future social justice work.
