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Berkeley Law School
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Carleton College
Sam Goity
Sam Goity
Sam Goity is a Joseph V. Kaplan Workers’ Rights Fellow at Bryan Schwartz Law. The Joseph V. Kaplan Workers’ Rights Fellowship, now in its fifth year, is intended to train recent law school graduates dedicated to worker justice.
Mr. Goity received a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law with Pro Bono Honors and a certificate in Public Interest & Social Justice. While in law school, Mr. Goity served as the Editor in Chief of the Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law. Mr. Goity also participated in and later helped direct the Berkeley Law Workers’ Rights Clinic, which offers free information to low-income working people about their legal rights. Additionally, both as a union steward and as a leader of the Berkeley Law and Organizing Collective, Mr. Goity worked to advocate for the rights of academic student-employees across the University of California system.
Mr. Goity spent the summer after his first year of law school as a legal extern for the National Labor Relations Board, investigating unfair labor practice charges filed by unions and employees. During his second year, he completed an internship with the East Bay Community Law Center’s Clean Slate Clinic, providing legal support to income-qualified individuals dealing with municipal fines and fees. He spent the following summer as a clerk at a labor law firm, where he assisted on matters involving a wide variety of issues related to workers’ rights.
Before attending law school, Mr. Goity obtained a bachelor’s degree in English from Carleton College. Mr. Goity is firmly committed to vindicating the rights of working people and holding powerful institutions accountable. He understands the extent to which one’s employment can dictate how well one can live one’s life. Being a paycheck away from not being able to pay rent or afford food can be some of the scariest moments in a worker’s life, especially when they have to care for a family. Helping individuals resolve these matters favorably can make an enormous difference in a person’s life, and Mr. Goity seeks to continue to do that work.
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