{"id":106790,"date":"2024-01-17T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=106790"},"modified":"2024-01-12T18:49:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T23:49:59","slug":"representing-the-underdogs","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2024\/representing-the-underdogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Representing the Underdogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin record-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-wider has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-quinary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Meth-Madeline-23-1.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Madeline Meth\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Meth-Madeline-23-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Meth-Madeline-23-1-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Meth-Madeline-23-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Meth-Madeline-23-1-682x682.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Meth-Madeline-23-1-344x344.jpg 344w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Meth-Madeline-23-1-529x529.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Meth-Madeline-23-1-688x688.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Meth-Madeline-23-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Meth-Madeline-23-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Meth-Madeline-23-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Meth-Madeline-23-1-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Meth-Madeline-23-1-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Meth-Madeline-23-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">BU Law News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRepresenting the Underdogs\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Madeline Meth collaborates with clinic students to defend vulnerable clients in court.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar record-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">January 17, 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/authors\/kimberly-miragliuolo\/\">Kimberly Miragliuolo<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/madeline-h-meth\/\">Madeline (Maddie) Meth<\/a> is driven to provide representation to those facing established opponents. As part of that work, she mentors the next generation of public interest lawyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Clinical Associate Professor in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/experiential-learning\/clinics\/civil-litigation-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Civil Litigation &amp; Justice Program<\/a>, Meth aspires to \u201cdemystify the practice of law for students, mentor the next generation of public-interest lawyers, and ensure that the program is most effectively making a contribution to anti-poverty, access-to-justice, and civil-rights movements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meth joined BU Law this fall from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was deputy director of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/experiential-learning\/clinics\/our-clinics\/appellate-courts-immersion-clinic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic<\/a>. While there, she supervised students working on public-interest cases in federal and state courts of appeals and the Supreme Court. Meth has litigated dozens of appellate cases on behalf of vulnerable clients in areas such as consumer law, labor and employment law, and prisoner rights. The clinical cases enable collaboration with students and inform her research interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This semester, Meth\u2019s clinic students are getting the unique opportunity to support her cases in the high courts. In November, they joined her for arguments at the DC Court of Appeals case in which Meth defended journalist Felicia Sonmez in<em> Sonmez v. Washington Post<\/em>. Somnez alleges that the <em>Washington Post<\/em>\u2019s decision to ban her from reporting assignments involving gender dynamics and sexual assault are discrimination on the basis of her gender and status as a victim of a sexual offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"941\" height=\"941\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals.jpeg 941w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals-636x636.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals-826x826.jpeg 826w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals-682x682.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals-344x344.jpeg 344w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals-529x529.jpeg 529w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals-688x688.jpeg 688w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals-550x550.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals-710x710.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Meth_DCAppeals-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><figcaption>Leanne Sturman (&#8217;25), Professor Madeline Meth, and Nana Boateng (&#8217;24) at the DC Court of Appeals in November 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Brianna_Jaime-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106794\" width=\"283\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Brianna_Jaime-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Brianna_Jaime-477x636.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Brianna_Jaime-620x826.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Brianna_Jaime-512x682.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Brianna_Jaime-774x1032.jpg 774w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Brianna_Jaime-258x344.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Brianna_Jaime-397x529.jpg 397w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Brianna_Jaime-516x688.jpg 516w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Brianna_Jaime-794x1058.jpg 794w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Brianna_Jaime-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Brianna_Jaime-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/01\/Brianna_Jaime-rotated.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><figcaption>Jaimee Francis (&#8217;24) and Brianna Jordan (&#8217;24) at the United States Supreme Court in December 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>Students also have supported Meth\u2019s work on the United States Supreme Court case, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/case-files\/cases\/muldrow-v-city-of-st-louis-missouri\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Muldrow v. City of St. Louis<\/em><\/a>, argued on December 6, in which a female police sergeant is claiming employment discrimination based on sex.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Meth received her BA in political science and English literature from Brown University and her JD from Georgetown University Law Center, where she first represented clients in the Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic. She shares, \u201cI really enjoyed law school, and I think the secret to my liking the experience so much is that I took this advice seriously: don\u2019t do things that you don\u2019t want to do. I treated law school like a $200,000 gift that I was giving to myself&#8230; I don\u2019t just have one piece of advice though, so come visit on the 13th&nbsp;floor for more!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After law school, she was a legal fellow at AARP\u2019s Legal Counsel for the Elderly, providing legal services to low-income seniors living in the District of Columbia. She also clerked for the Honorable George J. Hazel on the US District Court for the District of Maryland and for the Honorable Jane B. Stranch on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-end-of-article\">When asked about her activities beyond the classroom and courts, Meth says she likes \u201creading (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/show\/63276476-madeline-meth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">find me on Goodreads<\/a>), cooking, and I\u2019ve been taking tennis lessons the past couple of years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madeline (Maddie) Meth is driven to provide representation to those facing established opponents. 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