Jeffrey E. Salvesen

2012 Public Interest Grant Recipient

Mr. Salvesen has completed his first year at Pepperdine University School of Law where he maintains a 3.1 GPA. Mr. Salvesen currently works as an extern for the Honorable Sandra L. Klein, United States Bankruptcy Judge, a board member at WLALA. Prior to law school, Mr. Salvesen organized over five thousand volunteer hours to assist elementary students after school in five different Waltham, Massachusetts schools, and organized holiday events for several hundred young children at the YMCA. After law school, Mr. Salvesen intends on pursuing a position involving education law, i.e., improving laws and regulations relating to racial and sexual discrimination, disability, and curriculum. He is also interested in helping make post-secondary schools more affordable to students generally.