Michael Galvan JD ’17

01/30/2020

Michael Galvan JD ’17 received the National Lawyers Guild’s 2019 Weinglass Fellowship. With support from the NLG’s International Committee, Galvan is relocating to New Mexico to work with the Santa Fe Dreamers Project, providing post-prison release support for trans women seeking asylum and their sponsors. Galvan currently serves as cochair of the Queer Caucus of the NLG. After passing the California Bar exam in 2017, he moved to Tijuana to work and volunteer with Al Otro Lado, connecting LGBTQ+ asylum seekers to legal services and humanitarian aid.