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Samantha Santoro

2024-2026

CRDJ Fellow

2024-2026

Samantha Santoro (she/they) is from Toronto, Canada. Samantha received an Honours Specialist in English Literature from the University of Toronto and worked in the areas of racial and disability justice before law school. They are active in the areas of labor rights, immigrant justice, anti-racism, children’s rights, and prison abolition. They are currently involved in initiatives, such as the Parole Advocacy Project, Solitary Confinement Project, Suspension Representation Project, Taxi Worker Defense Collective, and Immigrant Rights Project. She hopes to pursue work at the intersection of criminal law and immigration law, youth defense work, and abolitionist work everywhere.

Interest Areas

Abolition, Employment & Labor Rights, Migration Justice, Critical Race Studies, Children & Youth, Critical Disability Studies, Incarceration

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UCLA School of Law

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