In her role as the Firm's pro bono counsel, Ms. Alger has been responsible for the development and management of the pro bono practice firmwide. Her practice also includes representing pro bono clients in a wide variety of substantive areas including asylum, guardianship, landlord-tenant, civil rights, employment discrimination and general litigation. Ms. Alger received a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where she served as an editor for the Columbia Law Review. She received a B.A. degree with high honors from the University of California at Berkeley and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.