Category: Vol. 34 Masthead Bios

Jana was born and raised in San Diego, California and attended Saint Mary’s College of California for undergrad where she majored in Political Science. She is an oralist for NDLS’ Moot Court Board, a 2L SBA Rep, the Public Relations Chair for SCELF, and member of both the Exoneration Project and the Federalist Society. She worked at the US Attorney’s Office in San Diego for her 1L summer and plans to go back to California to practice after graduation. She was a Division 1 tennis player in undergrad and traveled to Israel after graduation to play some professional tennis tournaments.

Rachel lives in Pella, Iowa and attended Michigan State University earning a degree in Political Science Prelaw. She was a summer associate at Faegre Baker Daniels in Des Moines, Iowa and hopes to return there post-graduation. Rachel moved to Iowa from Lexington, Kentucky and before that grew up in Michigan.

Andrew Franklin hails from Oak Park, Illinois, but moved all over the country growing up. He did his formative middle and high school years in Ellicott City, Maryland before attending Duke where he studied political science. Before law school, Andrew worked for a non-profit in Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina doing homelessness alleviation and affordable housing advocacy. He also got a masters degree in religion from Yale Divinity School. He did his 1L summer at Quarles & Brady LLP in Chicago. He plans to work in private practice in Chicago upon graduation. Andrew, unfortunately, was at Game 6 of the NLCS in 2003 where Steve Bartman interfered with a crucial catch. Andrew, fortunately, was at Duke for Coach K’s 903rd win (making him the greatest men’s coach ever), and the 2015 National Championship win against Wisconsin.

Yara grew up in Orland Park, Illinois. She received her Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, from Benedictine University where she majored in Political Science. After her first year of law school, Yara worked as a Summer Associate at Faegre Baker Daniels and as an in-house intern at Cargill. After her second year of law school, Yara worked as a Summer Associate at Shook, Hardy & Bacon. After graduation, Yara plans to return to Shook, Hardy & Bacon as an Associate in the business litigation group. Yara is a licensed scuba diver and enjoys traveling to new diving locations.

Natasha is from Davis, California. She graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where she double majored in Business and Spanish. During her 1L summer, Natasha worked for the Honorable Consuelo Callahan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. This past summer, she was a Summer Associate at Sidley Austin. After graduation, Natasha will be returning to Los Angeles. Natasha serves as the president and founder of the Notre Dame Real Estate Law Society, and as a teaching assistant for tort and property law. In her free time, she enjoys listening to podcasts and attending barre classes.

Allison Lantero, a Chicago native, is a 2L at Notre Dame Law School. She earned her Bachelors’ Degree in both English and Theatre at Boston College, and went on to get a Masters in Journalism at Georgetown University, while working full-time in Communications for the Federal Government. She even co-hosted a podcast! Now that she’s at Notre Dame, she jokes she’s completed the Catholic University trifecta. At NDLS, Allison is the President of the American Constitution Society and serves as a Lexis Nexis Representative. She spent the past summer working as a research assistant for Professor Veronica Root-Martinez. She hopes to spend next summer practicing litigation at a law firm in Chicago.