Rosa Neel joined VLJ in October.  She oversees the PSEG Veterans Clinic and the Veterans Legal Wellness Clinic.  Prior to joining VLJ, Rosa was a corporate associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Covington & Burling LLP in New York City.  At Davis Polk, her pro bono service included advising clients on wills and health care directives.  Rosa went on to act as independent legal counsel for startups on corporate matters.  In undergraduate school, she worked in the Medill Innocence Project, helping to secure the release of a man wrongfully convicted of murder.  During law school, she was an AnBryce Scholar and a notes editor of the Law Review, and she participated in a capital defender clinic and a community organizing clinic working to improve access to health care for Mexican Immigrants in New York City.  Rosa is a native Spanish speaker and a proficient speaker of Portuguese.  She is a member of the New York Bar Association and a member of the Animal Law Committee of the New York City Bar.  She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from Northwestern University and her JD from NYU School of Law.

Stella Lyubarsky joined VLJ in November.  She oversees the Divorce Clinic and Consumer Law Clinic.  Prior to joining VLJ, Stella was a Clinical Staff Attorney at the Rutgers Education and Health Law Clinic, where she represented parents of children with disabilities in their special education and guardianship matters.  Previously, Stella was a MacArthur Law Fellow at the Rutgers Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic, where she represented juvenile delinquents in their post-disposition matters, and before that, she trained and supervised Rutgers law students volunteering in the Domestic Violence Unit at the Essex County Superior Court.  In addition to her JD degree from Rutgers School of Law, Stella also holds a Master's of Social Work Degree from New York University.