Staff Members
Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law Foundation
Peter A. Schey, Executive Director
Email: pschey[at]centerforhumanrights.org
President and Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and
Constitutional Law Foundation (CHRCL Foundation) 1980 to present.
Focus of work includes technical support on constitutional rights of immigrants,
refugees, and children, class action litigation of issues of issues
with broad impact on indigent minority and ethnic communities,
technical support and training for advocates and immigrant communities,
and international human rights cases and campaigns.
Carlos Holguín, General Counsel
Email: crholguin[at]centerforhumanrights.org
Mr. Holguín has served as General Counsel with the CHRCL Foundation since 1984.
Mr. Holguín's practice focuses on legal, legislative, and educational work in furtherance of the rights of immigrants and refugees. He has served as lead and co-counsel in numerous impact litigation cases involving deportation, political asylum, the rights of juveniles, and social services.
Carlos Holguin's Curriculum VitaeMadelaine Behr, Equal Access Fund (EAF) Staff Attorney
Email: mbehr[at]centerforhumanrights.org
Madelaine obtained her JD from the Whittier Law School, in June 2010. Madelaine's work focuses on the provision of technical support to legal services providers by providing updates on state and federal statutory and regulatory developments impact on the immigrant clients of QLSPs, providing amicus briefs to QLSPs in cases involving immigrant clients, participation in impact litigation in conjunction with QLSPs on behalf of low-income immigrant clients of QLSPs, and preparation of a manual on the rights of California immigrant children.
Karena Heredia, Executive Administrative Assistant
Email: kheredia[at]centerforhumanrights.org
Karena obtained her BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She provides administrative support including financial reporting, funding applications, IT, human resources, insurance, tax matters, and website maintenance. Karena also provides support to attorney staff including preparation and filing of legal documents and maintenance of litigation files.
