Helen Vera '02

Helen received her B.A. in English from Yale University and worked as a reporter-researcher at Vanity Fair magazine in New York for four years. She returned to Yale for her J.D. and has worked as a fellow at the ACLU's National Prison Project in Washington, D.C., an associate attorney in private practice, and a law clerk on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She is now a Trial Attorney in the Special Litigation Section of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, where she investigates and litigates cases to defend the civil rights of people incarcerated in state and local jails, prisons, and other institutions.

Helen has written for legal publications as well as for a broader audience, on diverse topics including solitary confinement, open access laws, and artists' rights. She lives in the D.C. area with her family.
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The Archer School for Girls admits students of any race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation or other legally protected status to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation or other legally protected status in its hiring or in the administration of its educational policies and programs, admissions policies, financial aid programs or other school-administered programs. 

The Archer School for Girls’ mission is to educate students in an environment specifically designed for girls. As such, the school will consider any candidate for admission who identifies as a girl. Once admitted to Archer, all students in good academic standing who abide by Archer’s code of conduct and who meet requirements for graduation will be eligible to receive an Archer diploma, regardless of any change in sexual identity or other legally protected status.