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Adil Ahmad is from Lucknow, India and now lives in Seattle, WA. He is majoring in Government and Mathematics. He cofounded the Dartmouth Civil Liberties Union, serves as the co-chair of the Daniel Webster Legal Society, is active with College Republicans and writes for The Dartmouth. He has interned at the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity, helping to organize lectures and diversity-related workshops. During his off-term in winter 2003, Adil worked as the Constituent Services intern for Senator Maria Cantwell, where he was an immigration case worker and interacted with government officers, consulates and embassies, and lawyers.
Adil was awarded a winter 2004 Dartmouth Partners in Community Services Internship in partnership with the Tucker Foundation. His internship with the Investigation Division within the Defender Association, Seattle,WA allowed him to spend time both in the office and on the road, investigating several types of cases, both civil and criminal. He conducted pretrial investigations by interviewing witnesses and clients, all of whom are indigent or belong to lowincome groups. "My most important skill, I believe, is my ability to accept and understand differing opinions and beliefs, even if they are completely antithetical to my own. I do not take things on their face value but try to probe deeper and gain an empathetic understanding of concepts and ideas and attempt to apply the same in my own life."
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