Please welcome the Appignani Humanist Legal Center’s new Staff Attorney, Ali Huskiens! What is your educational and work background? Before joining the American Humanist Association, I represented employees in complex workplace disputes involving discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wage and hour violations, and related civil rights claims in federal and state court, as well administrative agencies. Most of my employment litigation matters involved a power imbalance in the workplace, so to me, helping clients regain dignity and a sense of voice mattered just as much as the legal outcome. Alongside that work, I have dedicated significant time to pro bono efforts through the National Lawyers Guild, including legal support for protest movements and broader civil liberties work focused on due process and expanding access to legal help. I earned my J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law and a B.A. from Loyola University Chicago. How did you first learn about humanism? The more I read and learn about humanism, the more familiar it feels. I learned about humanism much later than I learned about theistic religions. After encountering …