Columbia Law School Post-Graduate Fellowship Honor Roll
Columbia Law students and graduates have built a very strong tradition of receiving highly selective and competitive post-graduate public interest fellowships. They have used these opportunities to promote justice and to work on legal and social issues at a variety of public interest organizations around the country. To locate these Fellows or for information about their projects, contact the Center for Public Interest Law.
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, BRENNAN FELLOWSHIP
2006 Jon Miller
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION , DRUG POLICY FELLOWSHIP
2004 Renee Paradis
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION , KARPATKIN FELLOWSHIP
2003 Catherine Kim
BOALT HALL SCHOOL OF LAW, DEATH PENALTY CLINIC FELLOWSHIP
2005 Kate Weisburd
BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST,
POLIKOFF GATREAU FELLOWSHIP
2005 Rosanne Aviles
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTVE RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP
2006 Franklin Romeo (Domestic)
2005 Elisa Slattery (Int'l)
2004 Galen Sherwin (Domestic)
2003 Dina Bogecho LLM (Int'l)
2001 Hegit Elul (Domestic)
2000 Julia Zakjowski (Int'l)
CHADBOURNE & PARKE FELLOWSHIP at THE DOOR LEGAL SERVICES
2006 Laila Hlass
COCHRAN, NEUFELD & SCHECK CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP
2006 Monica Shah
2005 Jennifer Laurin
2004 Ramzi Kassem
2003 Archana Prakash
2002 Brandon Garrett
COHEN MILSTEIN HAUSFELD & TOLL,
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP
2007 Maureen McGowan
2006 Bede Sheppard
COLUMBIA HUMAN RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP
2004 Dilek Kurban (Turkey)
2003 Giliane Cherubin (Gambia)
2002 Matthew Draper (The Hague)
Aziz Huq (Afghanistan)
Maxine Sleeper (Hungary)
2001 Michael Lerner (Cambodia)
DAVID W. LEEBRON HUMAN RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP
2007 Sarah Thomas (Documentation Center of Cambodia,
Phnom Penh)
2006 Liz Vladeck (Kaliningrad Human Rights Center,
Kaliningrad, Russia)
2005 J. Clare McRae (Global Rights, Inc.,
The Congo, Africa)
ECHOING GREEN FELLOWSHIP
2006 Tutu Alicante
1999 Susan Kraham
1996 Vincente Tome
1995 Sarah Globis
EQUAL JUSTICE LITIGATION FELLOWSHIP at the IMPACT FUND
2006 Julia Wildorf-Campins
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS (formerly NAPIL) FELLOWSHIP
2006 Amy Mulzer (Legal Aid Society, Homeless Rights Project,
NY, NY)
2006 Vivian Lehrer (ConnectNYC, Ny, NY)
2005 Myra Elgabry (Lawyers for Children, NY, NY)
2004 Petra Seawell (Medicare Rights Center, NY, NY)
2004 Giliane Cherubin (Human Rights First, NY, NY)
2003 Reena Ganju (Center for Battered Women's Legal Services,
NY, NY)
Sonia Mansoor (Center for Battered Women's Legal Services,
NY, NY)
2002 Lisa Alexander (Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights,
Chicago, IL)
Jennifer Pringle (Partnership for the Homeless, NY, NY)
Amy Vruno (D.C. Employment Justice Center, Washington, D.C.)
2000 Julie Chinitz (Northwest Health Advocates, Seattle, WA)
1999 Robin Goldfaden
1998 Jennifer Friedman (Center for Battered Women's Legal Services,
NY, NY)
1998 Ghita Scwartz (Queens Legal Services, NY, NY)
1998 Kamal Fizazi
FAIR TRIAL INITIATIVE FELLOWSHIP
2006 Anna Arceneaux
FRANCIS D. MURNAGHAN JR. APPELLATE ADVOCACY FELLOWSHIP
2001 Lewis Yelin
FRIED FRANK/MALDEF FELLOWSHIP
1994 Hector Villagra
FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP
2004 Semra Mesulam (Rwanda)
2002 Maxine Sleeper (Budapest, Hungary)
2001 Sean Arian (Beunos Aires, Argentina)
Laboni Huq (South Africa)
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, HARRISON INSITUTE FELLOWSHIP
1999 Brian Skretny
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, PRETTYMAN FELLOWSHIP
2006 Carrie Ellis
Jiseon Song
2005 Brooke Sealy
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WOMEN AND PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWSHIP
2005 Christie Love
2002 Gretchen Borchelt
1998 Lisa Borenstein
1994 Randall Jeffrey, Janet Chung
GIBBONS, DEL DEO DOLAN FELLOWSHIP
2001 Shavar Jeffries
1995 Lori Outz-Borgan
GOLDSTEIN DEMCHAK BALLER BORGEN & DARDARIAN, CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP
2005 James Kan
HENKIN-STOFFEL HUMAN RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP
2007 Jessica Evans (NGO's in Papua New Guinea, Figi and Vanuatu)
2006 Misti Duvall (Earthrights International,
Thailand and Washington, DC)
2005 Warisha Farasat (International Center for Transitional Justice,
NY, NY; Kashmir, India)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FELLOWSHIP
2007 Joshua Franco
2006 Liz Everson
2005 Bede Sheppard
2005 Tamara Taraciuk-Broner
2004 Chris Albin-Lackey
2003 Shiva Eftekhari
2002 Karen Stauss
2001 Allison Parker
2000 Michael Lerner
1998 Michelle Caldera
1997 Jennifer Schense
1996 Kokayi Issa
1995 Michael Bochenek
1994 Brian Owsley
1992 Mary Lynne Werlwas
KIRKLAND & ELLIS NYC PUBLIC SERVICE FELLOWSHIP
2007 Rachel Geballe (Brooklyn Legal Services, Foreclosure Prevention
Project NY, NY)
2006 Kate Wagner-McCoy (Bronx Defenders,Family Defense Project,
NY, NY)
2005 Franklin Romeo (Lambda Legal Defense, NY, NY)
2004 Valentina Morales (Neighborhood Defender Services,
NY, NY)
2003 Naomi Abraham (Center for Family Representation, NY, NY)
2002 Rodrigo Sanchez-Camus (Urban Justice Center, Mental
Health Project, NY, NY)
2001 Karla Momberger (Partnership for the Homeless,
NY, NY)
2000 Doreen Odom (Legal Aid Society of New York, NY, NY)
1999 Ranjana Natarajan (South Brooklyn Legal Services, NY, NY)
1998 Joanne Gottesman (Legal Aid Society of New York,
Immigration Department, NY, NY)
1997 Kim Mutcherson (HIV Law Project, NY, NY)
1996 Anne Park
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
NRDC/ ALTSHULER, BERZON, NUSSBAUM, RUBIN & DEMAIN ENVIRONMENTAL FELLOWSHIP
2006 Stuart Naifeh
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWSHIP
2005 Dimple Chaudhary
NEW VOICES FELLOWSHIP (Northwest Immigrants Rights Project,
Seattle, WA)
2006 Angelica Chazaro
OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP
2005 Maggie Williams (Bronx Defenders Felon
Disenfranchisement Project, NY, NY)
PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, FINE FELLOWHIP
2003 Gretchen Borchelt
2002 Tara Ollapally Thomas
2001 Monica Brookman
2000 Lorraine Anderson
PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP
2006 Marti Flacks
2004 Melissa Brandt
2000 Vidya Kurella
PUBLIC ADVOCATES FELLOWSHIP
2003 Michelle Rodriguez
PUBLIC CITIZEN, SUPREME COURT ASSISTANCE FELLOWSHIP
2005 Maura Dundon
RELMAN & ASSOCIATES, CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP
2005 Myrna Perez
REPRIEVE FELLOWSHIP
2007 Christine DeMaso (ACLU Capital Punishment Project)
ROMULO GALLEGOS FELLOWSHIP
2005 Daniela Salazar (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights)
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU) LEGAL FELLOWSHIP
2006 Darin Dalmat
SKADDEN FELLOWSHIP
2007 Adam Weiss (The AIRE Centre, London, England)
2006 Aaron Fischer (Children's Law Center, Washington, DC)
Molly Bilken (The Urban Justice Center's Community
Development Project, NY, NY)
Kati Daffin (Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, NY, NY)
2004 Laura Faer (Public Council, Los Angeles, CA)
Caroline Bettinger-Lopez (ACLU Women's Rights Project,
NY, NY)
Dale Margolin (Legal Aid Society of New York, Juvenile Rights
Division, NY, NY)
2003 Jill Anderson (Western Massachusetts Legal Services,
Springfield, MA)
Shoshana Eisenberg (New York Legal Assistance Group,
NY, NY)
Camilla Roberson (Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Division,
NY, NY)
2002 Kara Finck (The Door Legal Services, NY, NY)
Jennifer Arnett Lee (ACLU Women's Rights Project, NY, NY)
Chandra Bhatnagar (Asian American Legal Defense and
Education Fund, NY, NY)
2000 Jojo Liu (Legal Services for Children, Inc., NY, NY)
Christopher Tan (ACLU Foundation of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA)
1999 Shelley Inglis (New York Association for New Americans, Inc.,
NY, NY)
Melanie Klein (Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., Riverdale, MD)
Jory Steele (Legal Aid Society Employment Law Center,
San Francisco, CA)
1997 Wendy Robinson (New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation,
New Orleans, LA)
1996 Marjorie Thigpen (Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn, NY)
Javier Maldonado (Mexican American LDF, San Antonio, TX)
Paul Tiao
1995 Evette Soto (Puerto Rico Legal Defense and Education Fund,
NY, NY)
Mark Dubois (New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation,
New Orleans, LA)
1994 Letitia Volpp (Equal Rights Advocates, San Francisco, CA)
James Kelly (Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation,
NY, NY)
1993 Susan Kraham (NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund,
NY, NY)
Mark Hurwitz (Legal Action Center for the Homeless, NY, NY)
Mylan Denerstein (Children's Defense Fund,
Washington, D.C.)
1992 Maya Wiley (NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund,
NY,NY)
Judith Browne (NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund,
Washington, D.C.)
1990 Nina Perales (Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund,
NY, NY)
SOLICITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE/BRISTOW FELLOWSHIP
2004 Lori Alvino
SOROS FELLOWSHIP, LINDESMITH/HARM RED
1999 David Cohen
SOROS FELLOWSHIP, EQUAL JUSTICE
2003 Sapna Mirchandani (National Coalition to Abolish the Death
Penalty, NY, NY)
1998 Sharon Djemal (Urban Justice Center, NY, NY)
1997 Heather Barr (Urban Justice Center, NY, NY)
THIRD MILLENNIUM FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP IN HUMAN RIGHTS
2004 Elisa Slattery (Center for Reproductive Rights, Int'l)
WHITE HOUSE FELLOWSHIP
1993 Dan Feldman
ZUBROW FELLOWSHIP
2007 Sherry Orbach
