FELLOWSHIPS OVERVIEW
Columbia public interest students do very well when it comes to receiving highly selective fellowships. They usually are among the few who are selected for positions in the Department of Justice Honors Program, prestigious clerkships, and other highly competitive public interest jobs throughout the United States and the world.
In addition, successful Columbia graduates and faculty and their firms, families, and friends have demonstrated that public interest law is at the core of the Law School’s values by creating fellowships that allow other Columbia graduates to pursue public interest careers. Fellowships allow graduates and current students to do public interest work in the United States or abroad.
For detailed fellowship listings, please visit out Postgraduate Fellowships and Summer Fellowships pages.
POSTGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS GUIDES
Click to view Postgraduate Fellowships: Information and Resources 2012.
Click to view SJI's Guide to International Fellowships.
Click to view the Finding and Funding International Public Service Opportunities available on PSLawNet.
TO BECOME A SPONSOR FOR A PUBLIC INTEREST FELLOW
Non-profit and other public interest employers are invited to contact the SJI office with notices seeking Columbia Law students (rising 3Ls and current clerks) to apply for sponsorship by that office or organization for a project-based fellowship, including Skadden and Equal Justice Works fellowships, as well as Kirkland & Ellis Public Service Fellowships for those employers in NYC.
Public interest employers should be sure their office and project ideas fit within the parameters of the various fellowships and should contact SJI by late June as applications are very detailed and take a while for applicants and employers to collaborate to develop well. Please email socialjustice@law.columbia.edu for more information.
POSTGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP HONOR ROLL
Columbia Law students and graduates have built a very strong tradition of receiving highly selective and competitive postgraduate 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 Social Justice Initiatives.
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
2011 Sarah Hinger
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
2012 Jennifer Sokoler (Domestic)
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
2011 Natalie Orr
2006 Laila Hlass
COCHRAN, NEUFELD & SCHECK CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP
2008 Amos Blackman
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)
CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS FELLOWSHIP
2010 Romie Barriere
DAVID W. LEEBRON HUMAN RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP
2012 Barbara Bijelic (The Carter Center, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
2012 Emily Howie (Human Rights Law Centre, Melbourne, Australia)
2011 Brian Jacobi (Georgian Young Lawyers Association, Tblisi, Georgia)
2011 Matthew Windsor (Open Society Justice Initiative, NYC)
2010 Allison Corkery (Centre for Economic and Social Rights)
2010 Hiba Hafiz (International Rights Advocates)
2009 Kaitlin Cordes (UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food)
2008 Jon Gant (Sustainable Development Institute, Liberia)
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)
DAVID WINSTON HEALTH POLICY FELLOWSHIP
2010 Erin Richardson
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
2012 Jessica Weidmann (Center for Family Representation)
2012 Hillary Schneller (National Women's Law Center)
2012 Amanda Hungerford (Humane Society of the United States)
2011 Esha Bhandari (ACLU, Immigrants' Rights Project)
2011 Emily Amick (Sanctuary for Families)
2010 Laila Hlass (Immigration Section of the Loyola University New Orleans School of Law's Clinic)
2009 Kathryn Scheinberg (Center for Children's Advocacy, Hartford, NY)
2009 Jen Stark (ACLU, Los Angeles, CA)
2008 Ted Roethke (International Institute of the Bay Area, San Francisco, CA)
2007 Anya Emerson (New York Legal Assistance Group, NY, NY)
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
2011 Jean Zachariasiewicz (Public Justice Center, Baltimore, MD)
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)
2001 Laboni Huq (South Africa)
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, HARRISON INSITUTE FELLOWSHIP
1999 Brian Skretny
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, PRETTYMAN FELLOWSHIP
2006 Carrie Ellis
2006 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
2010 Roberto Concepcion
2006 Ralph Bunche
2005 James Kan
HENKIN-STOFFEL HUMAN RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP (no longer given)
2008 Suzannah Phillips (Vivo Positivo, Chile/Center for Reproductive Rights, NY, NY)
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
2011 Anne Gell
2010 Kaitlin Cordes
2009 Priya Motaparthy
2008 Naureen Shah
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
2012 Kate Moore (Bronx Defenders, NY, NY)
2012 Faiza Said (inMotion, NY, NY)
2011 Shana Khader (NY Legal Assistance Group)
2010 Kate Stinson (African Services Committee)
2009 Annie Gell (Sanctuary for Families, NY, NY)
2008 Elizabeth Howell (Center for Appellate Litigation, NY, NY)
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
LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, GEORGE N. LINDSAY FELLOWSHIP
2011 Erandi Zamora
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
2008 Vivian Wang (Litigation Fellowship)
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 FELLOWSHIP
2003 Gretchen Borchelt
2002 Tara Ollapally Thomas
2001 Monica Brookman
2000 Lorraine Anderson
PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP
2010 Christina Youn (Air Force Space and Missile Center)
2010 Rami Turayhi (State Department Climate Change Negotiation Team)
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)
REVENUE WATCH FELLOWSHIP
2010 Erin Foley Smith
ROMULO GALLEGOS FELLOWSHIP
2005 Daniela Salazar (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights)
RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (RDI) WOMEN'S RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP
2010 Amanda Richardson
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU) LEGAL FELLOWSHIP
2006 Darin Dalmat
SKADDEN FELLOWSHIP
2012 Kate Stinson (African Services Center, NY, NY)
Joy Ziegeweid (Center for Battered Women's Legal Services, NY, NY)
2011 Devi Rao (National Women's Law Center)
2010 Sam Salganik (Community Services Society, NY, NY)
2009 Carrie Acus Love (Western Massachusetts Legal Services, Pittsfield, MA)
2008 Tanaz Moghadam (ACLU, Immigrants' Rights Project, NY, NY)
2008 Becca von Behren (Disability Rights Advocates)
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 (no longer given)
2004 Elisa Slattery (Center for Reproductive Rights, Int'l)
VERMONT POVERTY LAW FELLOWSHIP
2010 Jessica Radbord-Elles
WHITE HOUSE FELLOWSHIP
1993 Dan Feldman
ZUBROW FELLOWSHIP
2007 Sherry Orbach
