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Every year, recent Columbia Law School graduates receive prestigious fellowships that support positions in public interest and public service organizations.

Susanna Booth ’21 will represent immigrants detained in New Jersey who are facing deportation.

The Australian lawyer will work in the Secret Prisons team at Reprieve U.S. in Washington, D.C.

At Brooklyn Defender Services’ Family Defense Practice, Unger will represent parents in abuse and neglect proceedings.

At the Capital Appeals Project, in New Orleans, Velchamy will represent individuals on death row.

The Nigerian lawyer will work on environmental justice issues at Accountability Counsel in Washington, D.C.

At Reprieve U.S. in Washington, D.C., Hayden will work on projects to end capital punishment.

The attorney will work at Reprieve UK, an organization that provides free legal and investigative support to some of the world’s most vulnerable people.

The Australian lawyer will work at UN Women to advance the rights of women and girls by partnering with and supporting a range of community-based regional, state, and international actors.

At the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Reyes-Becerra will continue her work helping immigrant farmworkers with the support of Amgen Inc. and Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP.