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For Your
Information…
The following
Columbia University School of Law
students have received fellowships from
Equal Justice America. These
fellowships are made possible by
contributions from Columbia University
law alumni. With continued support from
the alumni, we look forward to putting
many more Columbia University law
students to work providing vitally needed
legal assistance to the poor.
We need your
help!
Columbia University now guarantees funding to first and second year law students pursuing summer public interest internships.
Equal Justice America will provide supplemental funding to these students and will continue to provide fall and spring fellowships to Columbia students.
Equal Justice America has recently awarded a two-year $80,000 Legal Services Fellowship to a graduating Columbia law student, which will begin in September 2008.
(Equal Justice
America is an independent non-profit
501(c)(3) corporation unaffiliated with
any law school.)
Please click the links below to read letters from the students on their EJA Fellowship experiences.
Fall 2008
- Laila Hlass, Class of 2008, will begin a two-year post-graduate EJA Fellowship at the Loyola Legal Clinic in New Orleans.
Summer 2008
- Carl Forbes and William Hughes are working at Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A.
- Chava Spivak-Birndorf is working at Greater Boston Legal Services.
Spring 2008
- Peng Wu worked at Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A.
Summer 2007
- Rebecca Bonagura and Maria Emanuelli
worked at the Center for Battered
Women's Legal Services at Sanctuary
for Families in New York City.
- Eleanor Bryant worked at the
Equal Justice Center in Austin, TX.
- Jennifer Chung worked at the
National Center for Law and Economic
Justice in New York City.
- Sueanne Co worked at the
Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem.
- Jessica Espinosa worked at the
Legal Aid Society in New York City.
- Daryl Kuo worked at Boat People
SOS in Houston, TX.
- Adriana Luciano, Edward Timlin and
Joaquin Torres worked at Brooklyn
Legal Services Corporation A.
- Jennifer Oh worked at the Urban
Justice Center in New York City.
- Emily Weiss worked at Greater
Boston Legal Services.
Spring 2007
- Amanda Torres-Dietrich worked at
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A.
Summer 2006
- Dorian Berger, Nathan Carle, and
Michael Maier worked at Brooklyn Legal
Services Corporation A.
- Katherine Brandes worked at Catholic
Charities Community Services in New York
City.
- Owen Conroy worked at the New York
Legal Assistance Group.
- Alida Garcia worked at the Public
Counsel Law Center in Los Angeles.
- Marie Annabelle Gardere worked at Dwa
Fanm (“Women’s Rights in
Haitian Creole”) in Brooklyn.
- Jose Ramirez worked at the Equal
Justice Center in Austin, TX.
- Zachary Sharpe worked at Project
Renewal in New York City.
Spring 2006
- Minji Kim worked at the Asian
American Legal Defense and Education Fund
(AALDEF) in New York City.
Summer 2005
- Sydney Bird worked at Catholic
Charities Community Services.
- Kevin Frankel worked at Brooklyn
Legal Services Corporation A.
- Robert May worked at the Legal Aid
Society in New York City.
- Lateef Nurmohamed worked at the
Harvard Law School Legal Services Center.
- Sydney Tarzwell worked at the Urban
Justice Center in New York City.
- Sergio Leal worked at Texas RioGrande
Legal Aid.
- Kristi Schaeffer worked at the
Migrant Farmworker Justice Project of
Florida Legal Services.
Fall 2004/Spring 2005
- Jaime Parks worked at Catholic
Charities Community Services.
Summer 2004
- Jessica Caroll, Anna Arceneaux, and
Ryan Fahey worked at Brooklyn Legal
Services Corporation A.
- Robert Bickel, Kathy Jung, and Thien
Nguyen worked at the Legal Aid Society in
New York City.
- Anne Lainer worked at Bet Tzedek
Legal Services in Los Angeles.
- Geoff Hu worked at Queens Legal
Services.
- Liang Gao worked at Legal Information
for Families Today in New York City.
- Nicole Beliveau worked at the Legal
Assistance Corporation of Central
Massachusetts.
- Rebecca Gutner worked at Catholic
Charities Community Services.
- Lydia Mendoza worked at Los Angeles
County Neighborhood Legal Services.
Fall 2003
- Doris Cho and Myra Elgabry worked at
the Legal Aid Society in New York City.
- Annie Hsu and Amy Mulzer worked at
the Welfare Law Center in New York City.
Summer 2003
- Harrel Connor and Erin Durba worked
at Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A.
- Paola Garcia worked at In Motion, an
organization in New York City that
provides legal representation to victims
of domestic violence.
- J. Clare McRae worked at Legal Aid
Services of Oregon.
- Nicole Vanderlaan worked at the HIV
& AIDS Legal Services Alliance in Los
Angeles.
Fall 2002
- Joyce Kim worked at the Sanctuary at
Families Center for Battered Women's
Legal Services in New York City.
- Giliane Cherubin and Kristina Holm
worked at Catholic Charities Immigrant
and Refugee Services.
- Jennifer Lav and Camilla Roberson
worked at the Welfare Law Center in New
York City.
Summer 2002
- Molly Biklin worked at the National
Employment Law Project in New York City.
- Melissa Cohen, Mindy Foss and Paul
Powell worked at Brooklyn Legal Services.
- Sonia Mansoor worked at Sanctuary For
Families Center for Battered
Women’s Legal Services.
Spring 2002
- Giliane Cherubin worked at Catholic
Charities Community Services.
- Sandeep Satwalekar worked at the
Welfare Law Center.
Fall 2001
- Giliane Cherubin worked at Catholic
Charities Community Services.
Summer 2001
- Aimee Creed and Syed Mehdi Imam
worked at Brooklyn Legal Services
Corporation A.
- Matthew Elston worked at Legal
Services in New York City.
- Michelle Ko worked at MFY Legal
Services in New York City.
- Peter Tsapatsaris worked at Merrimac
County Legal Services in Lowell, MA.
- Thomas Widor worked at the Washington
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights in
Washington, D.C.
Summer 2000
- Kai-Lin Hsu worked at Legal Services
at The Door, NYC.
- Michael Altschuler worked at Legal
Services of Greater Miami.
Spring 1999
- Amber Busuttil and Jason Solomon
worked at Brooklyn Legal Services
Corporation A.
- Aleshia Amon-Ra worked at Brooklyn
Legal Services Corporation B.
Fall 1998
- Heidi Gilchrist and Catherine Lifeso
worked at Brooklyn Legal Services
Corporation A.
Spring 1998
- Melissa Rothstein worked at Brooklyn
Legal Services Corporation B.
Fall 1997
- Jason Fraser and Relaina Ruvalcaba
worked at Brooklyn Legal Services
Corporation B.
- Tiffany Matthews worked at MFY Legal
Services.
Summer 1997
- Africa Davidson worked at the Legal
Aid Society in New York City.
Spring 1997
- Tami Parker and Judy Wong worked at
MFY Legal Services.
- Julie Smith worked at Brooklyn Legal
Services Corporation B.
Summer 1996
- Palyn Hung worked at Public Advocates
in San Francisco.
- Phyllis Hwang worked at the Center
for Human Rights and Constitutional Law
in San Francisco.
Spring 1996
- Rachel Gemen worked at MFY Legal
Services.
Fall 1995
- Ian Rose and Ruby Nidiri worked at
MFY Legal Services.
Summer 1995
- David Lund worked at Southern
Minnesota Regional Legal Services.
Summer 1994
- Shannon Hill worked at the Youth Law
Center in San Francisco.
- Josh Gray worked at Brooklyn Legal
Services Corporation B.
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