DePaul University College of Law

The following DePaul University College of Law students have received fellowships from Equal Justice America. These fellowships are made possible by contributions from DePaul law alumni. With continued support from the alumni, we look forward to putting many more DePaul law students and graduates to work providing vitally needed legal assistance to the poor.

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Please click the links below to read more about the students’ EJA Fellowships.

"I am incredibly grateful that Equal Justice America and Legal Aid Chicago provided me with the opportunity to intern on the Trafficking Survivor’s Assistance Program. I learned so much about a complex legal field that is interdisciplinary and diverse, got hands on experience providing community-based, holistic legal services, and have a deeper understanding of how I would like to show up as an attorney as I continue in my career."

Emma Soglin

DePaul University College Of Law

EJA Summer Fellow, 2023

Fall 2023
- Grace Lundy worked at the Moran Center for Youth Advocacy in Evanston, IL.

Summer 2023
- Margaret De La Cruz and Emma Soglin worked at Legal Aid Chicago.

Summer 2022
- Leah Carter and Sarah Pitre worked at Legal Aid Chicago.

Summer 2021
- Elizabeth Haris worked at Legal Aid Chicago.
- Dominique Mejia worked at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago.
Spring 2021
- Megan Osadzinski worked at the Illinois Prison Project in Chicago.

Fall 2020
- Megan Osadzinski worked at Beyond Legal Aid in Chicago.

Summer 2020
- Maya Flores worked at Beyond Legal Aid in Chicago.
- Joseph Garcia and Olivia Kappers worked at Legal Aid Chicago.

Summer 2019
- Alexandra Carl and Monica Saavedra worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation.
- Charles De La Cruz worked at Chicago Volunteer Legal Services.
- Max Spivak worked at DNA-People’s Legal Services in Window Rock, AZ.

Throughout this experience [at the Center for Disability and Elder Law (CDEL)], I encountered various learning opportunities that allowed me to explore different areas of law. From drafting wills, and even my first Freedom of Information Request document, CDEL helped me realize the incredible impact legal aid organizations have on the underserved community, yet a tremendous need continues to exist, often to the detriment of our society. My hope is to one day help address these needs. I sincerely appreciate your sponsorship and continued support of students seeking ways to serve our communities.

Salomon De Los Angeles

DePaul University College of Law

EJA Summer Fellow, 2017

Spring 2019
- Oluwasegun Salami worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.

Summer 2018
- Salomon De Los Angeles and Amanda Insalaco worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation (LAF) in Chicago.
- Felipe Gonzalez worked at Metropolitan Family Services in Chicago.
- Emma Melton worked at the Community Activism Law Alliance in Chicago.

Fall 2017
- Sandra Molinari worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.

Summer 2017
- Mariana Barba worked at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago.
- Valentine Bate worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation in Chicago.
- Salomon De Los Angeles worked at the Center for Disability and Elder Law in Chicago.

Spring 2017
- Nataly Cadena worked at the Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services in Chicago.
- Samantha Zullo worked at the Cook County Office of the Public Guardian in the Domestic Relations Division.

Fall 2016
- Andreia Ribas Precoma worked at the Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project in Chicago.
- Madeleine Wineland worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation.

Summer 2016
- Annie Simunek and Madeleine Wineland worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation.
- Erica Tremble worked at Cabrini Green Legal Aid in Chicago.

Spring 2016
- LaSheda House worked at Cabrini Green Legal Aid in Chicago.
- Madeleine Wineland worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation in Chicago.

Fall 2015
- Madeleine Wineland worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation.

Summer 2015
- Sierra Hagl worked at the Center for Disability and Elder Law in Chicago.
- Madeleine Wineland worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation.

Summer 2014
- Santiago Del Real worked at the Illinois Migrant Legal Assistance Project in Chicago.
- Sue Lee worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
- Guadalupe Perez and Ana Valenzuela worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Marie Silver worked at the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights in Chicago.

Spring 2014
- Omoyeni Adetola worked at Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers.

Summer 2013
- Cynthia Bedrosian, Megan Davis and Ana Valenzuela worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Samuel Keen worked at the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing in Chicago.
- Lee Robbins worked at the Special Education Civil Division of the Public Defender Service in Washington, DC.
- Joseph Williams worked at the Homeless Advocacy Project in San Francisco, CA.

Spring 2013
- Robert Casey worked at the Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers.

Summer 2012
- Nour Bahrani, Anita Gupta and Goli Rahimi worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Rachel Brown worked at Farmworker Legal Services in Kalamazoo, MI.

Fall 2011
- Vanessa Williams worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.

Summer 2011
- Anita Gupta, Lizette Jaramillo and Alexandra Tenorio worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Nickole Miller worked at Bay Area Legal Aid.

Spring 2011
- Alexis Chmell worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
- Damon Ritenhouse worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.

Fall 2010
- Damon Ritenhouse worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.

I am extremely thankful to have had the opportunity to intern at Legal Aid Chicago this summer with the assistance provided by Equal Justice America. This experience has strengthened my commitment to family law and juvenile justice, and has taught me invaluable skills and lessons through hands-on public interest legal work which will continue to serve me in my future legal career.

Olivia Kappers

DePaul University College of Law

EJA Summer Fellow, 2020

Summer 2010
- Nickole Miller worked at the Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic in Chicago.
- Damon Ritenhouse worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Qomil Tharani worked at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago.

Spring 2010
- Angela Hernandez worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.

Fall 2009
- Alexis Chmell worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
- Jennifer Grobelski worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.

Summer 2009
- Rocio Alcantar and Christine Hammer worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Alexis Chmell worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
- Jennifer Coco worked at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights in Washington, DC.

Summer 2008
- Marisol Gallegos worked at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago.
- Sarah Kirberg worked at the Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic in Chicago.
- Rose Rivera worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.

Fall 2007
- Kathy Purnell worked at Legal Aid of Western Michigan.

Summer 2007
- Chantel Conrad worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
- Jarrett Knox worked at the Legal Aid Bureau in Chicago.
- Mary Meixner worked at the Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic in Chicago.
- Kathy Purnell worked at Legal Aid of Western Michigan.

Summer 2006
- Nelly Aguilar and Jennifer Keys worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.

Summer 2005
- Erin Cobb, Lisa Minc, and Nora Phillips worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.

Spring 2005
- Sarah Andrew worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.

Fall 2004
- Rochene McLinn worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.

Summer 2004
- Rebecca Howey worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
- Angela Moore and Carolyn Potamitis both worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago.

Summer 2003
- Laura M. Pichardo worked at Florida Legal Services.
- Beatriz Sandoval and John Stefani worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago.

Fall 2002
- Jeff Gold worked at the Legal Aid Foundation of Chicago.
- Stephanie Villinski worked at the National Center on Poverty Law in Chicago.

Summer 2002
- Aaron Buckley worked at the Northwestern University Legal Clinic.
- Jeff Gold worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Jody Marcucci and Lawrence Wagner worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.

Summer 2001
- Donna Bucko worked at the Lifespan Center for Legal Services in Chicago.
- Jeff Gold worked at the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.
- Rachel Heaston and Alma Ramirez worked at the Chicago Legal Assistance Foundation.
- Abel Leon worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.

[Community Activism Law Alliance] is an awesome place to work because you really feel like a part of a family. It really is a community environment. The attorneys are incredibly kind and helpful, and I always felt I had a manageable caseload. I would most certainly recommend this internship to other students.

Emma Melton

DePaul University College of Law

EJA Summer Fellow, 2018

Spring 2001
- Alma Ramirez worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.

Fall 2000
- Anne-Marie Knopp worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.

Summer 2000
- Jean Bax worked at Lifespan Center for Legal Services.
- Evan Haim worked at the Neighborhood Legal Services.

Summer 1999
- Matthew Newsted worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Holly Ruskin worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.

Spring 1999
- Lisa Lovano and Angela Spaulding worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.

Fall 1998
- Anna Vondracek worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.

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