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

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(Equal Justice America is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation unaffiliated with any law school.)
Please click the links below to read more about the students’ EJA Fellowships.

"Working at Legal Aid this summer, with the financial assistance of EJA, helped me to continue to develop my personal philosophy on gender-based violence and reflect on how I can best contribute to advancing women’s rights. This internship helped me hone foundational skills that I will use as a new attorney advocating on behalf of survivors of gender-based violence and also taught me how to deploy holistic, trauma-informed, and culturally sensitive lawyering to be a zealous and empathetic advocate."
Emma Ratzman
Georgetown University Law Center
EJA Summer Fellow, 2023
  • Summer 2023
    • Rio Dennis worked at Legal Services of Northern Virginia in Fredericksburg.
    • Margaret Hodson worked at Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) in Washington, DC.
    • Lauren Iosue worked at the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project in Tucson, AZ.
    • Charles Kip worked at Greater Boston Legal Services.
    • Hailey Markt worked at the Neighborhood Legal Services Program in Washington, DC.
    • Emily Mitrione worked at the Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Washington D.C.
    • Emma Ratzman worked at Legal Aid DC.
  • Summer 2022
    • Mohammed Al-Shawaf worked at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia.
    • Simone Edwards worked at the Migrant Legal Action Program in Washington, DC.
    • Shannon Henris worked at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia.
    • Lauren Hodges worked at Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) in Washington, DC.
    • Theodoros Papazekos worked at the Health Justice Alliance Law Clinic at Georgetown University.
    • Jessica Wang worked at the Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services in Chicago.
  • Fall 2021
    • Lisa Ledvora worked at Beyond Legal Aid in Chicago.
  • Summer 2020
    • Rose Hayden worked at Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) in Washington, DC.
    • Tamar Hoffman worked at Bread for the City in Washington, DC.
    • Allie Kirchhoff Corrie worked in the Safety Net Project at the Urban Justice Center in NYC.
    • Xinmin Ma worked at Greater Boston Legal Services.
    • Austin Rose worked at the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition in Washington, DC.
    • Michael Smith worked at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia.
  • Summer 2019
    • Anthony Coleman worked at Bread for the City in Washington, DC.
    • Nicole Fauster worked at Project South in Atlanta.
    • Kebkab Gelaw worked at the Ethiopian Community Development Council in Arlington, VA.
    • Sarah Hainbach worked at The Legal Aid Society in New York City.
Equal Justice America’s funding has helped me to stay in Washington D.C. and have a great summer experience at Neighborhood Legal Services Program. Interning with Neighborhood Legal Services Program gave me the opportunity to work with staff attorneys who are committed to provide pro bono legal services to low income residents of the District of Columbia and learn a lot from them. I am deeply grateful to Equal Justice America for making my dream of interning with a pro bono legal service provider to low income clients a realit
Berkenesh Woldeselassie
Georgetown University
EJA Summer Fellow, 2017
  • Summer 2018
    • Sarah Ottone worked at the Community Legal Services of Philadelphia.
    • Victoria Sexton worked at Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida in Plantation.
    Fall 2017 
    • Eleanor Umphres worked at Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts in Boston.
  • Summer 2017
    • Nikki Endsley worked at the Urban Justice Center in New York City.
    • Sheila Kinaheirwe worked at AEquitas: The Prosecutors’ Resource on Violence Against Women in DC.
    • Dustin Schaefer worked at Greater Boston Legal Services.
    • Rachel Smith worked at the Legal Aid Society of DC.
    • Kelsey Waldron worked at Public Advocates in San Francisco, CA.
    • Nicole Walker worked at the Legal Services of New Jersey in Edison.
    • Courtney Wilkes workied at EBCLC.
    • Berkenesh Woldeselassie worked at the Neighborhood Legal Services Program in DC.
  • Summer 2016
  • Summer 2015
  • Summer 2014
    • Jessica Berger worked at Community Legal Services of Philadelphia.

    • Marion Cory worked at Bread for the City in Washington, DC.

    • Mary Deweese worked at Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs in DC.
    • Myka Held worked at Life Span in Chicago.
    • Alice Kinyua worked Aequitas: The Prosecutors’ Resource on Violence Against Women in Washington, DC.
    • Courtney Lee worked at the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition in Washington, DC.
    • Elizabeth Vogel worked at Advocates for Children in New York City.
    Spring 2014 
    • Brandon Hunter worked at the DC Employment Justice Center.
    Fall 2013 
    • Jillian Edmunds worked at the Sexual Assualt Legal Institute in Silver Springs, MD.
  • Summer 2013
    • Matthew Boaz worked at the Mississippi Center for Justice in Indianola, MS.
    • Kristen Cates, Jordan Grushkin and Chayla Jackson worked at the East Bay Community Law Center in Berkeley, CA.
    • Vicki Kinne worked at the Migrant Legal Action Program in Washington, DC.
    • Elizabeth Vogel worked at the Poverty & Race Research Action Council in Washington, DC.
    • Samantha Wiggins worked at Community Legal Services of Philadelphia.
  • Summer 2012
    • Wade Askew, David Carlisle and Sarah Raab worked at the East Bay Community Law Center.
    • Alina Hoffman worked at the National Center for Law and Economic Justice in New York City.
    • Katrina Homel worked at the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights in Washington, DC.
    • Martha Katz worked at Bread for the City in Washington, DC.
    • Megan Lovett worked at the Legal Aid Society of DC.
    • Elizabeth Noël worked at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School.
  • Summer 2011
    • Victoria Ajayi worked at the Poverty & Race Research Action Council in Washington, DC.
    • Kaitlyn Aitken, Rachel Kirkland and Megan Lovett worked at the DC Law Students in Court Program.
    • Amy DiBiasio and David White worked at the Children’s Law Center in Washington, DC.
    • Bayard Dodge worked at the Migrant Legal Action Program in Washington, DC.
    • Sandra Fluke worked at the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking in Los Angeles.
    • Corey Prachniak worked at the Legal Services Program at Whitman-Walker Health in Washington, DC.
  • Summer 2010
  • Summer 2009
    • Allison Green worked at the Children’s Law Center in Washington, DC.
    • Monique Luse worked at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia.
    • Olivia Lynch worked at the Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center in El Paso.
    • Lucy Panza worked at Ayuda, Inc. in Washington, DC.
    • Matthew Rich worked at Greater Boston Legal Services.
    • Maulik Shah worked at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid.
    Spring 2009 
    • Renee Erline worked at the Legal Aid Society of DC.
    Fall 2008 
    • Agatha Tan worked at the DC Employment Justice Center.
  • Summer 2008
    • Jeffrey Constantinos worked at Legal Counsel for the Elderly in Washington, DC.
    • Angel Harris and Jonathan Tucker worked at the Legal Aid Society of DC.
    • Rebecca Koford worked at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid.
    • Steven Nigh worked at the Archdiocesan Legal Network in Washington, DC.
    Spring 2008 
    • Elliott Tucker worked at the DC Employment Justice Center.
  • Summer 2007
    • Temi Bennett, David Metcalf and Jill Streja worked at the D.C. Law Students in Court Program.
    • Amy Killelea worked at EBCLC.
    • Diana Kim worked at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles.
    • Amy Smith worked at the Children’s Law Center in Washington, DC.
    • Matthew Teaman worked at the Ohio State Legal Services Association.
    • Jonathan Tucker worked at Legal Counsel for the Elderly.
    Spring 2007 
    • Rebecca Gidel worked at Catholic Community Services in Washington, DC.
    Fall 2006 
    • Adrienne Lockie worked at the Legal Aid Society of DC.
    • Matthew Teaman worked at the DC Employment Justice Center.

The summer I spent at Kids in Need of Defense was one of the best experiences I have ever had. I came to law school because I wanted to feel empowered to help others. KIND has taught me so much about how to effectively work toward promoting the inherent worth and dignity of vulnerable immigrant children seeking protection.

Rose Hayden
Georgetown University
EJA Summer Fellow, 2020
  • Summer 2006
    • Chelsea Epps and Khalid Abdul-Khaliq worked at Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights in Washington, DC.
    • Justin Hansford worked at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund in New York City.
    • Bethany Li worked at the Northwest Justice Project in Seattle.
    • Ryan Mrazik worked at the DC Law Students in Court Program.
    Spring 2006 
    • Melissa Byroade worked at Women Empowered Against Violence (WEAVE) in Washington, DC.
  • Summer 2005
    • Michael Barker worked at Covenant House Washington in Washington, DC.
    • Peter Bryce worked at the Migrant Legal Action Program in Washington, DC.
    • Lauren Castaldi worked at Ayuda Legal Aid in Washington, DC.
    • Meghan Fennelly worked at Public Advocates in San Francisco.
    • Jasmine Krishnan worked at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles.
    • Morgan Lynn worked at WEAVE.
    • Mark Nabong worked at Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services in Washington, DC.
    • Christina Powers worked at the Boston College Immigration and Asylum Project.
    • Zachary Silverman worked at Legal Counsel for the Elderly.
    Fall 2004 
    • Jennie Pasquarella worked at the DC Employment Justice Center.
    • Heather Vitale worked at Advocates for Justice and Education in Washington, DC.
    • Anagha Apte worked at the Migrant Legal Action Program.
  • Summer 2004
    • Annie Balck worked at the Children’s Law Center in Washington, DC.
    • Margaret Hensler worked at DC Law Students in Court.
    • Jacqueline Cheney worked at the Medicare Right Center in New York City.
    • Megan Palmer and Hoodo Mohamed worked at Greater Boston Legal Services.
    • Chin-Chin Yap worked at the Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, DC.
    • Loren AliKhan worked at the People’s Law Resource Center in Washington, DC.
    Fall 2003 
    • Cory Miller worked at the DC Employment Justice Center.
  • Summer 2003
    • Brooke C. Betts worked at the Alliance for Children’s Rights in Los Angeles.
    • Jeremy Butler worked at the DC Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
    • Kelly Bourke Hilgers worked at the Texas Civil Rights Project.
    • Sara Perea worked at Hogar Hispano of the Catholic Charities Diocese in Arlington, VA.
    • Jacquelyn T. Pinnell worked at DC Law Students in Court.
    • C. Meg Stiaszny worked at the Legal Clinics of the Center for Community Solutions in San Diego, CA.
    Fall 2002 
    • Kerry Halpern and Eric Brian Topel worked at the Neighborhood Legal Services Program in Washington, DC.
    • Esther Park worked at WEAVE.
  • Summer 2002
    • Tatiana Gutierrez worked at DC Law Students in Court.
    • Eleanor Hicks worked at Bay Area Legal Aid in San Francisco.
    • Esther Parks worked at Women Empowered Against Violence in Washington, DC.
    • Sabrina Yohai worked at Ayuda Legal Aid in Washington, DC.
    • Eileen Zorc worked at the Public Counsel Law Center in Los Angeles.
    Spring 2002 
    • Brooke Bruner and Diego Mendez worked at the DC Employment Justice Center.
    • Lesha Cowell and Elizabeth Coy worked at the Neighborhood Legal Services Program.
    Fall 2001 
    • Tristan Fleming worked at the Children’s Law Center in Washington, DC.
    • Leah Myers worked at the D.C. Employment Justice Center.

Thank you and everyone at Equal Justice America (EJA) for your support this summer. My EJA fellowship allowed me the opportunity to fulfill my dreams and obtain and create new career goals. This summer I had the privilege of being an EJA Law Fellow at Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida (CCLA). CCLA is located in my home town, Plantation Florida, and has a talented and knowledgeable family law unit comprised of several experienced and zealous attorneys. Over my ten week internship, I worked closely with two attorneys in the family law unit who work under the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant. Most of the clients we assisted were survivors of domestic violence or other crimes who are now seeking civil legal services because of their victimization. My experience as a EJA Law Fellow at CCLA has tremendously helped me grow as a person and as a professional legal advocate for those in most need.

Victoria Sexton
Georgetown University
EJA Summer Fellow, 2018
  • Summer 2001
    • Stefanie Davis worked at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia.
    • Monica Teixeria de Sousa worked at the Children’s Law Center in Washington, DC.
    • Eva Eitzen worked at the CASA of Maryland Employment Rights Project.
    • Cara Hallmon worked at the Neighborhood Legal Services Program in Washington, DC.
    • Florence M. Jao worked at Bay Area Legal Aid in Oakland, CA.
    • Monique Sherman worked at the Juvenile Rights Project in Portland, OR.
    Spring 2001 
    • Teresa Ellis worked at the DC Employment Justice Center.
    Fall 2000 
    • Baldwin Robertson worked at the DC Employment Justice Center.
    • Toki Rehder worked at the Neighborhood Legal Services Program.
  • Summer 2000
    • John David McDowell worked at DC Law Students in Court.
    • Aimee Doyle worked at the Legal Aid Bureau Riverdale, MD.
    • Monica de Sousa and Naomi Stern worked at Ayuda Legal Aid.
    • Karen Cunningham worked at WEAVE.
    Spring 2000 
    • Devaleena Das and Sarah Lichtman Spector worked at Legal Aid Society of Washington, DC.
    Fall 1999 
    • Jamie Hochman worked at the Children’s Law Center.
    • Karen Cunningham worked at the Legal Aid Society of DC.
    • Toki Rehder worked at the Legal Aid Society of DC.
  • Summer 1999
    • Rachel Batterson worked at Vermont Legal Aid.
    • Megan Blamble and Jacqueline Davis worked at the Legal Aid Society in New York City.
    • Karen Cunningham worked at the Legal Aid Society of DC.
    • Laura Nagel worked at the Cambridge and Somerville Legal Services.
    • Lillian Potter worked at the Public Justice Center in Baltimore, MD.
    Spring 1999 
    • Stephanie Goldstein worked at the Legal Aid Society of DC.
  • Summer 1998
    • Daniel D. Williams worked at the Legal Aid Society of DC.
    • Nancy Ro worked at Legal Services of Northern Virginia.
    • Liz Watson worked at Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services.
    • Joseph Geevarghese worked at the Center for Arkansas Legal Services.
    • Jennifer Dasari worked at Catholic Charities Immigration Services in Washington, DC.
    Spring 1998 
    • Adam Zimmerman worked at the Legal Aid Society of DC.
  • Summer 1997
    • Kevin Hite worked at the Bay Area Legal Volunteer Lawyer Program in Tampa, FL.
    • Ann Kneeland worked at the Berkeley Community Law Center.
    • Nancy Lee worked at the Hale & Dorr Legal Services Center in Jamaica Plain, MA.
    • Brian Rath worked at Northern Virginia Legal Services.
    • Danielle Van Horn worked at the Haitian Refugee Center in Miami, FL.
  • Summer 1996
    • Rosemary Dady worked at Northern Virginia Legal Services.
    • Kimberly Madden worked at Bronx Legal Services.
    • Jesse Nicol worked at AYUDA Legal Aid.
    • Christopher Prendergast worked at Farmworkers Legal Services in New Paltz, NY.
    • Chris Wise worked at Northern Virginia Legal Services.
    Summer 1995 
    • Christina Deslauriers worked at the National Center for Youth Law in San Francisco.
    • Karen Zeineddin worked at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law in Washington, DC.

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This organization supports and values the uniqueness of all individuals and promotes a work environment where diversity is embraced.

© 2021 EQUAL JUSTICE AMERICA and the Equal Justice America logo are registered trademarks of Equal Justice America.
Equal Justice America is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, EIN number 13-3708596

This organization supports and values the uniqueness of all individuals and promotes a work environment where diversity is embraced.