Wookie Kim is a Harvard Law School graduate, 2012 Equal Justice America Fellow, and a staff attorney at ACLU Hawai‘i. Wookie was initially motivated to attend law school after teaching in DC public schools as a Teach For America corps member where he witnessed the systemic inequalities that are “baked into society,” and he developed a passion for changing things for the better.

The Dilley Pro Bono Project, a collaboration of the American Immigration Council, American Immigration Lawyers Association, CLINIC and Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, is pleased to announce a post-graduate fellowship for graduating or recently graduated Columbia Law School students in partnership with Equal Justice America.

Equal Justice America and The Dilley Pro-Bono Project have announced the creation of a two two-year, $130,000 Immigration Fellowships. The Dilley Pro-Bono Project provides free legal services to asylum-seeking mothers and their children who are being detained in the South Texas Family Residential Center (STFRC), the largest detention center in the country.

Equal Justice America and the East Bay Community Law Center have announced the creation of a permanent Brian Lewinstein chair at the EBCLC. Brian, a UC Berkeley law student and EJA Fellow at the EBCLC, lost his life in August in a tragic accident.

"I think it’s important to maintain a connection with the community you’re working with. One of the [ways] I define my professionalism is to maintain some level of community service."

It is with a great sadness that we mourn the loss of EJA Fellow Brian Lewinstein of the UC Berkeley School of Law. This summer, Brian fellowed with the East Bay Community Law Center to "represent young people at risk of entering the juvenile justice system in Alameda County through the Education, Defense & Justice for Youth (EDJY) clinic." Brian leaves behind a legacy of compassion, advocacy, and generosity, which we wish to honor with the annual Brian Lewinstein EJA Memorial Fellowship.