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University of Chicago Law School

The following University of Chicago Law School students have received fellowships from Equal Justice America. These fellowships are made possible by contributions from University of Chicago Law School alumni. With continued support from the alumni, we look forward to putting many more University of Chicago law students 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.

"I am grateful for a beautiful summer internship experience, even if it was remote, and for the patience, guidance, and confidence of my supervising attorneys; I hope I have deserved them."
Franchesca Alamo
University of Chicago Law School
EJA Summer Fellow, 2020
  • Summer 2022
    Fall 2021 
    • Elise LeCrone worked at Public Justice in Washington, DC.
    • Jilliann Pak worked at the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund in Washington,DC.
  • Summer 2021
    • Sophia Amir and Peter Schaefer worked in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Project Clinic at the Law School.
    • Christian Beveridge and Paige Petrashko worked at Legal Aid Chicago.
    • Caroline Ferguson worked at the MacArthur Justice Center in Chicago.
    • Palmer Gunderson worked in the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship at the Law School.
    • Jordan Jenkins worked in the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at the Law School.
    • Scott Kenkel worked in the Housing Initiative Transactional Clinic at the Law School.
    • Stella Park and Jennifer Yang worked in the Civil Rights and Police Accountability Clinic at the Law School.
  • Summer 2020
    • Franchesca Alamo worked at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houstin – St. Frances Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance in Houston.
    • Jacob Hamburger worked at The Legal Aid Society in NYC.
    • Irene Jeon worked in the Housing Initiative Transactional Clinic at the Law School.
    • Vatsala Kumar worked in the Civil Rights: Police Accountability Project at the Law School.
    • Elise LeCrone worked at the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation.
    • Gwendolyn Lemley worked in the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic at the Law School.
    • Rachel Murphy worked in the Employment Law Clinic at the Law School.
    • Erik Zimmerman worked in The Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic at the Law School.
For the past six weeks, I’ve been interning with LAF’s Consumer Practice Group, providing free civil legal services to low-income people across Chicago and its suburbs. I’m so grateful to Equal Justice America (“EJA”) for funding my summer fellowship with LAF. EJA makes it possible for law students like me to accept public interest internships by providing funding for summer and post-grad fellowships. Often, students who want to take public interest positions over the summer are unable to afford the experience because they have to find external funding to support them, and internships like these demonstrate to many law students that they really do belong in the non-profit sector, despite the pay cut.
Jackson Wimberley
University of Chicago Law School
EJA Fellow
EJA Summer Fellow, 2018
  • Spring 2020
    • Jennifer Herrmann worked at the Cook County Office of the Public Guardian.
  • Summer 2019
    • Osama Akhawaja worked in the Immigrants’ Rights Project at the ACLU in New York City.
    • Mark Cronin worked at the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing in Chicago.
    • Ellen Goff and Casey Jedele worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation in Chicago.
    • Jacob Hamburger worked at the Community Activism Law Alliance in Chicago.
    • Jen Herrmann worked at the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.
  • Summer 2018
    • Beth Daviess worked at the Roger Baldwin Foundation/ACLU of Illinois.
    • Beth Macnab worked at Lambda Legal in Chicago.
    • Anna Porter and Jackson Wimberly worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation.
    • David Raban and Arielle Yoon worked at the Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic of the University of Chicago Law School.
  • Summer 2017

    • Whitney Barth worked at the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law in Chicago.

    • Katherine Bruce and Andrew Waks worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation in Chicago.

    • Jeremy Chen worked at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area.

    • Laurel Hattix worked at the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, AL.

    • Gamal Hyppolite worked at the Lawndale Christian Legal Center in Chicago.

  • Summer 2016
    • Matt Enloe worked at the Office of the Cook County Public Guardian in Chicago.
    • Taylor Grode worked at Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing.

    • Janice Han worked at the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights in Chicago.

    • Emily Hoffman worked at Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services in St. Paul.

    • Jun Oh Le worked at the Legal Council for Health Justice in Chicago.

    • Gabrielle Libin worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation in Chicago

    • Darien Pun worked at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice in Honolulu.

    • Naiara Testai worked at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago.

  • Fall 2015
    • Hannah Lazar worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation.
  • Spring 2014
    • Carole Wurzelbacher worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
  • Summer 2013
    • Clara Kim worked at The Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School.
    • Joseph Rosner and Kevin Zimmerman worked the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
    • Mikaela Shaw worked at the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law in Chicago.
    • Ken Stalkfleet worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
  • Spring 2013
    • Ashley Graffeo and Ken Stalkfleet worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
  • Fall 2012
    • Ashley Graffeo and Ken Stalkfleet worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
    • Kimberly Rhoten worked at the Campaign for Better Health Care in Chicago.
  • Summer 2012
    • Julia Park worked at the New York Legal Assistance Group.
    • Matt Stucky worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
  • Summer 2011
    • Renee Ahlers, Omobola Babarinsa, Pedro Gerson, Michael Haeberle and Kourtney Hahn worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
    • Mishan Araujo worked at the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law in Los Angeles.
    • Brian Hembd worked at Lambda Legal in Los Angeles.
  • Summer 2010
    • Meredith Berwick, Megan Fitzpatrick and Catherine Kent worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
    • Kristin Janssen and Andrew Kenny worked at the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law.
    • Nebula Li worked at Greater Boston Legal Services.
    • Shareese Pryor worked at the Cook County Public Guardian’s Office.
  • Spring 2010
    • Elizabeth Ptacek and Douglas Wilber continued their work at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
  • Fall 2009
    • Elizabeth Ptacek and Douglas Wilber worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
  • Summer 2009
    • Shareese Pryor worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
    • Matthew Wolfe worked at the Sargent Shriver National Center of Poverty Law in Chicago.
  • Spring 2009
    • Kent Qian worked at the Sargent Shriver National Center of Poverty Law in Chicago.
    • Holly Snow worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
    • Douglas Wilber worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
  • Fall 2008
    • Kent Qian worked at the Sargent Shriver National Center of Poverty Law.
  • Summer 2008
    • Samira Nazem worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
    • Douglas Wilber worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
  • Fall 2007
    • Caitlin Dorsey worked at the Lawyer’s Committee for Better Housing.
  • Summer 2007
    • Elliot Joh and Teddy Moges worked at the Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic of The University of Chicago Law School.
    • Emily Throop worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
  • Fall 2006
    • Rebecca Fike and Andrea Forton worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
  • Summer 2005
    • Emezie Okorafor worked at Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
  • Spring 2005
    • Katie Caldwell worked at the AIDS Legal Council of Chicago.
    • Amanda Gilbert worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
  • Summer 2004
    • Emie Okorafor worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
    • Robin Nunn worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund in New York City.
  • Summer 2003
    • Juliet Huang worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
    • Michael Kremenak worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
    • Shanon Jones worked at Business & Professional People for the Public Interest.
  • Fall 2002
    • Alyse Bertenthal worked at the Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund in Chicago.
  • Summer 2002
    • Elisabeth Bornstein worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
    • Luke Goodrich and Lars Longnecker worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
  • Fall 2001
    • Amy Grider and Alex Montgomery worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
Throughout my summer [at the Legal Assistance Foundation], I got to meet amazing clients, who persevered in the face of adversity, exploitation, and complicated bureaucracies. I got to see the everyday reality of poverty in America. And, thankfully, I had the opportunity to do my small part to help those clients and their families confront and push back against injustice. I am incredibly thankful for that opportunity.
Andrew Waks
University of Chicago Law School
EJA Fellow
EJA Summer Fellow, 2017
  • Summer 2001
    • Alison Madaus worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
    • Eleanor Roos worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
  • Fall 2000
    • Alex Montgomery worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
  • Summer 2000
    • Joan Britton worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
  • Spring 2000
    • Michael T. Ford and Adolfo Mondragon worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
  • Fall 1999
    • Jaewon Ryu worked at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
  • Summer 1999
    • Krista Hanselman worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic
  • Spring 1999
    • Chrystal Nikole Jensen worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
  • Fall 1998
    • Kami Quinn and Chrystal Nikole Jensen worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
  • Summer 1998
    • Patrick Jasperse and Kami Quinn worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
  • Fall 1997
    • Chris Keller and Kristin Taylor worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.
  • Summer 1997
    • Benjamin Bernie and Thomas Kimble worked at the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York.
    • Chris Keller worked at the Chicago Legal Clinic.

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© 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.