Public Interest Law Fellowship program
The Wayne Law Public Interest Law Fellowship (PILF) program was created in an effort to allow students additional opportunities to gain practical experience and offer needed assistance to organizations providing legal services to underserved constituencies. Fellowship recipients, who will hold public interest jobs during the summer, are selected by a committee consisting of Wayne Law faculty, staff and students.
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2013 Wayne Law PILF Award Winners
| Edyth Abraham | Wayne County Solutions Oriented Domestic Violence Prevention Court |
| Shahar Ben-Josef | Council on American-Islamic Relations - Michigan Chapter |
| Judith Bohr | American Friends Service Committee - Michigan Criminal Justice Program |
| Connor Brown | Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice |
| Jeremy Diamond | Atlanta Legal Aid Society |
| Sarah Douglas-Siegel | State Appellate Defender Office |
| Carrie Floyd | Legal Services of South Central Michigan |
| Melissa Kliemann | Washtenaw County Public Defender |
| Steven Knox | Legal Advocacy for People with Cancer - WSU Law School Disability Clinic |
| Ben McCoy | Great Lakes Environmental Law Center |
| Nicholas McIntyre | U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service |
| Klaudia Nikolli | Legal Aid and Defender Association Detroit |
| Kyle Peczynski | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Eric Shovein | Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration |
| Ana Stutler | Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic |
2012 Wayne Law PILF Award Winners
| Lynn Bartkowiak | Lakeshore Legal Aid |
| Sarah Douglas | Washtenaw County Office of the Public Defender |
| Tasnim Hassanali | Advocates for Informed Choice |
| Robert Johns | Michigan Attorney General's Office |
| Melissa Knox | U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Eastern District of Michigan |
| Nicholas Leonard | Michigan Children's Law Center |
| Margaret Lukshaitis | Michigan Poverty Law Program |
| Lisa Maskill | Lakeshore Legal Aid |
| Katie Okonowski | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Nick Ranke | Michigan Department of Environmental Quality |
| Zachary Steffes | Washtenaw County Office of the Public Defender |
| Ana Stutler | Wayne County Prosecutor - Sexual Assault Unit |
| Kanika Suri | Michigan Immigrant Rights Center |
| Patrick Tully | Massachusetts Department of Recreation and Conservation |
| Jessica Wayne | Farmworker Legal Services of Michigan |
2011 Wayne Law PILF Award Winners
| Kimberly Adams | Washtenaw County Office of the Public Defender |
| Manuel Barragan Arenas | Illinois State Attorney's Juvenile Justice Bureau, Chicago |
| Matthew Clark | Michigan Unemployment Insurance Project, and Environmental Law Clinic, Wayne State University Law School |
| Julianne Cole | Michigan Attorney General's Office, Civil Rights Division |
| Zoila Del Castillo | WomensLaw.org, NY |
| Bradley Dembs | Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington DC |
| Stephanie Karisny | Natural Resources Defense Council, Chicago |
| Michael Kiehne | Texas RioGrande Legal Aid Clinic |
| Valentina Korkes | Detroit Public Schools Office of the General Counsel |
| Emily Patterson | Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice |
| Victoria Suber | Michigan Children's Law Center |
| Natalia Vieira Santanna | Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, Kalamazoo, MI |
| Victor Walbridge | Free Legal Aid Clinic, Detroit |
2010 Wayne Law PILF Award Winners
| Eric Berg | Wayne County Prosecutor - Preliminary Exam and Major Drug Unit |
| Adam Clements | City of Highland Park, Legal Department |
| Bradley Dembs | Michigan Legal Aid, Counsel & Advocacy Law Line |
| Anupama Gokarn | Free Legal Aid Clinic |
| Andrew Hoff | Michigan Poverty Law Program |
| Phyllis Jeden | American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan |
| Jeffrey Kerby | Michigan State Appellate Defender Office |
| Elizabeth Kruman | US Dept Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Enforcement Section, Washington DC |
| Natalia Santanna | Legal Services of South Central Michigan |
| Aisa Villarosa | Michigan Children's Law Center |
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Chelsea Zuzindlak |
Asian American Justice Center, Washington, DC |
2009 Wayne Law PILF Award Winners
| Kimberly Adams | Salvation Army, William Booth Legal Aid Clinic, Detroit |
| Eric Berg | Attorney General of Michigan, Children and Youth Services Division |
| Lara Chelian | American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan |
| David Deeg | Worker Rights Consortium, Washington, DC |
| Jason Dinsmore | Environmental Law Clinic, Wayne State University Law School |
| Elisa Gomez | Michigan State Appellate Defender Office |
| Laura Kubit | Lakehore Legal Aid Counsel & Advocacy Law Line |
| Rita Subhedar | National Housing Law Project, Washington, DC |
| Aisa Villarosa | Michigan Poverty Law Program |
| Erica Washington | Catholic Charities Legal Services, Washington, DC |