LSFN Public Interest Law
Post-Graduate Bar Fellowship
Supporting Tomorrow's Lawyers Today
The LSFN Public Interest Law Post-Graduate Bar Fellowship program was designed in the midst of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic to address the needs of Bay Area Legal Services Organizations by connecting them to recent graduates of Bay Area Law Schools who are faced with a delay in their ability to take the California Bar Exam.
Based on the success of our 2020 Fellowship and the continuing need public interest fellowship programs, the LSFN has decided to continue to offer the LSFN Fellowship beyond
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The inaugural cohort of Fellows completed their Fellowship in January 2021, collectively contributing more than 15,000 hours of legal services for communities in the Bay Area.
In February 2021, the LSFN hosted a virtual Stakeholder Briefing to disseminate key insights from the Fellowship's first year and allow Fellows to share their experiences.
To learn more, you can watch the Stakeholder Briefing or view the presentation, via the links below:
MEET
THE
2021
FELLOWS
We are excited to
introduce the 2021
LSFN Public Interest Law
Post-Graduate Bar Fellows
Alexandra Minnick
Golden Gate Law
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Legal Access Alameda
Cathleen Rivera
Santa Clara University
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Family & Children's Law Center
Christina Connolloy
UC Hastings
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
East Bay Children's Law Offices
Eli Love
UC Hastings
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Open Door Legal
Emilia Shelton
UC Hastings
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Justice at Last
Ibn Abdullah
Golden Gate Law
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Root & Rebound
Jennifer Davis
UC Hastings
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Dependency Legal Services
Jerica Barber
Golden Gate Law
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Legal Link
Joyeta Basu
UC Hastings
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Legal Services for Children
Marco Segura
Santa Clara University
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
LGBTQ Asylum
Megan Armstrong
UC Hastings
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
ACLU Northern California
Patricia Riberio
UC Hastings
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Oasis Legal Services
Sharon Lui-Bettencourt
UC Hastings
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Family Violence Law Center
Victoria Carter
UC Hastings
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
For the People
Annalee Davis
UC Hastings
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Social Justice Collaborative
Cecilia Salem
UC Hastings
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Immigration Institute of the Bay Area
Christopher Michail
UC Hastings
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Immigration Institute of the Bay Area
Elizabeth Peters
UC Hastings
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Legal Assistance for the Elderly
Emily Branan
Santa Clara University
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Senior Citizen Legal Services
Irish Tapia
Golden Gate Law
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
Jennifer Fair
University of San Francisco
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Jubilee Immigration Advocates
Jordan Hameen
University of San Francisco
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Start Small Think Big
Lucia Childs-Walker
UC Berkeley
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
East Bay Family Defenders
Marja-Leena Aaltonen
Golden Gate Law
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Legal Assistance for Seniors
Nikia Schultz
Golden Gate Law
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Legal Services of Northern California
Robert Underwood
Stanford Law School
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Open Door Legal
Vicki Wright
Golden Gate Law
Class of 2021
Hosted by:
Oasis Legal Services