PILA Grant Job Locations, Summer 2010
The student-administered Public Interest Law Association summer fellowship program provides grants to law students who accept low-paying or unpaid public service internships. Fellowships are funded by voluntary contributions and matched by a grant from the Law School Foundation. First-year fellowships are $3,500 and second-year fellowships are $6,000. PILA gave more than $361,000 to a record 85 grant recipients in 2010.
| Civil Legal Services | ||
| Battered Women's Legal Advocacy Project | Minneapolis | Jessica Vormwald |
| Community Legal Services | Philadelphia | Hallam Roth |
| Georgia Legal Services | Savannah, Ga. | Hannah Poole |
| JustChildren | Charlottesville, Va. | Aditi Goel |
| JustChildren | Charlottesville, Va. | Mark Rabideau |
| Juvenile Law Center | Philadelphia | Peggy Nicholson |
| Legal Aid Justice Center | Charlottesville, Va. | Cory Stott |
| Legal Aid Justice Center, JustChildren Program |
Charlottesville, Va. | Mica Germain |
| Legal Aid Justice Center and Charlottesville-Albemarle Public Defender |
Charlottesville, Va. | Sumner Givens |
| Legal Aid of North Carolina - Advocates for Children's Services |
Durham, N.C. | Kristin Weissinger |
| New York Legal Assistance Group | New York | Melissa Samuels |
| South Brooklyn Legal Services | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Beth Zweig |
| clinic | ||
| UVA Law Immigration Law Clinic | Charlottesville, Va. | Marina Warner |
| Federal Government | ||
| Arlington Immigration Court, Executive Office of Immigration Review |
Arlington, Va. | Sarah Johns |
| Department of Environmental Quality | Richmond, Va. | John White |
| Department of Justice | Washington, D.C. | Priya Roy |
| Department of Justice, Civil Division, Constitutional Torts |
Washington, D.C. | Anna Johnson |
| Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff |
Washington, D.C. | Elizabeth Hinkley |
| Department of Justice, Criminal | Washington, D.C. | Rianna Barrett |
| Department of Justice Federal Programs | Washington, D.C. | April Russo |
| Department of Justice, Human Rights and Special Prosecution |
Washington, D.C. | Amy Stern |
| Department of Justice, Tax Division | Washington, D.C. | Katie Delsandro |
| Department of Justice, Tax Division | Washington, D.C. | Melanie Smith |
| EEOC - Law Clerk to ALJ | Washington, D.C. | Stephanie Hall |
| Federal Public Defender, Western District of Virginia |
Charlottesville, Va. | Meredith Blaire Hawkins |
| Small Business Administration | Washington, D.C. | Rachel Brown |
| U.S. Attorney's Office, Charlottesville | Charlottesville, Va. | Brendan Staley |
| U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia | Washington, D.C. | Jessica Boluda |
| U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia | Washington, D.C. | Matthew Dinan |
| U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia | Washington, D.C. | Colleen Depman |
| U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland | Baltimore | Erin Earp |
| U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey | Newark, N.J. | David Perez |
| U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia |
Alexandria, Va. | Lindsay Booker |
| U.S. Attorney's Office, Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Brian Yang |
| U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California |
San Diego | Benjamin Mayer |
| U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Missouri |
Kansas City, Mo. | Anne Malinee |
| U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina |
Charlotte, N.C. | Manu Balachandran |
| U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, National Courts Section |
Washington, D.C. | Janice Wang |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, Legal Enforcement Program |
Denver | Travis Pietila |
| U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce | Washington, D.C. | Benjamin Chung Lee |
| U.S. Immigration Court - EOIR | Falls Church, Va. | Melanie Stuart |
| U.S. Senate (JudMoskowitziciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs and Senator Casey's Personal Office) | Washington, D.C. | Jordan Lane |
| International | ||
| Asylum Access | Quito, Ecuador | Hernando Montoya |
| Center for Human Rights Legal Action | Guatamala City | Katherine Reynolds |
| Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of the Witwarersrand |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
Salima Burke |
| Institute for International Law and Human Rights |
Washington, D.C. | Micki Bloom |
| International Bridges to Justice | New Delhi | Anisha Singh |
| International Center for Transitional Justice | Cape Town, South Africa |
Calleigh McRaith |
| International Justice Mission | Guatamala City | Kathryn Fennig |
| International Justice Mission | Manila, Philippines | Madison Saniuk |
| Minority Rights Group International | London | Clare Boronow |
| Secretariat of Pacific Communities | Fiji | Amelia Dungan |
| U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
Arusha, Tanzania | Ashley Brown |
| U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda | Arusha, Tanzania | Roberto Castillo |
| U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
Arusha, Tanzania | Joel Sanderson |
| Public Defenders | ||
| Bronx Defenders | Bronx, N.Y. | Jesse Stewart |
| Fairfax Office of the Public Defender | Fairfax, Va. | Jennifer Lee |
| Fairfax Office of the Public Defender | Fairfax, Va. | Julia Snyder |
| Harlem Neighborhood Defender Services | New York | John Stephens |
| Legal Aid Society - Criminal Appeals | New York | Daniel Nazar |
| Miami Public Defender | Miami | Derrick Johnson |
| Office of the Maryland Public Defender | Baltimore | Ashley Ann Wilkinson |
Public Defender Services for the |
Washington, D.C. | Claire Blumenson |
| Public Interest Organizations | ||
| American Cancer Society | Washington, D.C. | Michael Moskowitz |
| American Civil Liberties Union, LGBT/AIDS Project |
New York | Daniel Ross |
| American Civil Liberties Union, LGBT/AIDS Project |
New York | Susan Kruth |
| Catholic Charities Community Services, Dept. of Immigrant and Refugee Services | New York | Leily Faridzadeh |
| Institute for Justice | Arlington, Va. | Milad Emam |
| Lambda Legal Midwest Regional Office | Chicago | Kathryn Guilfoyle |
| National Partnership for Women & Families | Washington, D.C. | Christine Tschiderer |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York | Jacqueline Leonard |
| Public Knowledge | Washington, D.C. | Christopher Reilly |
| Rutherford Institute | Charlottesville, Va. | Allison Harnack |
| San Diego Coastkeeper | San Diego | Constance (Stacee) Karras |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | Charlottesville, Va. | Nicholas Dumais |
| Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center | Charlottesville, Va. | Jessica Lee |
| state and local government | ||
| Albemarle County Commonwealth Attorney's Office | Charlottesville, Va. | Holly Naylor |
| California Attorney General's Office | San Francisco | Elizabeth Hereford |
| Department of Children and Families | Miami | Candace Stuart |
| Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office | Richmond, Va. | Brent Schultheis |
| Portsmouth Commonwealth Attorney's Office | Portsmouth, Va. | Brian Colas |
| Rockingham County Commonwealth Attorney's Office |
Harrisonburg, Va. | Lindsey Chamness |
| Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit | DeKalb County, Ga. | Laura Tate |
| Suffolk County District Attorney's Office | Boston | Thomas Peyton Smith |
| Waynesboro Commonwealth Attorney | Waynesboro, Va. | Ashley Matthews |
- More on PILA Grants
- Where PILA Grantees Worked, Summer 2010
- Where PILA Grantees Worked, Summer 2009
- Where PILA Grantees Worked, Summer 2008
- Where PILA Grantees Worked, Summer 2007
- Where PILA Grantees Worked, Summer 2006
- Where PILA Grantees Worked, Summer 2005
- Where PILA Grantees Worked, Summer 2004
- Where PILA Grantees Worked, Summer 2003
