YLS Announces 37 Public Interest Fellowship Recipients for 2016-2017
Yale Law School is proud to congratulate the 37 students and recent graduates who have been named recipients of public interest fellowships for 2016-2017.
Twenty nine of the recipients will receive Yale Law School public interest post-graduate fellowships through programs that include the YLS Public Interest Fellowship, the Yale Law Journal Fellowship, the Arthur Liman Public Interest Fellowship, the Robert L. Bernstein Fellowship in International Human Rights, the Heyman Federal Public Service Fellowship, the Robina Foundation Human Rights Fellowship, the Tom and Andi Bernstein Human Rights Fellowship, the Gruber Fellowship in Global Justice and Women’s Rights, the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project Fellowship, the YLS International Court of Justice Internship/Clerkship, and the YLS Permanent Court of Arbitration Fellowship. Eight will pursue public interest work through fellowship programs funded by outside organizations, including the Skadden Foundation and Equal Justice Works.
This year’s recipients will be working for such organizations as USAID/Power Africa, National Women’s Law Center, Center for American Progress, Legal Aid Society, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the L.A. City Attorney’s Office.
