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Arthur Liman Public Interest Summer Fellowship

The Liman Summer Fellowship gives juniors and seniors (who can hold an internship the summer following their graduation) the opportunity to work at substantive summer internships in the field of public interest law/social justice. Students have worked with advocacy groups and lawyers in areas such as: children’s rights, immigrants’ rights, workers’ rights, prison conditions, low-income housing, health and environmental policy, gender equality and educational adequacy.

The Liman Summer Fellowship offers students an opportunity to work at public interest organizations in the United States. Individuals who are selected to receive Summer Fellowships are required to intern for 8 - 10 weeks during the summer, submit final reports about their summer experiences, and participate in the annual Liman Center Colloquium held every spring at Yale Law School.

Liman Summer Fellowship

All Prestigious Fellowship & Scholarship Opportunities

Introducing Our 2019 Liman Fellows

Our 2019 fellows attended the 22nd Annual Liman Center Colloquium entitled, "Inside/Out: Poverty, the Courts, and the Academy," March 28-29. Past colloquium topics have included "Who Pays? Fines, Fees, Bail, and the Cost of Courts" and "Moving Criminal Justice, and Navigating Boundaries: Immigration and Criminal Law." The twentieth anniversary Colloquium, held in 2017, was "Liman at 20: Public Interest(s)." Through their involvement with the Liman Center, Summer Fellows become part of a large network of public interest advocates and scholars. Fellowships are offered to students at Barnard, Brown, Bryn Mawr, Harvard, Princeton (undergraduate and graduate), Spelman, Stanford, and Yale.

2006 - 2018 Liman Fellows

2012 Fellows

• Ayana Cash-Clements, C'2012, Atlanta Legal Aid Society - Atlanta, Georgia
• Michelle Eunice, C'2013, Human Rights Project at the Urban Justice Center - New York, New York
• Sharmalee Brooks-Gordon, C'2013, Human Rights Project at the Urban Justice Center - New York, New York

2011 Fellows

• Taylor Allen, C'2012, Urban Justice Center - New York, New York
• Shana Childs, C'2011, Urban Justice Center - New York, New York

2010 Fellows

• Jayla Randleman, C’2010, Bay Area Legal Services - Saint Petersburg, Florida
• Danielle Stallings, C’2011, Dallas Public Defenders Office - Dallas, Texas
• Jordan Webber, C ’2011, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies - Washington, DC

2009 Fellows

• Leshaah A. Murphy, C’2009, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia - Washington, DC
• Ginene Lewis, C’2009, Defender Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Ariel Eckblad, C’2010, Bluhm Legal Clinic - Chicago, Illinois

2008 Fellows

• Shannon Cumberbatch, C’2008, Child Advocate Attorneys Office, Fulton County Juvenile Court - Atlanta, Georgia
• Shaunicie Fielder, C’2009, Georgia Appleseed - Atlanta, Georgia
• Danielle Snead, C’2009, Child Advocate Attorneys Office, Fulton County Juvenile Court - Atlanta, Georgia

2007 Fellows

• Carmen Boykin, C’2007, Atlanta Circuit Public Defenders Office - Atlanta, Georgia
• Lucretia Taylor, C’2007, Public Counsel - Los Angeles, California
• Raye Jordan, C’2007, Georgia Advocacy Office - Atlanta, Georgia

2006 Fellows

• Ashlee Caligone, C’2006, Juvenile Public Defenders Office - Austin, Texas
• Brittany Armstrong, C’2006 National Center for Youth Law - Oakland, California