PILI had 65 Graduate Fellows this summer sponsored by 14 law firms and working at 33 legal aid organizations mostly in Illinois. Fellows are incoming associates at major Chicago law firms who are sponsored by their firms to work at legal aid organizations while studying for or after taking the bar exam. Each PILI Fellow served 300 hours between graduation and joining the firm, together contributing 19,500 hours of legal services on behalf of thousands of low-income individuals and families. Information about our 2014 Fellows is provided below.
Learn more about our Graduate Fellowship Program or about how firms can sponsor PILI Fellows. Or, contact PILI’s Education & Outreach Manager, Katie Pieper, at 312-832-5128 or by e-mail.
Sponsored by Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP:
- Alice Lin from Northwestern University School of Law at The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights
Sponsored by Brinks Gilson & Lione:
- Daniel Parrish from William Mitchell College of Law at the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing
Sponsored by Dykema Gossett:
- Suzanne Alton from Northwestern University School of Law at the Federal Defender Program
Sponsored by Foley & Lardner LLP:
- Michael Casner from the University of Michigan Law School at the AIDS Legal Council of Chicago
- Elizabeth Mazzocco from Northwestern University School of Law at the Bluhm Legal Clinic- Children & Family Justice Center (Juvenile Defense)
- Taylor Whitten from the University of Iowa College of Law at Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Sponsored by Jenner & Block LLP:
- Jeremy Dunnaback from Northwestern University School of Law at the John Marshall Law School Veterans Clinic
- Alan Iverson from Northwestern University School of Law at the Bluhm Legal Clinic- Children & Family Justice Center (Immigration)
- Kyle Shires from the University of Illinois College of Law at Illinois Legal Aid Online
- Kevin Waklatsi from The University of Chicago Law School at Cabrini Green Legal Aid
Sponsored by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP:
- Allison Bailey from Northwestern University School of Law at Equip for Equality
- Paul Fenstermaker from Northwestern University School of Law at Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice
- Carrie Stickel from Chicago-Kent College of Law at LAF Chicago
- Emily Thomas from Northwestern University School of Law at the The Law Project
Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis LLP:
- Cristina Almendarez from Harvard Law School at the ACLU of Illinois
- Shatra Bell from Northwestern University School of Law at the Loyola University Clinics
- Michael Biehl from The University of Chicago Law School at Cabrini Green Legal Aid
- Lauren Biksacky from Yale Law School at the ACLU of Illinois
- David Brigleb from Boston University School of Law at the Center for Economic Progress
- Theresa Cederoth from Cornell University Law School at the Bluhm Legal Clinic- Center on Criminal Defense
- Haley Darling from the University of Virginia School of Law at CARPLS
- Rosalyn Essen from Northwestern University School of Law at the Center for Disability & Elder Law
- Jason Fried from from Northwestern University School of Law at the Loyola University Clinics
- Jeff Gilson from The University of Chicago Law School at the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship
- Todd Herst from Northwestern University School of Law at the Center for Economic Progress
- Samuel Ikard from Northwestern University School of Law at the MacArthur Justice Center
- Hanaa Kaloti from Northwestern University School of Law at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-Illinois
- Rajat Khanna from Indiana University Maurer School of Law at the Loyola University Clinics
- Kathryn Knue from The University of Chicago Law School at Equip for Equality
- Michael Liu from the University of Michigan Law School at the Chicago Legal Clinic
- Caitlin Powell from The University of Chicago Law School at the Domestic Violence Legal Clinic
- Christina Sharkey from Northwestern University School of Law at the Bluhm Legal Clinic – Center for International Human Rights
- Steve Torrez from the University of Illinois College of Law at CARPLS
- Frederick Watson from The University of Chicago Law School at the Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic
Sponsored by Latham & Watkins LLP:
- Austin Arnett from the University of Michigan Law School at the Loyola University Clinics
- Catherine Sullivan from The University of Chicago Law School at the Loyola University Clinics (Tax Law Clinic)
Sponsored by Mayer Brown LLP:
- Julian Dibbell from The University of Chicago Law School at Lawyers for the Creative Arts
- Ben Shoemaker from the University of Michigan Law School at the Loyola University Clinics (Family Law Clinic)
- Ryan Smith from The University of Chicago Law School at CARPLS
Sponsored by Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP:
- Valerie Raedy from Chicago-Kent College of Law at LAF Chicago
Sponsored by Reed Smith LLP:
- Mikiko Thelwell from Duke University School of Law at Duke Law School’s Wrongful Conviction Clinic
- Anthony Todd from Northwestern University School of Law at the Bluhm Legal Clinic – Appellate Advocacy Center
Sponsored by Schiff Hardin LLP:
- Robert Harvey from Northwestern University School of Law at the Bluhm Legal Clinic – Center on Wrongful Convictions
- Katie Klamann from Fordham University School of Law at the Cook County Public Guardian
- Joshua Kurtzman from Indiana University Maurer School of Law at Indiana University Student Legal Services
- Jamie Lanphear from Berkley Law School at the Family Violence Appellate Center
Sponsored by Sidley Austin LLP:
- Kevin Meil from the University of California at the Chicago Legal Clinic
- Tara Amin from the University of Michigan Law School at the MacArthur Justice Center
- Raechel Bimmerle from the University of Iowa College of Law at the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation
- Abigail Bunce from Northwestern University School of Law at Lawyers for the Creative Arts
- Heba Elayan from the University of Illinois College of Law at Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation
- John Grothaus from Washington University School of Law at Catholic Charities Legal Assistance
- John Leahy from Harvard Law School at the Cook County Public Defender
- Kunal Malhotra from Northwestern University School of Law at The Law Project
- Ashleigh Ricardo from Loyola University Chicago School of Law at the Loyola University Clinics
- Stephanie Schiffman from the University of Michigan Law School at Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Christina Sindoni from Notre Dame Law School at the Notre Dame Law Clinic
- John E. Thornton from University of Miami School of Law at the Center for Conflict Resolution
- Brian Tobin from The University of Chicago Law School at the Cook County Public Defender
- Robert White from the University of Michigan Law School at Prairie State Legal Services
- Marisa Young from the University of Illinois College of Law at Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation
Sponsored by Winston & Strawn LLP
- AJ Dixon from the University of Michigan Law School at the Legal Aid Society
- Sabreena El-Amin from Harvard Law School at LAF Chicago
- Grace Fox from Notre Dame Law School at the National Immigrant Justice Center
- Reid Smith from Notre Dame Law School at the Family Defense Center