Below is a list of the 2026 Graduate Fellows. Through the PILI Graduate Fellowship Program, new associates at Chicago law firms spend 300 hours between graduation and joining their firm working at public interest law organizations in Illinois.

If you have any questions about our Graduate Fellowship Program, please contact PILI’s Program Associate Alex Schumacher by email.

Sponsored by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP:

• Carlos Cedillo-Silva from University of Chicago Law School at Legal Aid Chicago

Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis:

• Isaac De Silva from University of California, Los Angeles School of Law at Legal Aid Chicago
• Yasmeen Dohan from Notre Dame Law School at CARPLS
• Gianna Flammini from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law at Northwestern University Bluhm Legal Clinic
• Alicia Guzman from Georgetown Law at Legal Aid Chicago
• Elizabeth James from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law at Northwestern University Bluhm Legal Clinic
• Ajeet Johal from University of Chicago Law School Loyola University Business Clinic
• Kyle Johnson from Notre Dame Law School at Equip for Equality
• Jacob Judd from University of Chicago Law School at Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship
• Rachel Lehmann from Chicago-Kent College of Law at James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy
• KeVohn McMahon from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law at Ladder Up
• Caroline Miller from University of Chicago Law School at Illinois Legal Aid Online
• Evan Ploeckelman from Loyola University Chicago School of Law at Loyola University Tax Law Center
• Keegan Sullivan from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law at the Center for Conflict Resolution
• Chena Underhill from Indiana University Maurer School of Law with the Federal Defender Program
• Jonah Willard from University of Chicago Law School at the Center for Disability & Elder Law

Sponsored by Latham & Watkins:

• Ginny Miller from University of Michigan Law School at Legal Action Chicago

Sponsored by Mayer Brown:

• Alana Porter from University of Michigan Law School at National Immigrant Justice Center
• Tyler Selke from Notre Dame Law at Equip for Equality
• Samridhi Sharma from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law at Just the Beginning - A Pipeline Organization

Sponsored by Sidley Austin:

• Zulfiia Abdulmanova from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law at Ladder Up
• Breezy Adams University of Michigan Law School at Loyola University Business Clinic
• Henry Atkins from Harvard Law School at Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP)
• Noah Balduf from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law at Legal Aid Chicago
• Patrick Bausch from WashU Law at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
• Avery Bolden from University of Chicago Law School at Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship
• Kennedy Cribbs from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law at Northwestern University Bluhm Legal Clinic
• Christina Hartman from University of Chicago Law School at Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic
• Brett Hostert from University of Michigan Law School at Legal Aid Chicago
• Kai Jaeger from University of Chicago Law School at Center for Disability & Elder Law
• Matthew MacPhail from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law at Northwestern University Bluhm Legal Clinic
• Nicole Schreiber from Notre Dame Law School at Illinois Legal Aid Online
• Alishan Valiani from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law at Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
• Kevin Woehr from Chicago-Kent School of Law at World Relief Chicagoland
• Kayla Ann Woodward from Yale Law School at Administer Justice

Sponsored by Vedder:

• Abigail Kellstedt from Loyola University School of Law Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Sponsored by Willkie Farr & Gallagher:

• Mickey Brozek from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law at Equip for Equality
• Abigail Hack from University of Michigan Law School at Chicago Volunteer Legal Services