Approximately 80 PILI Interns are being placed in seven cities across Illinois every year, providing over 27,200 hours of legal services through partner agencies annually.

Have questions about PILI’s Law Student Internship Program? Please contact PILI’s Program Associate Alex Schumacher by email.

Summer 2026 PILI Interns

• Emma Armbrust from University of Illinois Chicago School of Law at Access Living*
• Brandon Belle from Northern Illinois University College of Law at Citizen Advocacy Center
• Nicholas Bennett from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign College of Law at Prairie State Legal Services' Peoria Office
• Hailey Bishop from University of Cincinnati College of Law at Ascend Justice
• Victoria Bonilla from Loyola University Chicago School of Law at National Immigrant Justice Center on the Asylum Team*
• Grace Brotnow Ramirez from Loyola University Chicago School of Law at National Immigrant Justice Center's Immigrant Legal Defense
• Tessa Butler from DePaul University College of Law at Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
• Alexandra Campbell from Chicago-Kent College of Law at Legal Aid Chicago
• Alyvia Cantrell from Chicago-Kent College of Law at Greater Chicago Legal Clinic
• Savannah Cedeno from University of Illinois Chicago School of Law at Legal Aid Society*
• Marie Chamberlain from Loyola University Chicago School of Law at Ascend Justice*
• Claire Chang from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign College of Law at Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
• Lauren Constantine from Loyola University Chicago School of Law at Equip for Equality
• Andrea De Jesus Colon from University of Michigan Law School at MALDEF
• Sareena Dubey from Emory University School of Law at CARPLS
• Grissell Erazo from University of Illinois Chicago School of Law at The Immigration Project
• Mary Fuhrman from Chicago-Kent College of Law at Equip for Equality
• Kate Gardner from Saint Louis University School of Law at Land of Lincoln's East St. Louis Office*
• Sindralynn Gerdes from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign College of Law at Land of Lincoln's Champaign Office*
• Brytni Gillespie from Saint Louis University School of Law at Prairie State Legal Services' West Chicago Office*
• Carolaine Gillespie from DePaul University College of Law at Law Center for Better Housing*
• Rick Hamer from Chicago-Kent College of Law at CARPLS*
• Melissa Hubbert from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign College of Law at The Immigration Project*
• Wajeeha Kamal from Chicago-Kent College of Law at Legal Aid Chicago
• Katherine Kearney from University of Wisconsin Law School at Legal Aid Chicago
• Cory Knipp from Loyola University Chicago School of Law at Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
• Lia Kornmehl from Yale Law School at Legal Aid Chicago*
• Lachlan Lane from Chicago-Kent College of Law at TransLife Care at Chicago House*
• Pamela Lavery from University of Wisconsin at Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice
• Ella Lawson from University of Michigan Law School at the Center for Disability and Elder Law*
• Rebecca Lieber from Loyola University Chicago School of Law at Legal Aid Chicago
• Jack Henry London from Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School at Land of Lincoln Legal Aid's Alton Office
• Amanda Malawski from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign College of Law at Equip for Equality*
• Emerson Marsiglia from Loyola University Chicago School of Law at Legal Council for Health Justice
• Saffron Mears from University of Wisconsin Law School at the Public Interest Law Initiative
• Olivia Messerges from University of Wisconsin Law School at Environmental Law & Policy Center of the Midwest
• Angela Miller from Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School at Land of Lincoln Legal Aid's Carbondale Office
• Robert Mitchell from Chicago-Kent College of Law at North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic
• Galen Munger from Vermont Law and Graduate School at Prairie State Legal Services' Rock Island Office*
• Katie Nail from DePaul University College of Law at Chicago Volunteer Legal Services*
• Brittany Ochoa from Chicago-Kent College of Law at Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness*
• Sam Osman from Indiana University Maurer School of Law at Land of Lincoln Legal Aid's Springfield Office
• Sushmita Rangarajan from Suffolk University Law School at Center for Conflict Resolution
• Shannelle Reid from University of Illinois Chicago School of Law at Greater Chicago Legal Clinic
• Nora Ridgeway from Chicago-Kent College of Law at Center for Disability and Elder Law
• Meredith Riggs from Loyola University Chicago School of Law at Cabrini Green Legal Aid
• Samantha Sayre from Loyola University Chicago School of Law at Legal Aid Society
• Tagwa Shammet from Chicago-Kent College of Law at Impact for Equity*
• Cameron Shuck from Loyola University Chicago School of Law at Legal Council for Health Justice*
• Joanne Sienche from Loyola University Chicago School of Law at Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
• Cassipea Stith from Chicago-Kent College of Law at the James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy
• Casimere Street from Northern Illinois University College of Law at Prairie State Legal Services' Joliet Office
• Megan Willburn from University of Virginia School of Law at Lambda Legal*
• Niko Yeager from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign College of Law at Illinois Legal Aid Online*
• Adelaide Zwick from University of Illinois Chicago School of Law at Legal Council for Health Justice*

Spring 2026 PILI Interns

• Ana Avenado Martinez from the University of Wisconsin Law School at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)*
• Leah Barry from the University of Wisconsin Law School at the Illinois Legal Aid Online
• Brandon Belle from Northern Illinois University College of Law at Uptown Peoples Law Center
• Alanna Blazer from the Chicago-Kent College of Law at Life Span*
• Anna Cohen from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law at the Greater Chicago Legal Clinic
• Cris Erickson from the Northeastern Law school at Legal Aid Chicago
• Nicholas Hernandez from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law at the National Immigrant Justice Center - LGBTQ Project*
• Eunice Kpatah from the Chicago-Kent College of Law at Coordinated Advice Referral Program for Legal Services (CAPLS)*
• Arriana Martinez from the Indiana University McKinney School of Law at the National Immigrant Justice Center*
• Adelle Mengedoht from the Chicago-Kent College of Law at Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA)
• Caroline O'Neal from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law at the Law Center for Better Housing
• Micah Villanueva from the Chicago-Kent College of Law at the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
• Jess Zellmer from the University of Chicago Law School at ACLU of Illinois

Fall 2025 PILI Interns

• Leah Barry from University of Wisconsin Law School at Illinois Legal Aid Online
• Dakota Chisholm from Chicago Kent College of Law at Legal Aid Society*
• Justin Fernando from University of Illinois College of Law at Greater Chicago Legal Clinic*
• Christina Hartman from University of Chicago at Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
• Lauren Monasa from Indiana University Maurer School of Law at National Immigrant Justice Center - LGBTQ Project*
• Hanna Pappas from DePaul University College of Law at Ascend Justice
• Taylor Redd from Loyola University Chicago at Legal Aid Chicago
• Nicole Shields from DePaul University College of Law at the Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
• Abigail Steinberg from Chicago Kent College of Law at Equip for Equality*
• Irina Suglia Katerynicz from Indiana University Maurer School of Law at National Immigrant Justice Center - Counter Trafficking Project*
• Jessica Wiesneth from Northern Illinois College of Law at Center for Disability & Elder Law*

*Denotes Named and Honorary Interns. Learn more »