Our Fellows

Meet the brilliant, creative legal fellows driving high-impact systemic change to advance economic and social justice

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Lauren Taylor

Lauren Taylor is a 2026–2027 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the Connecticut Fair Housing Center. She will pursue affirmative litigation to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive mortgage foreclosure practices, particularly relating to “zombie” second mortgages.

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Carolina ("Lica") Porcile Barba

Lica Porcile's fellowship project is based at Democracy Defenders and is focused on challenging lawless immigration enforcement actions by federal agencies and officials. Lica will use strategic impact litigation to pursue justice for individuals illegally arrested, detained, or deported, and to deter future immigration enforcement abuses through accountability and transparency.

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Sarah Southey

Sarah Southey's fellowship project is based at the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON). Her project aims to seek meaningful relief and accountability for workers after worksite immigration raids.

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Luci Harrell

Luci Harrell is a 2026-2027 Justice Catalyst Fellow working at Atlanta Community Support Project to combat discrimination in pro se court access by enforcing Georgia Open Records Act compliance on behalf of people in prison, shifting the culture surrounding records access rights and making post-conviction litigation more equitable for those who cannot afford an attorney.

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Malik Marshall

Malik Marshall is a 2026-2027 Justice Catalyst fellow working with the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy and UNITE HERE Local 11! to bring litigation against Los Angeles employers who violate the rights of subcontracted workers. His work is conducted in coordination with an ongoing organizing campaign to pass legislation to eliminate non-emergency subcontracting in Los Angeles.

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Cynthia Murphy

Cynthia Murphy is a 2026-2027 Jonathan W. Cuneo COSAL/Justice Catalyst Fellow at Shinder Cantor Lerner LLP, a national Antitrust litigation firm dedicated to protecting free enterprise and promoting economic justice. Cynthia’s work focuses on holding powerful entities accountable to consumers by combating anticompetitive agreements and monopolization through all stages of litigation.

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Jaclyn Lee

Jaclyn Lee is a 2025-2026 Justice Catalyst Fellow working at ClientEarth to challenge illicit transfers of unproductive fossil fuel assets through strategic impact litigation in California and Colorado on behalf of classes of individuals that have suffered harm to their health or property due to the abandonment of polluting assets.

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Naomi Chasek-Macfoy

Naomi Chasek-Macfoy is a 2025-2026 Justice Catalyst Fellow working at The Bronx Defenders to challenge electronic surveillance and its collateral impacts on non-citizens in immigration proceedings in the Bronx through a combination of strategic litigation, individual services, and community education.

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Jacqueline Arkush

Jacqueline Arkush is a 2025-2026 Justice Catalyst Fellow working at Public Justice to expose private corrections corporations' wrongdoing by utilizing the public's right of access to court records and therefore facilitating the ability of legal and community-based advocates to hold these companies and the government accountable in both criminal and immigration detention contexts.

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