Our Fellows
Meet the brilliant, creative legal fellows driving high-impact systemic change to advance economic and social justice
Learn more about the Justice Catalyst Fellowship and the Jonathan W. Cuneo COSAL/Justice Catalyst Fellowship
Lydia Dal Nogare
Lydia Dal Nogare is a 2024-2025 Justice Catalyst Fellow, working at Upper Seven Law in Helena, Montana, where she will support ongoing litigation and identify additional opportunities for legal action to protect rights from state government overreach. Her project will utilize her organizing background to amplify the voices of those directly affected by harmful laws.
Yohannes Moore
Yohannes Moore is a 2022-2023 Justice Catalyst Fellow working to free the many people impacted by racism in the California criminal court system with the University of San Francisco School of Law Racial Justice Clinic.
Juliette Jackson
Juliette Jackson is a 2022-2023 Justice Catalyst Fellow increasing access to services for underserved tribal communities in the West with Sacred Lands, Native Hands and the Center for Biological Diversity.
Sara Zollner
Sara Zollner is a 2021-2022 Justice Catalyst/Public Rights Project Joint Fellow at the San Francisco's District Attorney Office who will create a recommended case development framework for newly-formed workers’ rights units in local government offices that center workers’ voices and equity concerns.
Aidan Graybill
Aidan Graybill is a 2021-2022 Justice Catalyst/Public Rights Project Joint Fellow at the Navajo Nation Department of Justice addressing predatory student lending affecting Navajo Nation.
Samuel Kuhn
Samuel Kuhn is a 2021-2022 Justice Catalyst/Public Rights Project Joint Fellow serving as the first in-house specialist designated to support the New York State Attorney General’s Office in exercising its newly-expanded authority to structurally reform police in the state.
Marie Evelyn Sheehan
Marie Evelyn Sheehan is a 2021-2022 Justice Catalyst Fellow with Street Democracy working on the Property Tax Appeals Project (PTAP), which appeals the over assessment of property taxes on low-value homes in minority communities, helping at-risk homeowners avoid over-taxation and tax foreclosure.
Brian Remlinger
Brian Remlinger is a 2021-2022 Justice Catalyst/Public Rights Project Joint Fellow harnessing the Michigan Secretary of State’s administrative rulemaking and formal rulemaking powers to standardize election administration across Michigan and increase ballot access for all Michiganders.
Molly Gupta
Molly Gupta is a 2021-2022 Justice Catalyst/Public Rights Project Joint Fellow at the City Attorney’s office in Nashville promoting sustainable and equitable urban development.
James Campbell
James Campbell is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow with Disabiity Rights Center of the Virgin Islands supporting local advocates seeking to challenge federal disenfranchisement and discrimination in U.S. territories.
Sarah Medina Camiscoli
Sarah Medina Camiscoli is a 2021-2022 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Public Counsel, collaborating with them to lead the Peer Defense Project at IntegrateNYC, an organization centering an unprecedented intergenerational movement lawyering model that catalyzes youth-led movements for civil rights.
Jordan Brewington
Jordan Brewington is a 2021-2022 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Louisiana Bucket Brigade advocating for reparative justice and environmental justice for descendants of the enslaved being exploited by the plantation tourism industry and poisoned by the petrochemical industry.
Melodie Meyer
Melodie Meyer is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst/Public Rights Project Fellow with the Yurok Tribe's Office of the Tribal Attorney advocating for and implementing indigenous climate justice.
Rajiv Narayan
Rajiv Narayan is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst/Public Rights Project Fellow at the Oakland City Attorney's Office working to advance health equity through local government.
Nahuel Fefer
Nahuel Fefer is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Arch Cit Defenders working to translate demands for criminal justice reform, economic equity, and democratic representation into legislation, executive orders, and ballot measures.
Sarah Levine
Sarah Levine is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst/Public Rights Project Fellow at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia coordinating enforcement effort using antitrust, consumer protection, and wage and hour laws to protect low-wage workers in D.C.
Kimberly Fayette
Kimberly Fayette is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst/Public Rights Project Fellow at the New York City Commission on Human Rights focusing on the enforcement of administrative guidance barring discrimination based on hairstyle and hair texture.
Octavia Abell
Octavia Abell is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow and CEO of Govern for America, a nonprofit working to build the next generation of public sector leaders by connecting dynamic recent graduates to impactful state and local government roles and supporting them to become government change agents.
Matt Ampleman
Matt Ampleman is 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri working to revitalize neighborhoods in St. Louis.
Matthew Duffy
Matthew Duffy is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the Center for Popular Democracy working with local elected officials and community leaders to co-create innovative model legislation to increase voting rights and participation.
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