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
Stephanie Alvarez-Jones
Stephanie Alvarez-Jones is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid documenting and challenging conditions for immigrant mothers and children while coordinating a rapid-response team against abrupt immigration policy changes.
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.
Tess Hellgren
Tess Hellgren is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Innovation Law Lab using impact litigation and legal resources to enhance innovative models of massive collaborative representation in immigration court.
Lauren Gorodetsky
Lauren Gorodetsky is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the National Women's Law Center focusing on litigation efforts to promote and defend reproductive rights.
Matt Ampleman
Matt Ampleman is 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri working to revitalize neighborhoods in St. Louis.
Kyle Barron
Kyle Barron is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Brooklyn Defender Services working for the immediate release of detained noncitizens facing deportation and developing rapid response models.
Rosa Lee Bichell
Rosa Lee Bichell is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Disability Rights Advocates identifying and supporting people with disabilities in immigration detention.
Allie Brudney
Allie Brudney is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the Corporate Accountability Lab working on issues relating to business and human rights.
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.
Denise Ghartey
Denise Ghartey is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the Community Justice Project using a movement lawyering model to work on climate gentrification and racial justice.
Meghan Brooks
Meghan Brooks is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at New York Legal Assistance Group building a class action and strategic litigation practice serving veterans.
Connor McCleskey
Connor McCleskey is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Worth Rises working to empower incarcerated people and pro se litigants to fight against financial exploitation in the criminal legal system.
Carolyn O'Connor
Carolyn O'Connor is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Texas Civil Rights Project supporting communities impacted by the border wall and representing asylum seekers.
Hayden Rodarte
Hayden Rodarte is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights building a unique accountability model for addressing civil and human rights abuses in immigration detention at the border.
Ian Stringham
Ian Stringham is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow and Executive Director at California Legal Research working to expand access to law libraries for people in California prisons and jails.
Elyssa Spitzer
Elyssa Spitzer is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the Center for Reproductive Rights working on new legal theories for advancing reproductive justice.
Kelly Miller
Kellly Miller is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Advancing Justice providing legal services to detained immigrants and developing new strategies to serve their non-legal needs.
Julie Pittman
Julie Pittman is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Centro de Los Derechos del Migrante working with low-wage migrant workers to hold their employers accountable.
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