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
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.
Lydia X. Z. Brown
Lydia X.Z. Brown is a 2018-2019 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law empowering students with disabilities against harmful discipline.
Danny Wilf-Townsend
Danny Wilf-Townsend is a 2018-2019 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Gupta Wessler focusing on class actions and constitutional litigation for public-interest clients in appellate and complex litigation.
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.
Patrick Baker
Patrick Baker is a 2018-2019 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Immigrant Defense Project challenging abusive immigration enforcement practices in New York state.
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.
Winston Berkman
Winston Berkman is a 2018-2019 Justice Catalyst Fellow at New York Legal Assistance Group using affirmative litigation in their consumer protection and foreclosure unit.
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.
Molly Linhorst
Molly Linhorst is a 2019-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at ACLU of New Jersey challenging egregious immigration conditions at county-run facilities.
Liza Weisberg
Liza Weisberg is a 2017-2019 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the ACLU of New Jersey focusing on challenging the abuses of civil asset forfeiture.
Chrysanthemum Desir
Chrysanthemum Desir is a 2018-2019 Justice Catalyst Fellow at FreeState Justice developing queer and trans* youth advocacy projects.
Peter Steffensen
Peter Steffensen is a 2017-2018 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Texas Civil Rights Project focusing on algorithmic risk assessment tools within the state's criminal justice system.
Emma Scott
Emma Scott is a 2018-2019 Justice Catalyst Fellow at California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation working on the California H-2A Project.
Callie Wilson
Callie Wilson is a 2018-2019 Justice Catalyst/Public Rights Project Fellow in the Oakland City Attorney's Office working on issues to promote gender equity.
Wally Hilke
Wally Hilke is a 2018-2019 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Community Activism Law Alliance challenging police misconduct in Chicago alongisde grassroots organizers.
Marissa Roy
Marissa Roy is a 2017-2018 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office creating an impact litigation partnership between the LA City Attorney and UCLA.
David Nahmias
David Nahmias is a 2018-2019 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Impact Fund empowering low-wage LGBTQ workers in California.
Ramya Sekaran
Ramya Sekaran is a 2018-2019 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the National Women's Law Center working to strengthen workplace sexual harassment policies and protections.
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