2021 Summer Public Service Fellowships

For Summer 2021, William & Mary Law School awarded public service fellowships to 78 students to assist 75 organizations in 14 states, the District of Columbia, and 16 countries.  Due to COVID-19, most students provided remote assistance.
 
Civil Legal Aid
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society (Petersburg, VA)
Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia (Williamsburg, VA)
Legal Services of Northern Virginia (Fairfax, VA)
 
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
First Defense Legal Aid (Chicago, IL)
New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety, Division of Civil Rights (Trenton, NJ)
New York State Division of Human Rights (White Plains, NY)
 
Domestic Violence
Pisgah Legal Services, Domestic Violence Team (Asheville, NC)    
 
Election and Campaign Finance
National Conference of State Legislatures (Denver, CO)
 
Energy
United States Department of Energy, General Counsel, Office of Litigation and Enforcement (Washington, DC)
                                                                                                                                 
Environmental
United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Appellate Section (Washington, DC)
United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Land Acquisition Section (Washington, DC)
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Water Permitting Division (Richmond, VA)
 
Federal Government Operations
United States General Services Administration, Office of Inspector General (Washington, DC)
 
Health Care
Legal Services of Northern California, Health Justice Initiative (Sacramento, CA)
United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the General Counsel (Washington, DC)
 
Immigration
United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Enforcement Section (Washington, DC)
 
Indigent Criminal Defense: Federal
Federal Defenders of San Diego (San Diego, CA)
Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Virginia (Richmond, VA)
Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Texas, Capital Habeas Unit (Dallas, TX)
Federal Public Defender, Western District of Missouri, Capital Habeas Unit (Kansas City, MO)
Federal Public Defender, Western District of Virginia (Roanoke, VA)
Federal Public Defender, Western District of Washington (Seattle, WA)
                            
Indigent Criminal Defense: State and Local
Fairfax Public Defender (Fairfax, VA) (2)
Fredericksburg Public Defender (Fredericksburg, VA)
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (Washington, DC)
Newport News Public Defender (Newport News, VA)
Norfolk Public Defender (Norfolk, VA)
Palm Beach County Public Defender (West Palm Beach, FL)
San Diego County Public Defender (San Diego, CA)
Virginia Beach Public Defender (Virginia Beach, VA)
 
Intellectual Property
United States Patent and Trademark Office (Alexandria, VA)
 
Judiciary
The Honorable Arenda Wright Allen, United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia (Norfolk, VA)
The Honorable Mark Colombell, United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia (Richmond, VA)
The Honorable Elizabeth Hanes, United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia (Richmond, VA)
The Honorable Robert Trumble, United States District Court, Northern District of West Virginia (Martinsburg, WV)
 
Labor and Employment
Alaska Department of Law, Civil Division, Torts/Workers' Compensation Section (Anchorage, AK) 
National Labor Relations Board, Ethics Office (Washington, DC)
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Hearings Unit (Washington, DC)
 
Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Rule of Law
AdvocAid (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, East Asia Bureau
Beijing Children's Legal Aid and Research Center (Beijing, China)
Center for Legal Aid and Regional Development (Pristina, Kosovo)
Central and Eastern European Law Initiative Institute (Prague, Czech Republic)
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (Cape Town, South Africa)
Constitutional Court of Indonesia, Indonesian Human Rights Commission, Electoral Commission, Election Supervisory Committee, and Center for Constitutional Studies (Padang and Jakarta, Indonesia)
Cultural Heritage Partners (Richmond, VA)
Democracy for Development (Pristina, Kosovo)
United States Department of Commerce, Chief Counsel for International Commerce (Washington, DC)
Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network (Atlanta, GA)
Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa)
International Bridges to Justice (Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Rwanda, and Switzerland)
International Foundation for Electoral Systems Global Programs (2)
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Constitution Building Processes Programme (The Hague, Netherlands)
National Center for State Courts, International Programs Division (Arlington, VA)
Open Development Cambodia (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
Open Development Mekong (Yangon, Myanmar)
Pinkcollar Employment Agency (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Supreme Judicial Commission of the Central Tibetan Authority (Dharamsala, India)
United States Agency for International Development, General Counsel (Washington, DC)
United States Agency for International Development, Strengthen Civil Society to Improve Development Outcomes Program (Kampala, Uganda)
United States Institute of Peace (Washington, DC)
Winrock Countering Trafficking Project (Dhaka, Bangladesh and Kingston, Jamaica)
 
Prosecution: Federal
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia (Newport News, VA)
 
Prosecution: State and Local
Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney (Richmond, VA)
Jackson County Prosecutor (Kansas City, MO)
Williamsburg/James City County Commonwealth’s Attorney (Williamsburg, VA)
 
Securities
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Enforcement Division (Washington, DC)    
                                
Small Business
United States Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy (Washington, DC)
 
State and Local Government
Colorado Department of Law, State Services Section (Denver, CO)
Hampton City Attorney  (Hampton, VA)
New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety, Division of Law (Trenton, NJ)
Richmond City Attorney (Richmond, VA)
 
Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of General Counsel, Court of Appeals Litigation Group (Washington, DC) (2)