Law School Awards Summer 2007 Public Service Fellowships
For summer 2007, the Law School awarded $267,548 to 87 students (59 1Ls, 28 2Ls) for 93 public service fellowships. Support for the fellowships comes from the Public Service Fund, the Dean's discretionary fund, and federal work-study monies. Students will work for 84 organizations in 18 states, the District of Columbia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Cambodia, Ghana, Pakistan, and Swaziland.
Fellowship recipients will assist the following organizations this summer:
Alexandria Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court (Alexandria, VA)
All Africa Students Union, Student Refugees Project (Accra, Ghana)
Allegany County State's Attorney (Cumberland, MD)
American Bar Association, Rule of Law Initiative (Baku, Azerbaijan)
Arizona Department of Economic Security, Office of Appeals (Tucson, AZ)
Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (Washington, DC)
Bronx Defenders, Voter Enfranchisement Project (Bronx, NY)
Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, NY)
Coconino County Attorney (Flagstaff, AZ)
Community Law Center, Project to Combat Predatory and Deceptive Real Estate Transactions (Baltimore, MD)
Connecticut Department of Public Health, Legal Office (Hartford, CT)
Delaware Office of the Child Advocate (Wilmington, DE)
Division of Child Support Enforcement, Virginia Attorney General (Fairfax, VA)
Division of Child Support Enforcement, Virginia Attorney General (Newport News, VA)
Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment & Appeals Project (Washington, DC)
EcoDirections International Pty Ltd (Brisbane, Australia)
Educate Pakistan (Islamabad, Pakistan)
Electronic Privacy Information Center (Washington, DC)
Fairmont Community Development Corporation (Philadelphia, PA)
Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Virginia (Norfolk, VA)
Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Virginia (Richmond, VA)
Hampton Commonwealth's Attorney (Hampton, VA)
Honorable James E. Bradberry, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of Virginia (Norfolk, VA) (habeas corpus assistance)
International Bridges to Justice (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia (Hampton, VA)
Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia (Virginia Beach, VA)
Lone Star Legal Aid (Nacogdoches, TX)
Los Angeles City Attorney - Corruption, Frauds and Enforcement Unit; Environmental Protection Unit; Tobacco Enforcement Program (Los Angeles, CA)
Marriage Law Foundation (Orem, UT)
Maryland Legal Aid Bureau (Riverdale, MD)
Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings (Hunt Valley, MD)
Model Forest Policy Program (Ashland, VA)
National Immigrant Justice Center (Chicago, IL)
National Labor Relations Board (Baltimore, MD)
Nature Conservancy, Office of General Counsel (Arlington, VA)
New Jersey Public Defender (Camden, NJ)
New Kent County Attorney (New Kent, VA)
Newport News City Attorney (Newport News, VA)
Newport News Commonwealth's Attorney (Newport News, VA)
Norfolk Public Defender (Norfolk, VA)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, U.S. Mission, Office of Defense Advisor (Brussels, Belgium)
Oklahoma Indian Legal Services (Oklahoma City, OK)
Orange County Public Defender (Orlando, FL)
Pennsylvania Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, Appeals & Legal Services Section (Harrisburg, PA)
Petersburg Commonwealth's Attorney (Petersburg, VA)
Petersburg Public Defender (Petersburg, VA)
Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program (Philadelphia, PA)
Portsmouth Commonwealth's Attorney (Portsmouth, VA)
Rhode Island Attorney General, Criminal Division, Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Unit (Providence, RI)
Rhode Island Legal Services, Housing Unit (Providence, RI)
San Diego City Attorney, Civil Division (San Diego, CA)
San Francisco Superior Court, Juvenile Delinquency Division (San Francisco, CA)
Santa Clara District Attorney (San Jose, CA)
Southern Environmental Law Center (Charlottesville, VA)
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (St. Paul, MN)
State's Attorney, 18th Judicial Circuit (Sanford, FL)
Supreme Court of Virginia, Division of Dispute Resolution Services (Richmond, VA)
Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (Nashville, TN)
U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Criminal Division, Violent Crime Section (Phoenix, AZ)
U.S. Attorney, District of Delaware, Criminal and Civil Divisions (Wilmington, DE)
U.S. Attorney, District of Maine, Criminal Division (Portland, ME)
U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Texas, Criminal and Civil Divisions (Plano, TX)
U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, Civil Division (Alexandria, VA)
U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, Criminal Division (Newport News, VA)
U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, Criminal Division (Norfolk, VA)
U.S. Attorney, Western District of Virginia, Civil and Criminal Divisions (Abingdon, VA)
U.S. Attorney, Western District of Virginia, Criminal Division (Roanoke, VA)
U.S. Attorney, Western District of Virginia, Civil and Criminal Divisions (Roanoke, VA)
U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (Washington, DC)
U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Immigration Court (Los Angeles, CA)
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Pardon Attorney (Washington, DC)
U.S. Department of Justice, Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (Washington, DC)
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of Federal Operations (Washington, DC)
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of Federal Operations, Affirmative Employment Division (Washington, DC)
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of Legal Counsel (Washington, DC)
U.S. Marshals Service, Office of General Counsel, Tort Claims (Arlington, VA)
U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy (Washington, DC)
Ventura County Public Defender (Ventura, CA)
Virginia Beach City Attorney (Virginia Beach, VA)
Virginia Department of Employment Dispute Resolution (Richmond, VA)
Virginia Legal Aid Society (Emporia, VA)
Williamsburg/James City County Commonwealth's Attorney (Williamsburg, VA)
Women's Law Center of Maryland (Towson, MD)
Yonge Nawe Environmental Action Group (Friends of the Earth Swaziland) (Mbabane, Swaziland)