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Three Northwestern Law Students Awarded National Public Interest Law Fellowships
December 14, 2001
Three Northwestern Law students have been awarded prestigious public interest fellowships for 2002. These students are the only members of the Class of 2002 who applied for these two major national fellowships this year, making the Class of 2002's success rate 100 percent. This is the second year in a row that three Northwestern students have been awarded national fellowships. (See last year's recipients.) |
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| Eloise Lawrence '02 has been awarded a Skadden Fellowship to work with Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, in Chicago. She will work with residents of public housing projects on a variety of legal issues. Eloise is a participant in the Bluhm Legal Clinic and is a member of OUTlaw, the Public Interest Law Group, and the Student Funded Public Interest Fellowship. |  |
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Ashley Wells '02 also was awarded a Skadden Fellowship to work with Atlanta Legal Aid. Ashley will start a Used Car Consumer Protection project that will combat predatory practices aimed at low income used car consumers in the Atlanta area. Ashley is a Note and Comment Editor on the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, is an active participant in the Bluhm Legal Clinic, and served as President of the Student Funded Public Interest Fellowship. (Learn more about Skadden Fellowships.) |
| Melissa Wemstrom '02 was awarded a NAPIL Fellowship to work with the AIDS Legal Council in Chicago. Melissa will be providing legal assistance to immigrants living with HIV/AIDS in the Chicago area. Melissa's numerous activities at the Law School include serving as class representative on the Student Bar Association, editing the Public Interest Law Bulletin, and serving as a board member of the Public Interest Law Group. (Learn more about NAPIL Fellowships.) |  |
| Len Rubinowitz
and Cindy Wilson have
worked tirelessly with the Center for Career Strategy
and Advancement and with faculty and students to create a public interest
culture at the Law School. Over the past 26 years Len, has helped to place
hundreds of Northwestern law students in summer internships working for
non-profit, legal aid, or public interest organizations. Students recently
honored Len by renaming the SFPIF Grant the Len Rubinowitz Public Interest
Fellowship.
Since joining the Career Strategy Center last year as our Public Interest Advisor, Cindy has encouraged more students to apply for national public interest fellowships. She created a fellowship guide for students who participated in the Career Strategy Center's public interest fellowship workshop series last year and also worked with students in drafting and revising their proposals. Cindy is currently working with Len and students to develop a public service initiative for the Law School. Combined with the hard work of the fellowship applicants, Len and Cindy's efforts have led to an increase in the number of national public interest fellowship awarded to Northwestern law students. Both the Skadden and NAPIL fellowship programs are very competitive and receive hundreds of applications every year. This is quite an honor for the Law School and demonstrates the strength of our clinical and public interest programs. To see last year's fellowship recipients go here.
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