A complete lists of our past summer fellowship recipients.
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Joseph Antonecchia Fellowship
Michael A. Battle '81 Fellowship
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellowship
Catalyst Public Service Fellowship
Class of 1979 1L Summer Fellowship
Ross M. Cellino ’82 & Anna Marie Cellino ’81 Summer Fellowship
Dr. Catherine Cerulli ’ 92 Women, Children & Social Justice Advocacy Award
Dean’s Advisory Council Summer Fellowship
Dean’s Judicial Summer Fellowship
Douglas W. Dimitroff ’89 & Dr. Grace D. Dimitroff Summer Fellowship
Mary J. Dowd ’80 Fellowship
Family Violence & Women’s Rights Clinic Summer Fellowship
Freudenheim Fellowship
Blanche Gische & Helen Schurkman Fellowship Award for Elder Justice
Garry Graber ’78 Fellowship
Hodgson Russ, LLP 1L Summer Fellowship
Kaplan & Reynolds Summer Fellowship
Graham Koehler Judicial Fellowship
Graham Koehler Public Interest Fellowship
Professor Virginia A. Leary Human Rights Summer Fellowship
Francis M. Letro ’79 & Cindy Abbott Letro Fellowship
Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC Fellowship
Charles E. Mann Public Interest Award
Jessica Ortiz ’05 Federal Judicial Fellowship
Terry M. Richman ’86 Summer Fellowship
William F. Savino ’75, Elizabeth Martin Savino ’92 & Emma M. Savino ’18 Summer Fellowship
Professor Suzanne Tomkins ’92 Women, Children & Social Justice Advocacy Fellowship
UB Law Alumni Association Social Justice and Racial Equity Fellowship
UB Law Alumni Association’s Public Interest Fellowship
UB School of Law Public Interest Fellowship*
Hon. Dennis C. Vacco ’78 Summer Fellowship
Western New York Law Center Summer Fellowship
*Made possible by a generous grant from Francis M. Letro ’79 and Cindy Abbott Letro
Joseph Antonecchia Fellowship
Michael A. Battle '81 Fellowship
Buffalo Human Rights Center Summer Fellowship
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellowship
Catalyst Public Service Fellowship
Class of 1979 1L Summer Fellowship
Ross M. Cellino ’82 & Anna Marie Cellino ’81 Summer Fellowship
Dean’s Advisory Council Summer Fellowship
Dean’s Judicial Summer Fellowship
Dean’s Summer Fellowship
Douglas W. Dimitroff ’89 & Dr. Grace D. Dimitroff Summer Fellowship
Mary J. Dowd ’80 Fellowship
Family Violence & Women’s Rights Clinic Summer Fellowship
Freudenheim Fellowship
Blanche Gische & Helen Schurkman Fellowship Award for Elder Justice
Garry Graber ’78 Fellowship
Hodgson Russ, LLP 1L Summer Fellowship
Kaplan & Reynolds Summer Fellowship
Graham Koehler Judicial Fellowship
Graham Koehler Public Interest Fellowship
Professor Virginia A. Leary Human Rights Summer Fellowship
Francis M. Letro ’79 & Cindy Abbott Letro Fellowship
Charles E. Mann Public Interest Award
Jessica Ortiz ’05 Federal Judicial Fellowship
Terry M. Richman ’86 Summer Fellowship
William F. Savino ’75, Elizabeth Martin Savino ’92 & Emma M. Savino ’18 Summer Fellowship
Allison Tam ’97 & Thomas Tam ’97 1L Summer Fellowship
Professor Suzanne Tomkins ’92 Women, Children & Social Justice Advocacy Fellowship
UB Law Alumni Association’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellowship
UB School of Law Public Interest Fellowship*
UB School of Law Public Interest Grant*
Hon. Dennis C. Vacco ’78 Summer Fellowship
Western New York Law Center Summer Fellowship
*Made possible by a generous grant from Francis M. Letro ’79 and Cindy Abbott Letro
Joseph Antonecchia Fellowship
Buffalo Human Rights Center Summer Fellowship Awards
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Grantee
Catalyst Public Service Fellows
Class of 1979 1L Summer Fellowship
Ross M. Cellino ’82 & Anna Marie Cellino ’81 Summer Fellowship Award
Dr. Catherine Cerulli ’ 92 Women, Children & Social Justice Advocacy Award
Dean’s Advisory Council Summer Fellowship Award
Dean’s Judicial Summer Fellowship Awards
Douglas W. & Grace D. Dimitroff Summer Fellowship Award
Mary J. Dowd ’80 Fellowship Award
Family Violence Clinic Summer Fellowship Award
Freudenheim Fellowship
Blanche Gische & Helen Schurkman Fellowship Award for Elder Justice
Garry Graber ’78 Fellowship
Hodgson Russ, LLP 1L Summer Fellowship Award
Kaplan & Reynolds Summer Fellowship Awards
Graham Koehler Judicial Fellowship Award
Graham Koehler Public Interest Fellowship
Professor Virginia A. Leary Human Rights Summer Fellowship Award
Francis M. Letro ’79 & Cindy Abbott Letro Diversity Fellowship Award
Charles E. Mann Public Interest Award Recipient
Jessica Ortiz ’05 Federal Judicial Fellowship Award
Terry M. Richman ’86 Summer Fellowship Award
William F. Savino ’75, Elizabeth Martin Savino ’92, & Emma M. Savino ’18 Summer Fellowship Award
Allison Tam ’97 & Thomas Tam ’97 1L Summer Fellowship Award
Professor Suzanne Tomkins ’92 Women, Children & Social Justice Advocacy Fellowship Award
UB Law Alumni Association’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow
Dennis C. Vacco ’78 Summer Fellowship Award
Western New York Law Center Summer Fellowship Award
Charles E. Mann Public Interest Award Recipient
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Grantees
UB Law Alumni Association’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow
UB Law Alumni-Funded Fellowship Recipients
Joseph Antonecchia Fellowship
Blanche Gische & Helen Schurkman Fellowship Award for Elder Justice
Buffalo Human Rights Center Summer Fellowship Awards
Freudenheim Fellowship
Garry Graber Fellowship
Kristin Graham Koehler '94 and David Koehler ‘94 Public Interest Fellowship
Journey’s End Fellowship Award
Kaplan & Reynolds Summer Fellowship Awards
Martha Krisel Summer Fellowship Award
Professor Virginia A. Leary Human Rights Summer Fellowship Awards
Terry M. Richman Summer Fellowship Award
Suzanne Tomkins Women, Children, & Social Justice Advocacy Fellowship Award
Western New York Law Center Summer Fellowship Award
Additional UB Law Alumni-Funded Fellowships
Allison Tam ’97 & Thomas Tam ’97 1L Summer Fellowship Award
Ross M. Cellino ’82 & Anna Marie Cellino ’81 Summer Fellowship Award
Dean’s Advisory Council Summer Fellowship Award
Douglas W. & Grace D. Dimitroff Summer Fellowship Award
Family Violence Clinic Summer Fellowship Award
Kristin Graham Koehler '94 & David Koehler ‘94 Judicial Fellowship Award
Francis M. Letro ’79 & Cindy Abbott Letro Diversity Fellowship Award
Jessica Ortiz ’05 Federal Judicial Fellowship Award
Lauren D. Rachlin, Esq. International Fellowship Award
William F. Savino ’75, Elizabeth Martin Savino ’92, & Emma M. Savino ’18 Summer Fellowship Award
Dennis C. Vacco ’78 Summer Fellowship Award
Additional Fellowship Recipients
Catalyst Public Service Fellows
Dean’s Judicial Summer Fellowship Awards
New York State Bar Foundation Trusts & Estates Fellowship
Charles E. Mann Public Interest Award Recipient
Dean’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows
UB Law Alumni Association’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows
UB Law Alumni-Funded Fellowship Recipients
Alan Carrel Award Recipient
Freudenheim Fellow
Garry Graber Fellow
Kaplan & Reynolds Fellows
Martha Krisel Fellows
Terry M. Richman Fellow
Suzanne E. Tomkins Women, Children and Social Justice Fellow
Western New York Law Center Fellow
Women, Children and Social Justice Advocacy Fellow
Additional Fellowship Recipients
Catalyst Public Service Fellows
BHRC Human Rights Fellows
Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps JD Program Members
Charles E. Mann Public Interest Award Recipient
Kaitlin Kramer ’19 – United States Attorney’s Office, WDNY – Buffalo, NY
Dean’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow
Lindsey Johnson ’19 – Honorable Charles J. Siragusa, United States District Court, WDNY – Rochester, NY
UB Law Alumni Association’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow
Olenka Masny ’19 – Legal Assistance of Western New York – Rochester, NY
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows
Alana Bernhardt ’19 – Ontario County Public Defender’s Office – Canandaigua, NY
Kodai Sinclair Okano ’18 – Erie County District Attorney’s Office – Buffalo, NY
Genevieve Rados ’19 – Honorable Lawrence J. Vilardo, United States District Court, WDNY – Buffalo, NY
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Grantees
Emily Stoufer Quinn ’18 – The Legal Aid Society of Rochester, Family Law Unit – Rochester, NY
BPILP also helped facilitate the following law alumni-funded fellowships:
Julie Freudenheim Fellow
Kaylan Porter ’18 – Honorable William M. Skretny, United States District Court, WDNY – Buffalo, NY
Garry Graber Fellow
Breanna Reilly ’19 – Erie County Bar Association, Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc. – Buffalo, NY
Kaplan & Reynolds Fellows
Allyson Kehl ’18 – Federal Public Defender’s Office, WDNY – Buffalo, NY
Amanda Oppermann ’18 – Journey’s End Refugee Services, Inc. – Buffalo, NY
Luwing Peche Loayza ’18 – Chautauqua County Public Defender’s Office – Mayville, NY
Terry M. Richman Fellows
Sarah Gardner ’19 – Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. – Buffalo, NY
Luwing Peche Loayza ’18 – Chautauqua County Public Defender’s Office – Mayville, NY
Suzanne E. Tomkins Women, Children and Social Justice Advocacy Fellow
Chelsie Roberts ’18 – Wyoming County District Attorney’s Office – Warsaw, NY
Western New York Law Center Fellow
Alyssa Bergsten ’19 – Western New York Law Center, Inc. – Buffalo, NY
Additional fellowship recipients:
BHRC Human Rights Fellows
Chelsea Gonzalez ’19 – ACLU of Puerto Rico, The Women’s Rights Project – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Shazia Khan ’18 – Amnesty International USA – New York, NY
Natalia Marte ’19 – ACLU of Puerto Rico, Ending Mass Incarceration Project – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Leighann Ramirez ’19 – Ayuda – Washington, DC
Bethany Taylor ’19 – Legal Services of Central New York, Cancer Legal Advocacy & Services Project –
Syracuse, NY
Catalyst Public Service Fellows
Heather Burley ’19 – Chautauqua County Public Defender’s Office – Mayville, NY
Andrew Plewinski ’18 – The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Practice – New York, NY
Jordan Sieracki ’18 – Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Attorneys for Children Unit – Buffalo, NY
Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps JD Program Members
Olenka Masny ’19 – Legal Assistance of Western New York – Rochester, NY
New York Bar Foundation Trusts and Estates Law Section Fellow
Nicole Mutignani ’19 – Honorable Barbara Howe, Erie County Surrogate’s Court – Buffalo, NY
Charles E. Mann Public Interest Award Recipient
Christine McClellan ’17 - Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Practice, Staten Island, NY
Dean’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow
Jason Gunning ’18 - Federal Public Defender’s Office for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, NY
UB Law Alumni Association’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow
Sean Rheinheimer ’18 - Honorable Jeremiah J. McCarthy, US District Court, WDNY, Buffalo, NY
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows
Andrew Plewinski ’18 - Honorable Richard J. Arcara, US District Court, WDNY, Buffalo, NY
Ryan Sollenne ’18 - Legal Assistance of Western New York, LawNY, Geneva, NY
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Grantees
Alyssa Erazo ’17 - Journey’s End Refugee Services, Inc., Buffalo, NY
Allyson Kehl ’18 - Neighborhood Legal Services, Buffalo, NY
Catalyst Public Service Fellows
Jessica Neubauer ’18 - Journey’s End Refugee Services, Inc., Buffalo, NY
Emily Stoufer Quinn ’18 - Legal Assistance of Western New York, LawNY, Bath, NY
BPILP also helped facilitate the following law alumni-funded fellowships:
Julie Freudenheim Fellow
Kayla Drickel ’17 - Erie County District Attorney’s Office, Buffalo, NY
Garry Graber Fellow
Jacob Sikora ’18 - Legal Services for the Elderly, Disabled and Disadvantaged of WNY, Buffalo, NY
Kaplan & Reynolds Fellows
Sarah Hicks ’17 - Legal Services for the Elderly, Disabled and Disadvantaged of WNY, Buffalo, NY
Karen Zacarias ’18 - Neighborhood Legal Services, Buffalo, NY
Martha Krisel Fellow
Maria Apruzzese ’17 - Erie County District Attorney’s Office, Buffalo, NY
Suzanne E. Tomkins Women, Children and Social Justice Advocacy Fellow
Victoria Karnisky ’17 - Erie County District Attorney’s Office, Buffalo, NY
Western New York Law Center Fellow
Noreena Chaudari ’17 - Western New York Law Center, Inc., Buffalo, NY
Additional fellowship recipients:
BHRC Human Rights Fellows
Jessica Gill ’18 - West Coast Prison Justice Society, Vancouver, British Columbia
Jayne O’Connor ’18 - Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, Buffalo, NY
Sebastian Sekhon ’18 - West Coast Prison Justice Society, Vancouver, British Columbia
Adrianna Zullich ’17 - Church World Services, Nairobi, Kenya
Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps JD Program Members
Jennifer Blais ’17 - Legal Aid Society of Rochester, Immigration Program, Rochester, NY
Christine McClellan ’17 - Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Practice, Staten Island, NY
Jayne O’Connor ’18 - Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, Buffalo, NY
Emily Stoufer Quinn ’18 - Legal Assistance of Western New York, LawNY, Bath, NY
Ryan Sollenne ’18 - Legal Assistance of Western New York, LawNY, Geneva, NY
New York Bar Foundation Trusts and Estates Law Section Fellow
Matthew Eaves ’17 - Honorable John M. Owens, Monroe County Surrogate’s Court, Rochester, NY
Charles E. Mann Public Interest Award Recipient
Andrew Tabashneck ‘16 - Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc., Buffalo, NY
Dean’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows
Philip Barth ’18, US Attorney’s Office, WDNY, Buffalo, NY
Joseph Lavoie ‘17 - The Legal Aid Society of Rochester, Rochester, NY
SUNY Buffalo Law Alumni Association’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow
Nikolay Feodoroff ‘16 - Journey’s End Refugee Services, Inc., Buffalo, NY
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows
Megan Hartl ‘16 - Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, Watertown, NY
Kaitlin Hastings ‘17 - Ontario County District Attorney’s Office, Canandaigua, NY
Mathew John ‘16 - Kings County District Attorney’s Office, Brooklyn, NY
Christina Kennedy ‘17 - Advocates for Children of New York, New York, NY
Megan McGuiggan ‘17 - Honorable Julio M. Fuentes, US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Newark, NJ
Madison Ozzella ‘17 - Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc., LawNY, Olean, NY
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Grants
Maria Apruzzese ‘17 - US Marshals Service, Arlington, VA
Kristen Dombroski ‘17 - Monroe County Family Court, Rochester, NY
Jason Fleischer ‘17 - Volunteer Lawyers Project, Buffalo, NY
Sarah Hicks ‘17 - Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc., LawNY, Olean, NY
Jayne O’Connor ‘17 - Partnership for the Public Good, Buffalo, NY
BPILP also helped facilitate the following law alumni-funded fellowships:
Kaplan & Reynolds Fellows
Rebecca Alward ‘17 - St. Andrew’s Refugee Services, Cairo, Egypt
Erica Pandolfo ‘16 - US Department of Education, Washington, DC
The Mary Jo Dowd Fellow
Volha Salavei ‘16 - Kings County District Attorney’s Office, Brooklyn, NY
The Martha Krisel Fellow
Anaiss Rijo ‘16 - The Legal Aid Society’s Juvenile Rights Practice, New York, NY
The Suzanne E. Tomkins Women, Children and Social Justice Advocacy Fellow
Christine McClellan ‘17 - Safe Horizon Domestic Violence Law Project, Brooklyn, NY
Charles E. Mann Public Interest Award Recipient
Derek Kettner ’16 – US Attorney’s Office, WDNY – Buffalo, NY
Dean’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows
Amanda Barba ’15 – New Jersey Division of Law, Department of Children and Families – Newark, NJ
Vagmi Patel ’16 – Journey’s End Refugee Services, Inc. – Buffalo, NY
Frank G. Raichle Foundation’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows
Sean Carberry ’15 – New York State Attorney General’s Office, Litigation Bureau – New York, NY
Kelly Barrett ’15 – The Trevor Project, Government Affairs Counsel – Washington, DC
SUNY Buffalo Law Alumni Association’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow
Patrick Leavy ’16 – Honorable Richard A. Dollinger, Acting Supreme Court Justice, New York State Court of Claims – Rochester, NY
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows
Alexandra Cusano ’16 – Bronx County District Attorney’s Office – Bronx, NY
Andrew DeMasters ’16 – US Department of Homeland Security, Office of General Counsel, Labor/Employment Division – Washington, DC
Julia Gilgurd ’16 – Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc., Homeless Task Force – Buffalo, NY
Kate Hartman ’16 – Monroe County Public Defender’s Office – Rochester, NY
Jaclyn Silver ’15 – Erie County District Attorney’s Office, Felony Trials and Tactical Prosecution Bureaus – Buffalo, NY
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Grants
Steven Fisher ’16 – Honorable Christian F. Hummel, US Magistrate Judge, US District Court, NDNY – Albany, NY
Thomas Kotrys ’16 – Erie County District Attorney’s Office, Felony Trials Bureau – Buffalo, NY
Daniel Palermo ’16 – Honorable Jonathan W. Feldman, US Magistrate Judge, US District Court, WDNY – Rochester, NY
Richard Rogers ’17 – City of Buffalo, Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning – Buffalo, NY
Samantha Yager ’16 – Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York – Buffalo, NY
SUNY Buffalo Law Alumni-Funded Fellowship Recipients:
Kaplan & Reynolds Fellows
Oscar Kpota ’15 – Empire Justice Center, Civil Rights and Education Unit – Rochester, NY
Ralph Tolbert ’16 – TransAfrica Forum – Washington, DC
The Suzanne E. Tomkins Women, Children and Social Justice Advocacy Fellow
Kathleen Farrell ’16 – Erie County District Attorney’s Office, Felony Trials Bureau – Buffalo, NY
Buffalo Human Rights Fellowship Recipients:
BHRC Human Rights Fellows
Jeff Hartman ’15 – US Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review – Tacoma, WA
Candace Morrison ’15 – Los Angeles Community Action Network – Los Angeles, CA
Jillian Nowak ’15 – Genocide Education Program, Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) – Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Kelsey Till ’16 – National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) – Aurora, CO
Alex Verdi ’16 – Domestic Violence and Family Law Section of AYUDA – Washington, DC
National Fellowship Programs Recipients:
Charles H. Revson Foundation’s Law Students Public Interest (LSPIN) Fellows
Mohammad Haque ’15 – Immigrant Defense Project – New York, NY
Volha Salavei ’16 – Civilian Complaint Review Board, Administrative Prosecution Unit – New York, NY
Kathleen Wysocki ’15 – New York State Attorney General’s Office, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit – Hauppauge, NY
Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps JD Program Members
John Darnall ’16 – Alaska Legal Services Corporation – Fairbanks, AK
Jenna DiLuca ’15 – Legal Assistance of Western New York (LawNY) – Jamestown, NY
Gretchen Frank ’15 – Legal Assistance of Western New York (LawNY) – Bath, NY
Matthew Smith ’16 – Legal Assistance of Western New York (LawNY) – Rochester, NY
Catherine von Hagn ’15 – Legal Assistance of Western New York (LawNY) – Bath, NY
Kristy Woodfield ’15 – Legal Assistance of Western New York (LawNY) – Jamestown, NY
The New York Bar Foundation Trusts and Estates Law Section Fellow
Amanda Karpovich ’16 – Honorable Barbara Howe, Erie County Surrogate’s Court – Buffalo, NY
Charles E. Mann Public Interest Award Recipient
Caitlin Nasypany ’15 - Herkimer County Family Court - Herkimer, NY
Dean’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow
Candace Morrison ’15 - Vive, Inc. - Buffalo, NY
Caitlin Nasypany ’15 - Herkimer County Family Court -- Herkimer, NY
SUNY Buffalo Law Alumni Association’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow
Amanda Ruth Webber ’15 - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - Region 5 - Ray Brook, NY
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows
Erin Carman ’15 - Neighborhood Legal Services / Partnership for the Public Good - Buffalo, NY
Corey Chapin ’15 - United States Attorney’s Office, SDNY - Criminal Division - New York, NY
Jonathan Choi ’15 - Neighborhood Legal Services - Buffalo, NY
Jeffrey Donigan ’15 - New York State Attorney General’s Office - Syracuse, NY
Matthew Fanciullo ’15 - Honorable Lawrence E. Kahn, US District Court, NDNY– Albany, NY
Erin Goeman ’15 - Journey’s End Refugee Services, Inc. - Buffalo, NY
Kerisha Hawthorne ’14 - Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo - Buffalo, NY
Chelsea Latta ’14 - Honorable Julio M. Fuentes, US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit - Newark, NJ
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Grants
Ian Bigelow ’14 - New York City Criminal Court - Brooklyn, NY / Monroe County District Attorney’s Office - Rochester, NY
Molly Deacon ’15 - Journey’s End Refugee Services, Inc. - Buffalo, NY
Artur Jagielski ’15 - Kings County District Attorney’s Office - Brooklyn, NY
BPILP also helped facilitate the following law alumni-funded fellowships:
Kaplan & Reynolds Fellows
Ann Dillon ’15 - Access Living - Chicago, IL
Lindsey Luczka ’14 - Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office - Syracuse, NY
The Suzanne E. Tomkins Women, Children and Social Justice Advocacy Fellow
Jasmine Liverpool ’14 - Kings County District Attorney’s Office - Domestic Violence Unit - Brooklyn , NY / The International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights - London, UK
Charles E. Mann Public Interest Award Recipient
Meghan Corcoran ’13 - Volunteer Lawyers Project, Unemployment Unit, Buffalo, NY
Dean’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow
Meghan Corcoran ’13 - Volunteer Lawyers Project, Unemployment Unit, Buffalo, NY
Sarah Fenster ’14 - Legal Services for the Elderly Disabled or Disadvantaged of WNY, Buffalo, NY
SUNY Buffalo Law Alumni Association’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow
Michael Das ’13 - Honorable Lois Bloom, US District Court, EDNY, Brooklyn, NY
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows
Allison Bozinski ’13 - Volunteer Lawyers Project, Buffalo, NY
Nona Elnakib ’13 - Erie County District Attorney’s Office, Buffalo, NY
Luisa Johnson ’14 - Honorable Jonathan Feldman, US District Court, WDNY, Rochester, NY
Eric Parker ’14 - Orange County District Attorney’s Office, Middletown, NY
Natalie Pellegrino ’13 - Federal Public Defender’s Office, WDNY, Buffalo, NY
Joe Schaffer ’14 - Arizona Department of Economic Security, Refugee Resettlement Program, Phoenix, AZ
Megan Shay ’13 - NYS Attorney General’s Office, Buffalo, NY
Tarunbir Singh ’13 - Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, Mineola, NY
Matt Turetsky ’14 - Ontario County Public Defender’s Office, Canandaigua, NY
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Grants
Jacob Drum ’14 - Federal Public Defender’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA
Alison Kelly ’14 - US Attorney’s Office, WDNY, Buffalo, NY
BPILP also helped facilitate the following law alumni-funded fellowship:
Kaplan & Reynolds Fellows
Adam Hayes ’13 - Honorable Lois Bloom, US District Court, EDNY, Brooklyn, NY
Tina Song ’13 - Journey’s End Refugee Services, Inc., Buffalo, NY
Dean’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows
Bradley Loliger ’13 – Legal Services for the Elderly, Disabled or Disadvantaged of WNY, Buffalo, NY
Rachel Swyers ’13 – Western New York Law Center, Buffalo, NY
SUNY Buffalo Law Alumni Association’s Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellow
Jennifer Kubicki ’12 – Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellows
Brendan Anderson ’13 – Neighborhood Legal Services, Homeless Task Force, Buffalo, NY
Kinsey Davidson ’13 – US Attorney’s Office, Western District of New York, Buffalo, NY
Kevin Dwyer ’13 – New York State Office of the Attorney General, Buffalo, NY
Nicole Ettlinger ’12 – State University of New York, Office of General Counsel, Albany, NY
Amy Fellenbaum ’13 – Administration for Children’s Services, New York, NY
Candace Filipski ’13 – Honorable Michael Telesca, US District Court, WDNY, Rochester, NY
Michael Herberger ’12 – Neighborhood Legal Services, Disability Law Unit, Buffalo, NY
Shea Kolar ’13 – Washington County District Attorney’s Office, Fort Edward, NY
Sean O’Brien ’13 – Honorable Paul Crotty, US District Court, SDNY, New York, NY
Kimberly Rowles ’13 – Ontario County Attorney’s Office – Canandaigua, NY
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program/Student Bar Association Fellow
Sarah Bertozzi ’13 – Volunteer Lawyers Project, Buffalo, NY
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Grant
Claudia DeJesus ’13 – Erie County District Attorney’s Office, Buffalo, NY
Bridget Kleinfelder ’12 – Volunteer Lawyers Project, Buffalo, NY
BPILP also helped facilitate the following law alumni-funded fellowships:
The University at Buffalo Law School Civil Rights Fellow
Erica Smith ’12 – Civil Rights Attorney Steven M. Cohen, HoganWillig, Amherst, NY
Joseph Antonecchia Fellow
Sarah Duval ’12 – Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc., Washington, DC
Kaplan & Reynolds Fellows
Aikeem Cooper ’12 – Fulton County Public Defender, Atlanta, GA
Jonathan Placito ’12 – Monroe County Legal Assistance Center, Rochester, NY
