Public Interest Fellowship Recipients

A complete lists of our past summer fellowship recipients.

In Their Own Words

Visit our blog, UB School of Law Responds, to read about our summer fellows' experiences.

Joseph Antonecchia Fellowship

  • Caitlin Mudra ’23, Neighbors Link; Mount Kisco, NY

Michael A. Battle '81 Fellowship

  • Gia Marciniak ’24, United States Attorney's Office, Western District of New York; Buffalo, NYY

Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Fellowship

  • Haley Case ’24, Hon. Mark W. Pedersen, Federal Magistrate Judge, Western District of New York; Buffalo, NY
  • Jamie Englerth ’23, United States Attorney's Office, Western District of New York; Buffalo, NY
  • Susanna Klose ’23, New York State Attorney General's Office Claims Bureau, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo; Buffalo, NY

Catalyst Public Service Fellowship

  • Teresa Cappiello ’24, Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.; Buffalo, NY
  • Andrew Henry ’24, Tompkins County Court; Ithaca, NY
  • Veronica LaPort ’24, ECBA Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc.; Buffalo, NY
  • Clare Smokowski ’24, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo; Buffalo, NY

Class of 1979 1L Summer Fellowship

  • Zachary Buncy ’24, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo; Buffalo, NY

Ross M. Cellino ’82 & Anna Marie Cellino ’81 Summer Fellowship

  • Jenna Wojdan-Price ’24, United States Attorney's Office, Western District of New York; Buffalo

Dr. Catherine Cerulli ’ 92 Women, Children & Social Justice Advocacy Award

  • Julia Merante ’23, Family Violence & Women’s Rights Clinic - Research; Buffalo, NY

Dean’s Advisory Council Summer Fellowship

  • Mathew Biondolillo ’24, Hon. Julio M. Fuentes, United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit; Newark, NJ

Dean’s Judicial Summer Fellowship

  • Kristen Cascio ’23, Hon. Julio M. Fuentes, United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit; Newark, NJ
  • Lee Rynski ’23, Hon. Julio M. Fuentes, United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit; Newark, NJ

Douglas W. Dimitroff ’89 & Dr. Grace D. Dimitroff Summer Fellowship

  • Matthew Walker ’24, Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc; Buffalo, NY

Mary J. Dowd ’80 Fellowship

  • Grey Cohen ’24, Hon. Anthony Cannataro, New York Court of Appeals; New York, NY

Family Violence & Women’s Rights Clinic Summer Fellowship

  • Shelby Mueller ’23, Family Violence & Women’s Rights Clinic, Clinical Legal Education Program at the University at Buffalo School of Law; Buffalo, NY

Freudenheim Fellowship

  • Megan Jepson ’24, Journey's End Refugee Services, Inc.; Buffalo, NY

Blanche Gische & Helen Schurkman Fellowship Award for Elder Justice

  • Hannah Davis ’23, Center for Elder Law & Justice; Buffalo, NY
  • Isabelle LaBarbera ’23, Center for Elder Law & Justice; Buffalo, NY

Garry Graber ’78 Fellowship

  • Kari Ashworth ’23, ECBA Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc.; Buffalo, NY

Hodgson Russ, LLP 1L Summer Fellowship

  • Jack Weisback ’24, United States Attorney's Office, Western District of New York; Buffalo, NY

Kaplan & Reynolds Summer Fellowship

  • Ian Hoock ’24, Erie County District Attorney's Office/ Office of NY State Senator Tim Kennedy; Buffalo, NY
  • Deanna McConnell ’24, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo; Buffalo, NY

Graham Koehler Judicial Fellowship

  • Matthew Gabalski ’24, Hon. Julio M. Fuentes, United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit; Newark, NJ

Graham Koehler Public Interest Fellowship

  • Steven Burke ’24, Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc; Buffalo, NY

Professor Virginia A. Leary Human Rights Summer Fellowship

  • Alexis DiCarlo ’24, Innocence Project of Florida Inc; Tallahassee, FL

Francis M. Letro ’79 & Cindy Abbott Letro Fellowship

  • Giovanni Gaglianese ’23, United States Department of Interior and United States Environmental Protection Agency; Boise, ID
  • Harman Gill ’24, Jewish Family and Community Services; Pittsburgh, PA
  • Claire Hofmeister ’24, Hon. John L. Sinatra, Jr., United States District Court, Western District of New York; Buffalo, NY
  • Rebecca Kroll ’23, United States Environmental Protection Agency; Buffalo, NY
  • Beatrice Rule ’24, Hon. Julio M. Fuentes, United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit; Newark, NJ

Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC Fellowship

  • Carolyn Duttweiler ’23, Journey's End Refugee Services, Inc. – Vive Branch; Buffalo, NY

Charles E. Mann Public Interest Award

  • Haley Case ’24, Hon. Mark W. Pedersen, Federal Magistrate Judge, Western District of New York; Buffalo, NY
  • Susanna Klose ’23, New York State Attorney General's Office Claims Bureau

Jessica Ortiz ’05 Federal Judicial Fellowship

  • Madeline Becker ’24, Hon. Julio M. Fuentes, United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit; Newark, NJ

Terry M. Richman ’86 Summer Fellowship

  • Monica Benjovsky ’24, Erie County District Attorney's Office; Buffalo, NY

William F. Savino ’75, Elizabeth Martin Savino ’92 & Emma M. Savino ’18 Summer Fellowship

  • TJ Bullock ’24, Hon. Henry Nowak, New York State Supreme Court - Commercial Division, 8th Judicial District; Buffalo, NY

Professor Suzanne Tomkins ’92 Women, Children & Social Justice Advocacy Fellowship

  • Jessica Petteys ’24, Hon. Adam D. Michelini, Washington County Family Court; Fort Edward, NY

UB Law Alumni Association Social Justice and Racial Equity Fellowship

  • Lensa Abdukadir ’24, Disability Rights of New York; Rochester, NY

UB Law Alumni Association’s Public Interest Fellowship

  • Joshua Larmon ’23, United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York; Brooklyn, NY

UB School of Law Public Interest Fellowship*

  • Sydney Brason ’24, Hon. Deborah Chimes, New York State Supreme Court, 8th Judicial District; Buffalo, NY
  • William Christ ’24, Hon. John L. Sinatra, Jr., United States District Court, Western District of New York; Buffalo, NY
  • Rachel Golden ’24, United States Attorney's Office, Western District of New York; Buffalo, NY
  • Elizabeth Hughes ’24, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office; Hauppauge, NY
  • Michael Lang ’23, Monroe County District Attorney’s Office; Rochester, NY
  • Taylor Phelps ’24, Hon. John L. Sinatra, Jr., United States District Court, Western District of New York; Buffalo, NY
  • David Ross ’23, Nassau County District Attorney's Office; Garden City, NY
  • Madelyn Storms ’24, Erie County District Attorney's Office; Buffalo, NY
  • Jamie VandeVelde ’23, Erie County District Attorney's Office; Buffalo, NY

Hon. Dennis C. Vacco ’78 Summer Fellowship

  • Ashley Asanjarani ’24, Erie County District Attorney's Office; Buffalo, NY
  • Nicholas Schmitt ’24,  Cayuga County District Attorney's Office; Auburn, NY

Western New York Law Center Summer Fellowship

  • Steven Dahlberg ’23, Western New York Law Center; Buffalo, NY

*Made possible by a generous grant from Francis M. Letro ’79 and Cindy Abbott Letro