Meet Our Fellows
Selected for their skills and proven commitment to immigrant rights, IJC’s Justice Fellows and Community Fellows are extending access to justice at 100+ host organizations in over 30 states.
Justice Fellows
The first and only fellowship of its kind, IJC’s Justice Fellowship identifies promising lawyers who are passionate about immigrants’ rights, places them with organizations where they can make the greatest difference and supports them with training and expert insights as they directly assist immigrants in need.
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Immigrant Justice Corps welcomes over 130 new lawyers to expand access to justice for immigrants
IJC is thrilled to announce our largest class of Fellows ever – over 130 Justice Fellows joining the fight for in more than 30 states.
2024 Community Fellows
Clara Jergins
Central American Legal Assistance
Bowdoin College
Third Year Fellows
Emily Bushman
ISLA: Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy
University of Iowa College of Law
Claudia Cuesta Garibay
UFW Foundation
David A. Clarke School of Law
Vanessa Demaral
Church World Service
Vanderbilt University Law School
Natalie Eberts
Catholic Charities – Baltimore
Case Western Reserve, University School of Law
Nick Gargano
National Immigrant Justice Center
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Allison Gilroy
National Immigrant Justice Center
Tulane University School of Law
Maria Sofia Gomes
Safe Passage Project
University of Washington School of Law
Tasha Gottschalk-Fielding
Cornell Law School’s Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic
Cornell Law School
Luke Hancox
National Immigrant Justice Center
American University Washington College of Law
Erin Hoff
National Immigrant Justice Center
American University Washington College of Law
Cecelia Rose Masselli
Michigan Immigrant Rights Center
St. John’s University School of Law
Emma Matters Wood
Vermont Asylum Assistance Project, Inc.
American University Washington College of Law
Jennifer Morton
Ayuda
Columbia Law School
Alejandra Paramo
Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project (GHIRP)
Northern Illinois University College of Law
Julia Ramirez
Central American Legal Assistance
University of Connecticut School of Law
Julie Stavarski
HIAS PA
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Jennifer Sturman
New Mexico Immigrant Law Center
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Cedar S. Weyker
Advocates for Human Rights – Minnesota
University of Minnesota School of Law
Bria Leigh Yazic
Chacon Center for Immigrant Justice
Northeastern University School of Law
Fourth Year Fellows
Jaime Balbuena Hernandez
Volunteers of Legal Service
New York Law School
