For the past several years, PILS has been able to offer fellowships to students that have demonstrated a commitment to Public Interest Law. As a result, the students have the freedom to take legal jobs that interest them, yet are unpaid. As part of their experiences, students keep a journals to log their impressions so that we can gain an understanding of the impact of the experience. Please read selected passages from the 2005-2009 fellowship winners by clicking on the links below.

2009 Fellowship Winners

2008 Fellowship Winners

• Alicia Augsburger - Wisconsin Department of Revenue
  
• Scott Butler - ACLU-Wisconsin Foundation
  
• Jesse Dill - Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  
• Andrew Golden - Centro Legal
  
• Sara Kneevers - Catholic Charities Immigration Project
  
• Bethany Kroes - ACLU-Wisconsin Foundation
  
• Brianne Lannon - Office of the Illinois Appellate Defender
  
• Gretchen Leehr - North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
  
• Scott Luzi - Community Advocates, Inc.
  
• Theresa Movroydis - Tierra de Hombres
  
• James Robinson - Aids Resource Center of Wisconsin
  
• Allison Ziegler - Wisconsin Department of Justice, Criminal Appeals
  

2007 Fellowship Winners

• Chelsie Allan - Waukesha Office of the State Public Defender


• Emily Bell - American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin


• Jason Daane - Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee


• Jessica Franklin - Centro Legal


• Candace Hayward-Hoke - ABA Commission on Domestic Violence


• Anne Jaspers - Catholic Charities Immigration Project


• Teresa Mambu - Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office - CCP


• Natalia Minkel-Dumit - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Chicago


• Camille Monahan - Barbados Employers' Confederation


• Maria Ryan - Centro Legal


• Jonathan Schluman - Wisconsin DNR Urban Green Partnership


• Benjamin Shryock - International Institute of Wisconsin


• Eric Teske - Lawyers Clearinghouse of Affordable Housing & Homelessness


• Nicholas Toman - Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee


• Dirk Vanover - Illinois Department of Commerce - Economic Development


• Maurice Whitacre - Corporation Council on Africa


• Noah Wishau - Racine County District Attorney's Office


• Lyris Yambo - Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, OLS


• Julia Zielinski - Waukesha Office of the State Public Defender

2006 Fellowship Winners Experiences:

• Eric Berg - Department of State, Washington, DC


• Laurie Best - Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office, Milwaukee, WI


• Lee Greenwood - Rhode Island Legal Services, Providence, RI


• Kristina Hanson, Alternatives, Inc., Chicago, IL


• Jennifer Hanson, Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary and Claims Commission, Asmara, Eritrea, East Africa


• Candace Hayward Hoke - Task Force on Family Violence, Milwaukee, WI


• Andrew Hitt - Jefferson County District Attorney's Office, WI


• Anne Jaspers - Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic, Chicago, IL


• Todd Kleist - Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Chicago, IL


• Jessica Marquez - Task Force on Family Violence, Milwaukee, WI


• Molly Norton Smiltneek- Catholic Charities Legal Services, Milwaukee, WI


• Julie Piper - Cook County Office of the Public Guardian, Chicago, IL


• Ravae Sinclair - Centro Legal, Milwaukee, WI


• James Swaitko - Centro Legal, Milwaukee, WI

2005 Fellowship Winners Experiences:

• Laurie Best - Milwaukee Centro Legal


• Malinda Kyle - Eritrea Boundary and Claims Commission


• Patrick Shultz - Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee


• Erika Jacobs - Center for the Study of Violence & Reconciliation, South Africa


• Mathew Pauley - St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, TN


• Heather Placek - Christian Freedom Foundation, Baltimore, MD


• Rorry Kinnally - Frente Civico, Cuernavaca, Mexico


• Josephine Petty - Waukesha County Office of the State Public Defender's


• Lisette Khalil- Milwaukee Task Force on Family Violence