Each year, LAAC offers the Dan Bradley Fellowship to fund law students who want to spend their summer working at a LAAC member legal aid organization up to $8000 (depending on other funding secured, part-time students are eligible for pro-rata awards). The Fellowship is awarded to outstanding students who want to pursue a career in public interest law and who want to spend their summer working on a rural issue or a racial justice issue.
The Dan Bradley Fellowship not only gives law students the opportunity to explore a career in legal services, it offers legal services programs a new source of dedicated and energetic summer staff. The Fellowships are named in honor of former LSC President Dan Bradley, who died in 1988.
Applying for the Dan Bradley Fellowship
Who can apply?
- Law students who will spend the summer interning at a LAAC member organization; AND
- who plan to work at:
- a rural organization
- an urban organization working on rural issues, OR
- any organization working on racial justice work
Applicants must also have a strong interest in a career in public interest law, working to defend and expand the legal rights of people who live in poverty. Students of color and students from low-income backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
How to apply
Applications for summer 2025 Fellows will open in January.
Questions? Contact Reann at RPacheco@LAACOnline.org.
Past Fellows
2024 Fellows
Shara Darden, Public Counsel
Taytem Mathis, AIDS Legal Referral Panel in San Francisco
Sue Han, Public Interest Law Project
Juliana Rosenfeld, Elder Law and Disability Rights Center
2023 Fellows
Humberto Castorena, Bay Area Legal Aid
Marco Tueros del Barco, Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Naydin Zepeda, Immigrant Defenders Law Center
2022 Fellows
Kamalpreet Chohan, East Bay Community Law Center
Ashely Kim, Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice
Abby Popenoe, California Indian Legal Services
Russell Theodore, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County
Elizabeth Rocha Zuñiga, California Rural Legal Assistance
2021 Fellows
Jaden Zwick, Public Advocates, Inc.
Vasmer Vang, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
2020 Fellows
Brit Nuckles, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
2019 Fellows
Jorge Lopez-Espindola, Legal Aid of Marin
Anthony Lee, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
2018 Fellows
Zoni Rockoff, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
2017 Fellows
Gabrielle Gee, Legal Aid of Marin
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2016 Fellow
Armando Valles, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
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2015 Fellows
Bianca Dueñas, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
Kaitlin Toyama, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
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2014 Fellow
Sylvia Tsai, Legal Services of Northern California
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2013 Fellows
Maria Tapia, Legal Aid of Napa Valley
Merced Barrera, California Rural Legal Assistance
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2012 Fellows
Angelica Salceda, California Rural Legal Assistance
Lucy Walker, California Indian Legal Services
Emily Zushi, California Indian Legal Services
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2011 Fellows
Kevin Carmichael, Legal Services of Northern California
Jacqueline Duran, Watsonville Law Center
2010 Fellows
Elizabeth Aakhus, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
Cristina Chávez, Inland Counties Legal Services
Maria Olaguez, Community Legal Services
2009 Fellows
Jocelyn Michelle Godinho, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
Liz Jackson, Public Advocates
Rebecca Rabovsky, Legal Services of Northern California
2008 Fellows
Annie Pan, Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Rigel Massaro, Public Advocates
Eve Epstein, Legal Services of Northern California
2007 Fellows
Elizabeth Alamillo, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Vardui Barsamyan, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles
Rebeca Canales, Children’s Law Center of Los Angeles
Elan Martínez, Legal Aid of Marin County
Alan Nolley, Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Steliana D. Schmidel, Immigrant Legal Resource Center
2006 Fellows
Kirushanthy Balachanthiran, Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
Caryn Crosthwait, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
Amanda Newell, California Rural Legal Assistance
Jennifer Phan, Public Counsel
Karma Quick, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
2005 Fellows
Brian O’Toole, Bay Area Legal Aid
Nicole Camarillo, California Rural Legal Assistance
Angelica Nohemi Quiñónez, Child Care Law Center
Katharine Ruhl, U.C. Davis Immigration Clinics
Lourdes Barrera, Los Angeles Center for Law & Justice
Yohandra Ugarte,Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law
2004 Fellows
Raja Jorjani, California Indian Legal Services
Francisco Moreno, CA Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
Vianey Ramirez, Neighborhood Legal Services of LA County
Jamie Kang Xiong, Central California Legal Services
2003 Fellows
Charesa Garrett, East Bay Community Law Center
Paul Swiller, Public Counsel
2002 Fellows
Audrey del Valle, Neighborhood Legal Services of LA County
Clarice Lin, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights.
2001 Fellow
Jennifer Reisch, Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center
2000 Fellow
Sonia Merida, Equal Rights Advocates
1999 Fellows
Amanda R. Touchton, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Jennifer Rotman, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
1998 Fellows
Thuy Thi Nguyen, National Health Law Project
1997 Fellow
Wendy Anderson, CA Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
1996 Fellow
Sara Chang, San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance
1995 Fellow
Jami Tillotson, Legal Services of Northern California
1994 Fellow
Caleb Rush, California Rural Legal Assistance
1993 Fellows
Cynthia Waddell, Legal Aid Society- Employment Law Ctr
Claudia Alvarez, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
1992 Fellows
Latonya Slack, National Health Law Program
Karla Stewart, California Women’s Law Center
1991 Fellows
Melinda Benninghoff, Solano Legal Assistance
Terry Truong, National Center for Youth Law
Guadalupe Zamorano-Reagin, Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law