Since 1993, Reginald F. Lewis Fellows have gone on to amazing careers in the legal academy. Among the alumni and alumnae of the program are tenured professors at the top law schools in the United States. The following table provides detailed information about the current work of former fellows.
There is no 2025-2026 Reginald F. Lewis Fellow
Previous Lewis Fellows:
LEWIS FELLOW | FELLOWSHIP YEAR(S) | CURRENT POSITION |
Saúl Ramírez | 2024-2025 | Climenko Fellow Harvard Law School |
Hassaan Shahawy | 2023-2024 | Law Clerk to Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr. United States Supreme Court |
Idriss Paul-Armand Fofana | 2022-2023 | Assistant Professor of Law Harvard Law School |
Chika Okafor | 2021-2022 | Academic Fellow in Law and Political Economy Harvard Law School |
Zahra Takhshid | 2019-2021 | Assistant Professor of Law University of Denver Sturm College of Law |
No Fellow | 2018-2019 | |
Nikolas Bowie | 2017-2018 | Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law Harvard Law School |
Duane Rudolph | 2015-2017 | Associate Professor of Law University of San Francisco School of Law |
No Fellow | 2014-2015 | |
K. Sabeel Rahman | 2012-2014 | Professor of Law Cornell Law School |
No Fellow | 2011-2012 | |
No Fellow | 2010-2011 | |
Abbye J. Atkinson | 2009-2010 | Professor of Law UC Berkeley School of Law |
Vincent Chiao | 2008-2010 | Professor and Associate Dean, Graduate Programs University of Toronto, Faculty of Law |
Eleanor Marie Brown | 2007-2009 | Affiliate Professor of Rock Ethics Penn State Law |
Hilary C. Robinson | 2006-2007 | Associate Professor of Law and Sociology Northeastern University School of Law |
Angela M. Banks | 2004-2006 | Charles J. Merriam Distinguished Professor of Law Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law |
Timothy William Waters | 2003-2004 | Richard S. Melvin Professor of Law Indiana University Maurer School of Law |
Gavin Clarkson | 2002-2003 | Owner/Managing Director Native American Capital |
Cristina M. Rodríguez | 2001-2002 | Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Yale Law School |
Laura Nyantung Beny | 2000-2001 | Earl Warren DeLano Professor of Law University of Michigan Law School |
Stephen M. Rich | 2000-2001 | Maurice Jones, Jr. – Class of 1925 Professor of Law University of Southern California School of Law |
Kenneth W. Mack | 1999-2000 | Lawrence D. Biele Professor of Law Harvard Law School |
Lino Mendiola, III | 1998-1999 | Partner, Co-Head of Global Energy Eversheds-Sutherland, LLP |
Marc Spindelman | 1997-1998 | Isadore and Ida Topper Professor of Law Ohio State University Moritz College of Law |
Ralph Richard Banks | 1996-1997 | Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law Stanford Law School |
Alexa J. Smith | 1995-1996 | Director of Major Gifts NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. |
Sydney Patel | 1994-1995 | |
Richard Thompson Ford (Inaugural Lewis Fellow) | 1993-1994 | George E. Osborn Professor of Law Stanford Law School |