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Public Service Venture Fund

PSVF Fellow: MacKennan Graziano (J.D. '17)

MacKennan Graziano has been awarded a PSVF Fellowship to work at the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) in Johannesburg, South Africa. SALC is a regional human rights organization that uses strategic litigation to advance human rights and the rule of law throughout Southern Africa.

PSVF Fellow: Ariel Giumarelli (J.D. '17)

Ariel has been awarded a PSVF fellowship to work with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Permanent Delegation to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium. Ariel will provide legal, advocacy and policy research to FIDH’s Permanent Representative to the EU regarding two main initiatives: implementing human rights, workers rights and land rights protections into the EU-Myanmar Bilateral Investment Treaty, and analyzing methods to challenge and appeal decisions regarding the EU-Turkey Deal to the European Court of Justice.

PSVF Fellow: Laura Gault (J.D. '17)

As a Sumner M. Redstone Fellow, Laura Gault will work to advance the Refugee Protection efforts of Human Rights First. She will provide legal analysis of current statutes and proposed legislation affecting refugees in the United States, support the development of amicus briefs and other strategic litigation efforts, and represent Human Rights First in external engagements in Washington, DC.

PSVF Fellow: Roni Druks (J.D. '17)

Roni Druks is a Public Service Venture Fund fellow who has devoted her legal academic career to the study of international human rights law. Prior to coming to law school, Roni worked as a data coordinator for the New York Legal Assistance Group’s Storm Response Unit where she helped write reports and FEMA appeals for individuals impacted by Hurricane Sandy.

PSVF Fellow: Rebecca Donaldson (J.D. '16)

Rebecca will use her fellowship to work in her hometown of Milwaukee and partner with Legal Action of Wisconsin where she will help lead a pilot project focused on aiding victims of violent sexual crimes. Oftentimes, victims are required by law to provide their mental health records which, if given, can be used to discredit them.

PSVF Fellow: Sara Dewey (J.D. '17)

Sara Dewey will be a legal fellow with the Conservation Law Foundation’s Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice program in Boston. While at Harvard Law School, Sara served as the Environmental Law Program Fellow and as a student attorney in the Environmental Law and Policy Clinic.

PSVF Fellow: Julia Cortez Cruz (LL.M. '17)

Julia has been awarded a fellowship to work at Conectas, an international human rights organization based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She will work on projects related to development policy and human rights, as well as Business and Human Rights.

PSVF Fellow: Naomi Campbell (J.D. '17)

Naomi Campbell will be joining the Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM) in Mexico City on a Public Service Venture Fund Fellowship and a Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship.

PSVF Fellow: Roi Bachmutsky (J.D. '17)

Roi will spend the coming year working on issues of international criminal justice in the Situation Analysis Section of the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) as well as the Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA).

PSVF Fellow: Mana Azarmi (J.D. '17)

Mana has been awarded a Public Service Venture Fund Fellowship to work as a staff attorney at the Center for Democracy and Technology. There she will focus on the impact surveillance and privacy policies and practices have on minority communities, particularly immigrants.

PSVF Fellow: Juliana Avila (LL.M. '17)

Juliana has been awarded a Kaufman fellowship to work at the International Women’s Health Coalition, where she will help protect and promote women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights at the regional and global level.

PSVF Fellow: Sarah Abraham (J.D. '17)

Sarah Abraham has been awarded a PSVF to work with the International Justice Resource Center (IJRC) in San Francisco, CA. Sarah completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied Political Science and International Relations.

PSVF Fellow: Rena Karefa Johnson (J.D. '16)

Rena has been awarded a 2016 PSVF Fellowship and the Edith Fine Fellowship to work as a staff attorney at Youth Represent, providing civil and criminal representation to New York youth ensnared by the criminal justice system to ensure that they reclaim lives of dignity, self-fulfillment, and civic engagement.

PSVF Fellow: Mihal Ansik (J.D. '16)

Working with A New Way of Life Reentry Project, with the support of the Public Service Venture Fund and the Berkeley Law Foundation, Mihal Ansik provides legal assistance to families impacted by incarceration and criminalization who are navigating the dependency court process.

PSVF Fellow: Daniel Carpenter-Gold (J.D. '16)

Daniel Carpenter-Gold is grateful for the support of the Maria, Gabriella & Robert A. Skirnick Fellowship in a position with New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, where he will provide rights training and legal support to help protect low-income tenants with asthma from the health risks of poorly maintained housing.

PSVF Fellow: Ryan Cortazar (J.D. '16)

Ryan has been awarded the Sumner M. Redstone Fellowship in Public Service to work with the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, where he will work on impact litigation involving antidiscrimination and constitutional claims.

PSVF Fellow: Mira Chernick (J.D. '16)

Mira Chernick has been awarded the Sumner M. Redstone Fellowship in Public Service the Center to work for Justice and Accountability in San Francisco, California, working with victims of torture and other human rights violations to bring claims in federal court under the Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victim Protection Act.

PSVF Fellow: Keaton Allen-Gessesse (J.D. '16)

Keaton Allen-Gessesse has been awarded a PSVF fellowship to join the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she focuses on three main areas: the right to adequate housing, access to basic services, and the expansion and protection of political space for dissenters.

PSVF Fellow: Anna Joseph (J.D. '16)

Anna Joseph has been awarded a PSVF and Frederick Sheldon Fellowship to work at the Center for Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia) in Bogotá, Colombia, where she focuses on gender justice-related research and litigation concerning LGBTQ rights, women's rights, and reproductive rights.

PSVF Fellow: Anna Jouravleva (J.D. '16)

Anna was awarded the Sumner M. Redstone Fellowship in Public Service to work in the housing and homelessness unit of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute.

Joseph Michalakes (J.D. '16)

Joey Michalakes was awarded the David A. Grossman Fellowship for Social Justice to work in the housing and employment units of Greater Boston Legal Services, where he will work in tandem with other staff attorneys as well as community organizations to develop strategies for combating displacement in gentrifying neighborhoods in Greater Boston, both through direct representation in eviction defense and affirmative employment litigation and community legal education.

PSVF Fellow: Fabiana Pardi Otamendi (LL.M. '16)

Fabiana Pardi Otamendi is a Venezuelan lawyer committed to the protection and promotion of human rights. Fabiana’s motivation to become a human rights lawyer has been driven by the human rights crisis in her home country.

PSVF Fellow: Brittany Reid (J.D. '16)

Brittany Reid has been awarded a PSVF fellowship to work with Reprieve in London where she will work on death penalty cases both in the United States and elsewhere.

PSVF Fellow: Elizabeth Anne Reese, Yunpoví (J.D. '16)

Liz joined the litigation team of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund in their Washington, D.C. office, where she fights for racial justice by litigating a variety of cases across the country in each of LDF's core practice areas: Criminal Justice, Economic Justice, Education, and Political Participation.

PSVF Fellow: Renuka Rege (J.D. '16)

During law school, Renuka worked at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund on litigation challenging state education systems. She also interned at the Education Law Center, where she worked on a range of education matters.

PSVF Fellow: Alexandra Santa Ana (J.D. '16)

Alexandra Santa Ana has been awarded a Dennis '83, Susan, William '08 and Thomas '12 Langer Public Service Fellowship to work with the National Center for Youth Law in Oakland, California, where she will help to ensure access to education for low-income children and children of color.

Angel Gabriel Cabrera Silva (LL.M. '16)

Passionate about promoting democracy in Latin-America, Angel focused academically on the impact of human rights litigation within the region.

PSVF Fellow: Zachary Shapiro (J.D. '16)

Zachary Shapiro has been awarded a fellowship to serve at The Hastings Center for Bioethics in Garrison, New York, where he contributes a legal orientation to ongoing projects at the intersection of law, bioethics, and the public good.

PSVF Fellow: Jitka Vrtelova (LL.M. '16)

Jitka is a Czech national with a degree in Law and International Politics from Aberystwyth University, UK. She has been awarded a Kaufman Fellowship to work at Legal Action Worldwide.

PSVF Fellow: Jillian Wagman (J.D. '16)

Jillian's work in the legal clinic of the Instituto para las Mujeres en la Migración (Institute for Migrant Women), an organization that works to protect the rights of migrant women and children in Mexico City, focuses on transnational family reunification, detention conditions, and trafficking cases.

PSVF Fellow: Christina Zuba (J.D. '16)

Christina's work at the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation focused on representing survivors of sexual assault and reaching clients in low-income areas of the city.

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