Chayes International Public Service Fellows become part of a global network of individuals engaged with organizations around the world. Among other benefits, they are invited to attend small-group “career conversations” with Chayes Fellowship alumni who are engaged with international, comparative or foreign law and can provide insights and guidance to current students.
The positions held by our speakers, as noted below, are current as of June 2024.
Recent Participants
Lisa Dicker ’17
Chayes Fellow, Zhicheng Public Interest Lawyers, China (2015)
Lisa is a lecturer on law and clinical instructor with the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program. Before undertaking this role at HLS, she was counsel at the Public International Law & Policy Group, a global pro bono law firm, where she advised parties, practitioners, and governments in the Middle East and Africa on peace negotiations, conflict prevention, transitional justice, and post-conflict democratic transitions.
Sarah Dorman ’18
Chayes Fellow, Dejusticia, Colombia (2016)
Sarah spoke with Chayes Fellows about her work as a staff attorney with the People, Land & Resources Program at the Center for International Environmental Law. She is currently a supervising attorney and clinical teaching fellow at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Hayley Evans ‘19
Chayes Fellow, Rights Watch (UK), United Kingdom (2017)
Hayley is an international lawyer and legal researcher. She currently works as a research fellow at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law in Heidelburg, Germany , where she has provided technical legal assistance to Afghan, Tajik, and Uzbek parties. Earlier, as an ASIL Helton and Harvard Law School PSVF Fellow, she returned to her Chayes placement organization, now known as Rights and Security International, to address issues at the intersection of human rights and national security.
Regina Fitzpatrick ’08
Chayes Fellow, International Rescue Committee, Sudan (2006) and United Nations Panel of Experts on Sudan, Ethiopia (2007)
Regina is a Protection of Civilians Team Leader in the United Nations Department of Peace Operations. She has also worked on UN human rights investigations into violations of international law in the conflict in Yemen and on human rights teams in field offices of UN missions in Afghanistan and South Sudan.
Ha Ryong (Michael) Jung ’18
Chayes Fellow, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Thailand (2016) and Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (2017)
Michael spoke with Chayes Fellows about his work as a legal officer at Legal Aid of Cambodia and as a technical advisor at the Child Rights Coalition, focusing on children’s rights and child protection. He currently serves as an associate human rights officer at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
Jonathan Kaufman ’06
Chayes Fellow, Sand County Foundation Community Based Conservation Network, Tanzania (2004)
Jonathan is the founder and executive director of Advocates for Community Alternatives, a human rights organization in West Africa that provides legal and development assistance to communities threatened by extractives-led development. Earlier, he was a legal advocacy coordinator at EarthRights International, where he worked with civil society leaders and communities to promote accountability for corporate complicity in human rights abuses and environmental devastation.
Tor Krever ’12
Chayes Fellow, Development and Peace Project, Colombia (2009) and Special Court for Sierra Leone, The Netherlands (2010)
Tor is a University Assistant Professor in International Law at the University of Cambridge, where he undertook the law school’s J.D./LL.M. Joint Degree Program when he was at HLS. He has also taught at the University of Warwick, also in the UK.
Daniel Levine-Spound ’19
Chayes Fellow, Regroupement des Acteurs Ivoiriens des Droits de l’Homme, Côte d’Ivoire (2017)
Daniel is a clinical teaching fellow with the HLS International Human Rights Clinic and a supervising attorney with HLS Advocates for Human Rights. He has also been a fellow at the law school’s Program on International Law and Armed Conflict and a peacekeeping researcher at the Center for Civilians in Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Alexis Loeb ’07
Chayes Fellow, National Prosecuting Authority, South Africa (2005)
Alexis is an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, where her work has included investigating corrupt foreign officials, seizing stolen money laundered through the United States, conducting international price-fixing investigations, and prosecuting cases ranging from illegal gun possession to fraud.
Rachel Mazzarella ’15
Chayes Fellow, Human Rights Law Network, India (2013)
Rachel is an associate trial lawyer at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Her experience also includes serving as a national security law fellow at Georgetown University and a foreign law clerk at the Supreme Court of Israel.
Ryan McCarthy ’08
Chayes Fellow, Open Democracy Advice Centre, South Africa (2006) and The World Bank, New York and Washington, D.C. (2007)
Ryan is senior counsel and deputy executive secretary to the Sanctions Board at The World Bank. His decade of experience at the World Bank includes a secondment to its Institutional Administration Unit, where he represented the institution in litigation matters and served as a primary advisor on sanctions policy, and serving as a counsellor in its Office of the Special Representative to the United Nations.
Natalie McCauley ’19
Chayes Fellow, International IDEA, Tunisia (2017)
Natalie is an advisor to the European Union Delegation to the United Nations, where she represents the EU in negotiations relating to international humanitarian law. Her experience includes working as a legal attaché with the International Committee of the Red Cross Delegation to the United Nations and as a law fellow at the Public International Law & Policy Group in Jordan.
Ory Okolloh ’05
Chayes Fellow, World Bank, Washington, D.C. (2003)
Natalie is an advisor to the European Union Delegation to the United Nations, where she represents the EU in negotiations relating to international humanitarian law. Her experience includes working as a legal attaché with the International Committee of the Red Cross Delegation to the United Nations and as a law fellow at the Public International Law & Policy Group in Jordan.
Peter Stavros ’16
Chayes Fellow, International Criminal Court, The Netherlands (2014)
Peter spoke with Chayes Fellows about his work in managing the Anticorruption Policy Lab at Transparency International and at a legal aid program helping refugees navigate global resettlement and family resettlement issues at the International Refugee Assistance Project in Amman, Jordan. He is currently an attorney-advisor in the Office of the Legal Advisor at the U.S. Department of State and an assistant staff judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
Michelle Viegas ’05
Chayes Fellow, Project ATLATL, Mexico (2003)
Michelle spoke with Chayes Fellows about her work at the Inter-American Development Bank, where she managed strategic partnerships with foundations, corporations, nonprofit organizations, financial institutions, universities, and governments and advised the bank’s management on institutional and finance matters. She has also served as the director of programs and strategic outreach at Educando by Worldfund, a U.S.-based organization that invests in education in Latin America. Michelle is currently associate general counsel at III Capital Management.
Nicolette Boehland Waldman ’13
Chayes Fellow, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (2011)
Nicolette is an international lawyer and investigator specializing in human rights and international humanitarian law. She serves as a senior crisis advisor with Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Program. Earlier, she was a researcher on Syria and Iraq for Amnesty International, and a Satter Fellow with the Center for Civilians in Conflict, where she led a study on civilian involvement in war.
Sarah Wheaton ’14
Chayes Fellow, Resettlement Legal Aid Project, Egypt (2012)
Sarah is a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. Department of State, currently serving in Germany. Her first posting was in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, where she adjudicated immigrant visa applications and oversaw communications with Congress, attorneys, and interagency partners. After graduating from HLS, Sarah continued her involvement with St. Andrew’s, first as a legal fellow and then by co-founding Refugees Thrive International, a U.S.-based NGO supporting its work with refugees in Egypt.