13 Students Earn Summer Public Interest Fellowships

Every year, the law school supports students in paid summer public-interest fellowships. These fellowships provide critical work experience at nonprofit and government organizations

Students learn of the fellowship positions through UB Students for Public Interest (UBSPI), a student group that promotes working in public interest law and connects students with opportunities. Typically, UBSPI holds a winter auction to raise funds for the fellowships, but the coronavirus pandemic made this impossible.

Congratulations to these 13 fellowship recipients.

Ouranitsa Abbas
rising 2L, Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Baltimore City

Amelia Bradshaw 
rising 2L, St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center

Amanda Daly
rising 2L, State’s Attorney Office of Baltimore City

Alexandria Hodge
rising 2L, Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Department of Education

Marie Jensine Marcelino
rising 3L, CASA de Maryland

Kyle Kirwan
rising 2L, Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Baltimore City

Vidhi Kumar
rising 2L, Community Legal Services of Prince George’s County

Devita Mohandeo
rising 2L, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Services

Megan Nally
rising 2L, Senior Legal Services

Kaitlin O’Dowd
rising 2L, Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Baltimore Juvenile Division

Braden Stinar
rising 2L, Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Baltimore City

Ernesto Villaseñor Jr.
rising 2L, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County

Faith Zellman
rising 2L, State’s Attorney’s Office of Baltimore City