Fellowships

 
Carbonell Fellowship in Law and Policy

The Carbonell Fellowship in Law and Policy was created in 2003 through the generosity of Vincent Carbonell '00. The Carbonell Fellowship program honors Vincent's father, Ricardo Carbonell, a long-time trade-union activist, and local and national leader of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, UFCW, AFL-CIO.

The Carbonell Fellowships reward outstanding students for their commitment to social justice and give them an opportunity to contribute to their field of interest. Carbonell Fellows play a central role in managing and shaping the Center, help manage the Center’s relationship with alumni and other leaders in social justice law, organize events, and work closely with the Center’s faculty and staff, including Director Richard Marsico.

Carbonell Fellows receive a stipend to support their fellowships in addition to an hourly rate of pay.

Current Carbonell Fellows, 2011-2012

Aisha Elston-Wesley
Aisha Elston-Wesley graduated from California State University, Fullerton, in 2007, where she majored in political science and philosophy with a concentration in social, moral, and legal philosophy. Immediately following commencement, Aisha moved to New York. Prior to law school, she was a paralegal at Binder & Binder which specializes in social security disability. Aisha is interested in international human rights, immigration, and refugee and asylum law. She spent the summer of 2011 studying international human rights law in San Jose, Costa Rica, where she also interned with the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees. She has an advanced proficiency in Spanish, and plans to learn Arabic and French within the next few years.

Cortney Nadolney
Cortney Nadolney came to New York Law School after growing up in Holliston, Massachusetts and attending the University of Connecticut. Prior to law school, Cortney interned with the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch, where she worked with the Child Support Enforcement Office. Last summer, Cortney interned with Community Legal Aid where she worked with clients in the employment and benefits unit.

Eberle Schultz Bassani
Eberle Schultz Bassani graduated from Wells College in 2004, where she majored in biochemistry and molecular biology, and minored in religion. She received a Master of Pubic Health degree in public health management in 2006 from George Washington University. In 2006, she moved to New York City, where she worked at Associated Medical Schools of New York as the Director of Programs and Grants until starting law school in 2010. Eberle is a member of the New York Law School Law Review and a teaching assistant for contracts.

Past Carbonell Fellows

Aimee Arrambide 2010–2011
Alexis Riley 2010–2011

Courtney N. Patterson 2009–2010
Felicia A. Reid 2009–2010

Eric C. Henry 2008–2009
Jillian L. Hunt 2008–2009

Frank Lanza 2007–2008

Jackie Rovine 2006–2007
Arika E. Sánchez 2006–2007

Jennifer Amore 2005–2006
Patrick Campbell 2005–2006

Abbey Gruber 2004–2005
Rebecca Rossel 2004–2005

 

David and Ida Rapoport Justice Action Center Fellowship

Daniel Rapoport's generous gift in the spring of 2001 led to the creation and endowment of the David and Ida Rapoport Justice Action Center Fellowship. Since that time, the fellowship has allowed numerous Justice Action Center students to work on Center projects in an array of social justice legal fields.

Current Rapoport Fellow, 2011-2012

Petal Hwang
Petal Maharaj Hwang was born in Trinidad. After graduating from the University of the West Indies, she started work as a sub-editor for The Guardian and became a high school English teacher. After a brief return to journalism, she moved to the United States and interned at The New Press where she imagined a future for herself in the legal profession. She is now in her second year at New York Law School where serves as campus advocate and vice-president of the Labor & Employment Society. Her internship at the New York Police Department exposed her to the world of public service through law. 

Past Rapoport Fellows

Victor Suthammanont 2004
Michael Fahy 2001

Graduate Fellowship

The Justice Action Center Graduate Fellowship is a one-year position that rewards a recent Law School graduate who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to social justice lawyering. The Graduate Fellow acts as liaison between the Center and current Law School students, Center alumni, and the larger legal community. The position offers a recent graduate the opportunity to develop legal and administrative skills while learning about and making contacts with legal advocacy groups throughout the New York City area. The Graduate Fellow is also encouraged to develop new projects for the Center consistent with the Fellow's professional interests.

Current Graduate Fellow, 2011-2012

Courtney Patterson
Courtney is a 2011 graduate of New York Law School. In her second year as a law student, Courtney served as a Carbonell Fellow, where she helped to streamline JAC’s communication efforts by introducing This Week in JAC, the weekly online newsletter that informs the Law School community of social justice events and opportunities. Courtney dedicated her law school career to advocacy for women’s rights, serving as an intern for the US Legal Program at the Center for Reproductive Rights, and as the founding president of New York Law School’s chapter of Law Students for Reproductive Justice. Additionally, Courtney was a driving force behind a specialized course in reproductive rights being offered at the Law School this fall. In her role as Graduate Fellow, Courtney aims to expand the Center’s presence by increasing opportunities for students to participate in volunteer programs where they can not only gain practical lawyering skills, but also develop better connections with the legal community. Courtney also plans on working with recent JAC graduates to develop an alumni mentor program that will serve as both an avenue to re-engage former students and an opportunity for current students to connect with recent graduates in their fields of interest.

Past Graduate Fellows

Eric Henry, '10
Veronica Frösén, '09
Zarina Syed, '09
Arika Sánchez, '08