Grant and Fellowship Recipients
Irmas Fellow
2008 - Lindsay Toczylowski, Asylum Access
2007- Martin Gauto, Catholic Legal Immigration Network
2007- Marissa Gonda, Cabrini Green Legal Services
2006 - Emily Austin, California Women's Law Center
(is now the Policy Advocacy Coordinator at Peace Over Violence – a non-profit focused on the prevention of violence against women, children and youth)
2006 - Eric Schultheis, Legal Services of Northern California
(He continues to work as a lawyer at LSNC)
2005 - Shannon Seibert, Equal Justice Society
2004 - Matthew Strugar, Center for Constitutional Rights
(continues to work as a lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights)
2003 - Maria Hall, Communities for a Better Environment
2002 - Nausheen Hassan, California Women's Law Center
(after her fellowship, she served as legal counsel to "I Can't We Can" substance abuse program and halfway house; she is now a staff attorney at O'Melveny & Myers in Wash. D.C.)
2002 - Connie Huang, Public Counsel Law Center
(currently serves as a lawyer at Protection & Advocacy in Los Angeles; prior to that she served as a staff attorney at Bet Tzedek)
2001 - Bernardo Merino, Immigrant Legal Resource Center
(Now practices immigration law)
1999 - Hyanne Park, Public Law Center
(stayed on as a staff lawyer at Public Law Center for some time; moved to Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles until 2004)
1998 - Karala Jenkins-Turner, Protection & Advocacy Inc.
(past positions have included the Office of Clients Rights, Protection & Advocacy, Non-profit California Lawyers for the Arts)
1997 - Derek Haskew, DNA-People's Legal Services Inc.
(became managing attorney of DNA-People's Legal Services and then transitioned to Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group, working as a public interest energy attorney; he now serves as a solicitor in Buckingham, United Kingdom)
1996 - Darcy Griffin Bondurant, United Farm Workers of America
(remained in public service and worked for the CA Dept. of Fair Housing and Employment)
1995 - Jennifer Summerville, Legal Corp. of Los Angeles
(served consistently as a legal aid lawyer in Los Angeles and is now a legal aid lawyer at Northwest Justice Project in Olympia, WA)
1994 - Veronica Hahni, AIDS Service Center of Pasadena
(spent the first seven years after graduation at AIDS Service Center/HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance (HALSA); she is now the program manager of neighborhood improvement projects for the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative)
1993 - John T. Carlson, Navajo Nation Department of Justice
(is an appellate lawyer at the Federal Public Defender in Denver. His past experience includes practicing criminal defense and employment law, work as a legal services lawyer on the Navajo reservation, and a stint as a staff attorney at the Tenth Circuit)
1992 - Laura Fry, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
(served as a legal services lawyer in a few legal services organizations; for the last several years has practiced family law at LAFLA)
1991 - Terri Villa-McDowell, Legal Aid Foundation of Long Beach
(remained with Legal Aid for a number of years, served as associate director of LA Co. Human Relations Commission and is now with ABC Unified School District headquartered in Cerritos)
