PILI Law Student Internships
The CBF has supported the Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) since PILI’s inception in 1977. The CBF’s grant to PILI supports PILI’s Law Student Internship Program. Each summer, PILI funds 400-hour internships for first and second-year law students from across the country to work at legal aid and public interest law organizations in the Chicago area. PILI also offers a limited number of 200-hour school-year internships for Chicago-area law students. Working under the supervision of a licensed attorney, PILI Interns provide low-income people with legal assistance and also may engage in advocacy, policy-based work or impact litigation on behalf of low-income people. PILI pays each intern a stipend.
The CBF’s grant covers stipends for three summer interns and two school-year interns to work at CBF-funded pro bono and legal aid organizations in the Chicago area, and also includes support for PILI’s administration of the Internship Program.
Recipients
2021
Joseph Crawford
CARPLS
2020
Maryam Emory
Legal Council for Health Justice
Kate Finch-Krantz
Center for Conflict Resolution
Alexandra O’Hehir
Chicago Legal Clinic
Angelys Torres
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
Lauryn Woodward
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
2019
Lauren Cherney
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services
Toni Coleman
The Shriver Center on Poverty Law
Ezra Lintner
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless—Law Project
Joel Mudd
Cabrini Green Legal Aid
Emma Smith
LAF
2018
Stef Duarte
Domestic Violence Legal Clinic
Alice McElroy
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
Natanya Pope-Sohel
Illinois Legal Aid Online
Carl Sessions
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing
Amanda Willing
Access Living
2017
Andrea Augustinas
Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services (CARPLS)
Kristin Erickson
Center for Conflict Resolution
James Naughton
Equip for Equality
Colin Pochie
LAF
Chloe Sommers
Chicago Legal Clinic
2016
Jessica A. Boone
Cabrini Green Legal Aid
Adrien Fernandez
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing
Loren Gutierrez
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services
Alyssa K. Phillips
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless – Law Project
Frank Pucci
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
2015
Justin Edge
The Law Project of Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Martha Laura Garcia Izaguirre
LAF
Guadalupe Perez
National Immigrant Justice Center
Andrew Sharp
CARPLS
Jenna Michelle Silver
Equip for Equality
2014
Patrick Etchingham
Chicago Legal Clinic
Kate Galbraith
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing
Lauren Schroeder
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Hannah Scruton
Equip for Equality
Ashley Verdano
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
2013
Emily Coffey
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing
Ariel Johnson
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
Seth Kennedy
Center for Conflict Resolution
Michael Wood
LAF
Nicholas Yannias
Access Living
2012
Nikki Ashmore
Equip for Equality
Vanessa Hooker
CARPLS
Mary Kennelly
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Brittni Rivera
Chicago Legal Clinic
To learn more about PILI’s Law Student Internship Program, including how to apply, please visit pili.org/internships.