The Kinoy-Stavis Fellowship Program

In 1992-1993, Rutgers School of Law–Newark began offering fellowships in the name of one of its most nationally prominent and treasured faculty members, the late Professor Arthur Kinoy. In 2000, the program was expanded in honor of the late Morton Stavis, a co-founder with Professor Kinoy of the Center for Constitutional Rights and one of the nation’s preeminent civil rights lawyers and former adjunct professor at the law school.

Three Kinoy-Stavis Fellowships are awarded each spring semester to applicants from the first-year class who demonstrate commitment to public service and who are planning public interest careers. The Fellows normally serve until graduation. Fellows receive a stipend, are guaranteed enrollment in the Constitutional Litigation Clinic during their second year in law school plus the opportunity for a summer internship with the Center for Constitutional Rights at the end of the second year, and receive travel expenses to at least one public interest law student conference. Fellows serve on the law school’s Public Interest Committee, organize the annual First Monday program, promote public interest activities throughout the year, and meet regularly with faculty advisers and invited guests from the field of public interest law to discuss aspects of public interest practice and career opportunities.

Current Kinoy-Stavis Fellows:
Nicole Johnson ’12
Awinna Martinez ’12
Erin Phalon ’12
Jorge Sanchez ’12
Khari Edwards ’13
Diego Ineguez-Lopez ’13
Henal Patel ’13

Class of 2014 Kinoy-Stavis Fellows
Gwyneth O’Neill
Michael Woodruff
Ian Liberty
Christine Mancuso 

For further information, contact Jessica Kitson, Co-Director of the Eric R. Neisser Public Interest Program, or Professor Frank Askin.


The Marsha Wenk Fellowship in Public Interest Law

Created in memory of Marsha Wenk, a 1987 graduate of the law school who dedicated her legal career to public service and who died in 1996, the Wenk fellowship program seeks to support students interested in developing a career in public interest law, and to foster a cadre of law students involved in public interest activities during law school.

Two fellowships are awarded each year. Fellows receive a stipend and intern part-time at the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey during one semester. The Fellows serve on the law school’s Public Interest Committee and work with the Kinoy Fellows to help develop and participate in public interest activities at the law school.

For further information, contact Neisser Program Co-Director Jessica Kitson or Senior Associate Dean Frances Bouchoux.

Current Marsha Wenk Fellows:
Ione Curva ’12
Timothy D’Arduini ’12
Samantha Mendenhall ’12
Iris Bromberg ’13
Ihsaan Muhammad ’13
Olivia Quinto-Reyes ’13

Class of 2014 Marsha Wenk Fellows
Cynthia Vuong
Jeffrey Hinkeldey
Victor Montterrosa 

The Immigrant Rights Fellowship

We are pleased to announce the addition of the Immigrant Rights Fellowship. One Immigrant Rights Fellowship will be awarded each spring semester to an applicant from the first-year class who demonstrates a commitment to public service in the field of immigration law or immigrant rights and who is planning a public interest career in immigration or immigrant rights. The Fellow will serve until graduation. The Immigrant Rights Fellow is guaranteed enrollment in the Immigrant Rights Clinic (IRC) during the second year in law school (and as a repeating IRC student thereafter) and a paid, part-time internship with the IRC during the summer between the second and third years. The Fellow will also receive assistance with placement at an immigrant rights organization for another part-time internship that same summer. The Immigrant Rights Fellow will serve on the law school's Public Interest Committee, and will organize immigration or immigrant rights related symposia or other events at the law school.

Class of 2014 Immigrant Rights Fellow
Stephanie Robins

For further information, contact Professor Anju Gupta, Director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic.