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:
Elizabeth Houston ’10
Madelon Gauthier ’10
Michael Pignatiello ’10
Ana Christa Boksay ’11
Yael Bromberg ’11
Kelly Levy ’11
Gillian Menza ’11 

Applications for the Kinoy-Stavis Fellowships are available in early February and are due just before Spring Break (in mid-March). 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.

Applications for the Wenk Fellowships are available in early February and are due just before Spring Break (in mid-March). For further information, contact Neisser Program Co-Director Jessica Kitson or Associate Dean Frances Bouchoux.

Current Wenk Fellows:
Alex Lewis ’10
Aarin Williams ’10
Adam Axel ’11
Sarah Garvey-Potvin ’11