Public Interest Fellowship Program

The Walter A. Lucas Public Interest Fellowship Program (PIFP) at 奶糖直播 Law has provided financial support to students who commit their summers to public service legal work for over 25 years. Every year, 奶糖直播 students are inspired to share their talents and give back to their community through public service legal work. However, due to the financial restraints many public interest organizations face, students work in unpaid positions. From these circumstances, PIFP was born. PIFP, an entirely student-run organization, works tirelessly to provide summer fellowships to 奶糖直播 Law students, who, in turn, dedicate themselves to providing legal services to those who need it most. At PIFP, our fellows know the value of public interest law, and we are devoted to providing opportunities for students to experience meaningful, fulfilling work without fear of summer finances.

Since its founding in 1998, PIFP has raised over $1,000,000, supporting over 250 fellows with awards. The impact of PIFP has been felt worldwide, with 奶糖直播 students using their fellowships in over 130 organizations located across nineteen districts, fourteen states and five countries.听

Support PIFP

If you would like to support PIFP鈥檚 mission of providing meaningful opportunities for 奶糖直播 Law students to work alongside public interest organizations and deliver impactful legal aid to those who need it most, please consider making a tax-exempt monetary contribution.

Please consider sponsoring a fellow for

an hour ($15)
a day ($120)
a week ($600)
a month ($2,400)
an entire summer ($6,000)

If you have any questions about PIFP, public interest law or getting involved with the organization, please听contact us.

PIFP would like to take a moment to thank all of our community partners and donors who generously contributed to this year鈥檚 auction! Please visit our partners鈥� websites below for more information!

Bliss Nail and Spa
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Anne Cook
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Professor Lori Corso
Professor David Caudill
Professor Michelle Dempsey
Bo Connell
Dean Michael Risch
Professor MarySheila McDonald
Professor Amy Emerson
Professor Mary DeFusco
Veronica Sansone
Professor Steven Chanenson
Professor Chaim Saiman
Professor Lee Rosengard
Professor Thomas Bennett
Janine Dunlap-Kiah
Pat Lavin
Caity Rogowski
The Rafter Family
Victoria Alexitch
Professor Ann Juliano
Professor Doris Brogan
奶糖直播 Law Library
Professor Itay Ravid
Corporate Law Society
Edward Stephen
Professor Emily Stolzenberg
Alicia Broderick
Professor Amy Spare
奶糖直播 Law Office of Development and Alumni Relations
奶糖直播 Law Student Bar Association
Professor Matthew McGovern
Dean Mark Alexander
Professor Andrew Brandt
Professor Candance Centeno
Professor Amy Emerson
Professor Mary Ann Robinson
Riley Crouthamel
Rachael Robles
Shea Rhodes & Paul Duca
奶糖直播 Law Clinic Faculty
Lauren Walsh
Nic Johnson
Casey Brogan
Jillian Updegraff
Anthony Ryback
Sofia Deihl
奶糖直播 Entertainment & Media Law Society
Kevin Sheppard
Eddie Reilingh
Joe Capone
Conor Mach
Joe Torres
奶糖直播 Law Review
奶糖直播 Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA)
Professor Daniel Friedman
Sharon Buckingham
奶糖直播 Jewish Law Students Association
奶糖直播 Federalist Society
奶糖直播 Criminal Law Society
Caela Russel
奶糖直播 Law Office of Development and Alumni Relations
奶糖直播 Immigration Law Society
奶糖直播 Entrepreneurship Society
奶糖直播 OUTLaw
奶糖直播 Justinian Society
奶糖直播 Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
奶糖直播 Street Law
奶糖直播 Law Women鈥檚 Network
奶糖直播 Military and Veterans Law Society
奶糖直播 Sports Law Society
奶糖直播 Tax Law Society
奶糖直播 Students Against Sexual Violence
奶糖直播 Anti-Poverty Society
奶糖直播 If/When/How
奶糖直播 Health Law Society
奶糖直播 Student Mental Health Society
奶糖直播 National Trial Team
奶糖直播 Environmental Law Journal
奶糖直播 First Generation Lawyers Group
奶糖直播 Asian and Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)
Emily Dodds
奶糖直播 Women鈥檚 Law Caucus (WLC)
奶糖直播 Fashion Law Society
奶糖直播 Pro Bono Society
奶糖直播 International Law Society
奶糖直播 Intellectual Property Society
奶糖直播 Moot Court Board
奶糖直播 Muslim Law Students Association
奶糖直播 Art Law Society
奶糖直播 Middle Eastern Law Students Association

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2024鈥�25 Executive Board

Co-directors:听Riley Crouthamel '25听&听Emily Dodds '25

Vice Director:听Dave Goulden-Naitove '25

Auction Coordinators:听Caroline Nelson '25 & Lauren Walsh '25

Solicitation Coordinators: Caitlin McElwee '26 & Gavin Tamer '26

Volunteer Coordinator: Alysse Danyi '26

Fellowship Coordinator:

Secretary & Graphics Coordinator: Sydney Ryan '26

Treasurer: Allison Gherovici '25

Grants & Endowments Coordinator: Morgan Nash '26

Special Events Coordinator: Will Gale '26

Social Chair: Ryan Roe '25

Alumni Coordinator: Sadie Richardson '26

PIFP Committee: Maria Elisa Escobar '26; Colin Hopkins '26; Ry Stratton '26; Bryce Winterowd '26

Faculty Advisors:听Doris Brogran听&听

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PIFP Events

The highlight of PIFP鈥檚 fundraising efforts is its annual spring auction, which in recent years has featured 250 to 300 silent and live auction items donated by individuals and businesses throughout the Greater Philadelphia area. We hope you鈥檒l join us for this year鈥檚 auction on听March 23, 2024. Learn more about last year's Fellows,听 for this year's听Walter A. Lucas Public Interest Fellowship Program鈥檚听Annual Public Interest Auction.听!

If you have an item you would like to donate please complete the donation form in our听solicitation packet.

The Philadelphia Deans鈥� Cup is an annual charity basketball tournament designed to raise funds for the public interest organizations of participating local law schools.

The 2024 tournament featured Drexel Law, Penn Law, Temple Law and 奶糖直播 Law and was hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School at The Palestra on Friday, March 22. In game one, 奶糖直播 Law defeated Drexel Law in a thrilling overtime matchup. Despite a late-game comeback, Penn Law defeated 奶糖直播 Law in the finals.听

奶糖直播 won the inaugural Deans' Cup game in 2011 and took the cup again in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2019, when it hosted the competition.

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PIFP Fellows

2024

Alysse Danyi听鈥�26
Caitlin McElwee 鈥�26
Maria Elisa Escobar 鈥�26
Allison Gherovici 鈥�25
Colin Hopkins 鈥�26
Arielle Jackson 鈥�26
Morgan Nash 鈥�26
Fiona Powell鈥�25
Sadie Richardson 鈥�26
Ryan Roe 鈥�25
Rachael Smith 鈥�25
Gavin Tamer 鈥�26
David Tilli 鈥�25
Cady Tobin 鈥�26
Lauren Walsh 鈥�25

2023

Casey Brogan 鈥�24
Andrea Solis Canto 鈥�25
Riley Crouthamel 鈥�25
Sofia Deihl 鈥�24
Emily Dodds 鈥�25
David Goulden-Naitove 鈥�25
Alannah King 鈥�24
Rachel Robles 鈥�25
Caela Russell 鈥�25
Anthony Ryback 鈥�25
Veronica Sansone 鈥�24
Julia Sullivan 鈥�25
Brooke Tyler 鈥�24
Jillian Updegraff 鈥�25
Nic Johnson 鈥�25

2022

Anderson Amaya '24
Kimberly Baxter '23
Victoria Stabile Bouv茅 '24
Riley Cook '23, Hacker Fellow
Laurel Enaco '24, 奶糖直播 Law Faculty & Staff Fellow
Michaela Kelly '24
Conor Mach '24
Leigh McLinden '23
Jordyn Pace '24
Madelyn Phinney '23
Julia Raith '24, Penny Pether Fellow
Eddie Reilingh '23
Caity Rogowski '24
Briana Smalley '23
Julia Stribula '24, Krasno, Krasno & Onwudinjo Fellow
Sarah Urie '24
Sadie Walker '24

2021

Taylor Bourguignon '23
Alicia Broderick '23, Penny Pether Fellow
Melissa Durante '23, Krasno, Krasno & Onwudinjo Fellow
Annalise Hodges '22
Juliette Mogenson '23
Destynee Speaks '23
Rachel Wolfman '23, 奶糖直播 Law Faculty & Staff Fellow

奶糖直播 University Charles Widger School of Law
Public Interest Fellowship Program
299 North Spring Mill Road
奶糖直播, PA 19085

Phone: 610-519-6163

Email: pifp@law.villanova.edu

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