
Summer Public Interest Fellows
“In a time of great uncertainty due to the ongoing pandemic, it was a relief to have the opportunity to engage in meaningful work through the HOPE Fellowship program...

Megyn Greider Weigand, J.D. ’08
When Florida native and former HOPE Fellow Megyn Greider Weigand, J.D. ’08, graduated from Miami Law, the economy plummeted into the Great Recession. Moving to New...

Jason Clark,3L
Growing up in Broward County as the son of two environmental scientists, 3L and HOPE Fellow Jason Clark always had a passion for the environment, whether fishing in South Florida’s...

Before she started law school, you could probably find 3L and HOPE Fellow Natalie Cavellier in the water. A former college swimmer at UC Santa Cruz (where she wrote a thesis on Marine Protected Areas), one of the first things she did when...

Nicole McLemore, J.D. '19
Miami Public Interest Scholar alumna Nicole McLemore, J.D. ‘19, was first exposed to bankruptcy prior to applying to law school, when she worked as a bankruptcy...

Gita Howard, 3L
“Pursue your passion even when it seems difficult” has been the approach that 3L HOPE Fellow Gitanjali (Gita) Howard has taken during her journey at Miami Law. She has been...

Gabrielle Wynn
For Gabrielle Wynn, law school had never been her goalpost.
As the daughter of a Maryland congressman and lawyer, she experienced law and admired leadership up close, having...

Alexis Bay
Recent graduate Alexis Bay, an active participant in Miami Law’s HOPE Public Interest Resource Center, was selected to receive the highly competitive Justice Catalyst Fellowship, a...

Ariana Aboulafia
The summer after my second year of law school, I was privileged to receive a HOPE Fellowship from the HOPE Public Interest Resource Center here at Miami Law. That fellowship not...

2L Gitanjali Howard, Rev. Nathaniel Robinson, Sumita Chatterjee & Daniela Tagtachian
Last year was the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian lawyer and activist who helped the world’s...