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Each year, St. John's Law students stand out in a crowded field of applicants to earn diversity fellowships that place them in a range of work settings. As fellows, they gain practical knowledge and skills and forge valuable career connections while animating the Law School's commitment to building a more inclusive and representative legal profession.
2024 Diversity Fellows
New York City Bar Association 1L Diversity Fellowship Program
David DaCosta '26
Placement: Apple Bank
Alicia Mayo '26
Placement: Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP
Adam Mokbel '26
Placement: Bessemer Trust
Monserrat Perez '26
Placement: Marsh McLennan Companies, Inc.
Long Island Legal Pipeline Program
Isiah Dickerson '26
Placement: Farrell Fritz
Youngseon Kwon '26
Placement: Ruskin Moscou Faltischek
Corporate/Law Firm Alliance Summer Program (CLASP) sponsored by LatinoJustice
Shereeza Ahmad '26
Summer 2024 Placement: Morgan Stanley
Summer 2025 Placement: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
Bella Garabedian '26
Summer 2024 Placement: MetLife Insurance
Summer 2025 Placement: Evershed Sutherland, LLP
Anderson Kill Gene Anderson Clerkship (1L Summer Diversity Fellowship)
Simon Lee '26
Foley & Mansfield PLLP Summer Associate Diversity Program
Jarif Khan '25
Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP Diversity Fellowship
Melanie Matute '25
Haynes and Boone LLP 1L Diversity Scholarship
Rati Lolashvili '26
Mastercard 1L LCLD (Leadership Council on Legal Diversity) Scholar
Samantha Caraballo '26
Read about Samantha's experience
Pfizer 1L Summer Scholar Program
Gabrielle Pilla '26
Kramer Levin’s Racial Justice Initiative Scholars Program
Nagnouma Camara '26
Read more about the program
Read about current and past Racial Justice Initiative Scholars recipients
The Sonia & Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program
Kimberly Vinson '26
Placement: Hon. Carmine Velasquez, New York State Supreme Court, Queens County, Civil Term
Dominican Bar Association Faviola Soto Judicial Internship Program
Sophia Francisco '26
Placement: Hon. Joanne D. Quinones, New York State Court of Claims/Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Kings County
Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York Law Student Scholarship
Regina Yoo '26
View a list of past recipients
New York City Bar Association C. Bainbridge Smith Scholarship
Alexander Gonzalez '24
Princess Hanson '24
The Friends of The Metropolitan Black Bar Association, Inc. Bar Prep Scholarship
Myaysa Evans '24
Past Diversity Fellows
New York City Bar Association 1L Diversity Fellowship Program
John Adinolfi '25
Placement: MetLife Insurance
Long Island Legal Pipeline Program
Julio Almonte '25
Placement: Jackson Lewis LLP
Isaiah Williams '25
Placement: Morritt Hock & Hamroff LLP
Nathalie Lindor '25
Placement: Abrams Fensterman LLP
Corporate/Law Firm Alliance Summer Program (CLASP) sponsored by LatinoJustice
Rabab AlAmji '25
Summer 2023 Placement: American Express
Summer 2024 Placement: Cleary Gottleib Steen & Hamilton LLP
Victoria Ciminero '25
Summer 2023 Placement: MetLife Insurance
Summer 2024 Placement: Sidley Austin LLP
Federico Curbelo '25
Summer 2023 Placement: Equitable
Summer 2024 Placement: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Abigail Drummond '25
Summer 2023 Placement: T-Mobile
Summer 2024 Placement: Alston & Bird LLP
Philadelphia Diversity Law Group Fellowship Program
Nadiyah Owens '25
Placement: Dechert LLP
Foley & Mansfield PLLP Summer Associate Diversity Program
Takunda Muziwi '24
Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP Diversity Fellowship
Camila Faride Morcos '24
Haynes and Boone LLP 1L Diversity Scholarship
Livingstone Harriott '25
Stacey Hsu '25
The Sonia & Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program
Patrick Osse '25
Placement: Hon. Ona Wang, Magistrate Judge, SDNY
Bridget Murphy '25
Placement: Hon. James Cho, Magistrate Judge, EDNY
Roshawn Jarrett '25
Placement: Hon. Carmine Velasquez, New York State Supreme Court, Queens County, Civil Term
New York County Lawyers Association’s (NYCLA) Hon. Harold Baer Jr. & Dr. Suzanne Baer Equity & Inclusion in the Judiciary Internship Program
Nahama Paul ‘25
Placement: Hon. Hon. J. Paul Oetken, SDNY
New York City Bar Association 1L Diversity Fellowship Program
Faith Banjoko '24
Placement: Herbert Smith Freehills
Kiaya Rose Dilsner-Lopez '24
Placement: American Express
Ekok Soubir '24
Placement: Cerberus Capital Management
Alyssa Tolentino '24
Placement: Gemini
Long Island Legal Pipeline Program
Peter Famuyide '24
Placement: Abrams Fensterman LLP
Lauryn Hurtt '24
Placement: Westerman Ball
Yori Johnson '24
Placement: Jackson Lewis LLP
F. Camila Morcos '24
Placement: Rivkin Radler LLP
Move the Needle 1L Diversity Pipeline Collective
Valerie Rodriguez '23
Placement: Seyfarth Shaw
Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP Diversity Fellowship
Jonathan Weiss '23
Mastercard 1L LCLD (Leadership Council on Legal Diversity) Scholar
Gabrielle Hilton '24
New York State Bar Association Diversity Summer Fellowship in Health Law
Jacinda Thermidor ‘24
Placement: Catholic Health
Read more about the program
View a list of past recipients
New York State Bar Association Diversity & Inclusion Fellowship in Environmental & Energy Law
Samia Shell '24
Placement: United States Environmental Protection Agency
New York State Bar Association’s Kenneth G. Standard Diversity Internship
Brittany Cespedes '24
Placement: AccessNow
The Sonia & Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program
Sandra Deng '24
Placement: Hon. Wendy Li, Queens County Civil Court
New York County Lawyers Association’s (NYCLA) Hon. Harold Baer Jr. & Dr. Suzanne Baer Equity & Inclusion in the Judiciary Internship Program
Naya Brown-Yohay '24
Placement: Hon. Troy Webber, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department
Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York Law Student Scholarship
Yuna Park ‘24
View a list of past recipients