Public Interest Fellowship Program
The Walter A. Lucas Public Interest Fellowship Program (PIFP) at °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Law has provided financial support to students who commit their summers to public service legal work for over 25 years. Every year, °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ 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 °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ 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 °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ students using their fellowships in over 130 organizations located across nineteen districts, fourteen states and five countries.Ìý
Support PIFP
If you would like to support PIFP’s mission of providing meaningful opportunities for °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ 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, pleaseÌýcontact us.
PIFP would like to take a moment to thank all of our community partners and donors who generously contributed to this year’s auction! Please visit our partners’ 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
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Law Library
- Professor Itay Ravid
- Corporate Law Society
- Edward Stephen
- Professor Emily Stolzenberg
- Alicia Broderick
- Professor Amy Spare
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Law Office of Development and Alumni Relations
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ 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
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Law Clinic Faculty
- Lauren Walsh
- Nic Johnson
- Casey Brogan
- Jillian Updegraff
- Anthony Ryback
- Sofia Deihl
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Entertainment & Media Law Society
- Kevin Sheppard
- Eddie Reilingh
- Joe Capone
- Conor Mach
- Joe Torres
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Law Review
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA)
- Professor Daniel Friedman
- Sharon Buckingham
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Jewish Law Students Association
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Federalist Society
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Criminal Law Society
- Caela Russel
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Law Office of Development and Alumni Relations
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Immigration Law Society
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Entrepreneurship Society
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ OUTLaw
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Justinian Society
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Street Law
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Law Women’s Network
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Military and Veterans Law Society
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Sports Law Society
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Tax Law Society
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Students Against Sexual Violence
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Anti-Poverty Society
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ If/When/How
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Health Law Society
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Student Mental Health Society
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ National Trial Team
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Environmental Law Journal
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ First Generation Lawyers Group
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Asian and Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)
- Emily Dodds
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Women’s Law Caucus (WLC)
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Fashion Law Society
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Pro Bono Society
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ International Law Society
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Intellectual Property Society
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Moot Court Board
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Muslim Law Students Association
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Art Law Society
- °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Middle Eastern Law Students Association
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2024–25 Executive Board
Co-directors:ÌýRiley Crouthamel '25Ìý&ÌýEmily Dodds '25
Vice Director:ÌýDave Goulden-Naitove '25
Auction Coordinators:ÌýCaroline 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:ÌýDoris BrogranÌý&Ìý
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PIFP Events
The highlight of PIFP’s 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’ll join us for this year’s auction onÌýMarch 22, 2025. Learn more about last year's Fellows,Ìý for this year'sÌýWalter A. Lucas Public Interest Fellowship Program’sÌýAnnual Public Interest Auction.Ìý!
If you have an item you would like to donate please complete the donation form in ourÌýsolicitation packet.
This year's Dean's Cup will take place on April 18, 2025.
The Philadelphia Deans’ 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 °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Law and was hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School at The Palestra on Friday, March 22. In game one, °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Law defeated Drexel Law in a thrilling overtime matchup. Despite a late-game comeback, Penn Law defeated °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Law in the finals.Ìý
°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ 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 DanyiÌý‘26
- Caitlin McElwee ‘26
- Maria Elisa Escobar ‘26
- Allison Gherovici ‘25
- Colin Hopkins ‘26
- Arielle Jackson ‘26
- Morgan Nash ‘26
- Fiona Powell‘25
- Sadie Richardson ‘26
- Ryan Roe ‘25
- Rachael Smith ‘25
- Gavin Tamer ‘26
- David Tilli ‘25
- Cady Tobin ‘26
- Lauren Walsh ‘25
2023
- Casey Brogan ‘24
- Andrea Solis Canto ‘25
- Riley Crouthamel ‘25
- Sofia Deihl ‘24
- Emily Dodds ‘25
- David Goulden-Naitove ‘25
- Alannah King ‘24
- Rachel Robles ‘25
- Caela Russell ‘25
- Anthony Ryback ‘25
- Veronica Sansone ‘24
- Julia Sullivan ‘25
- Brooke Tyler ‘24
- Jillian Updegraff ‘25
- Nic Johnson ‘25
2022
- Anderson Amaya '24
- Kimberly Baxter '23
- Victoria Stabile Bouvé '24
- Riley Cook '23, Hacker Fellow
- Laurel Enaco '24, °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ 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, °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Law Faculty & Staff Fellow
°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Charles Widger School of Law
Public Interest Fellowship Program
299 North Spring Mill Road
°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ, PA 19085