Four King Hall Students Win CILC-Administrated Fellowships

The California International Law Center at King Hall (CILC) has announced that four King Hall students have won CILC-administered summer 2011 fellowships.

UC Human Rights Fellowships, grants of $4,500 each to support work in human rights, have been awarded to:

• Jihan Kahssay '12, who will work with the Eritrean refugee community under the auspices of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Resettlement Unit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• Joanna Cuevas Ingram '12, who will provide litigation, education, and outreach assistance, on issues including Guantánamo and government accountability, for the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York City.

John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowships, grants of $5,000 each to support work in public interest law, which are awarded for the first time this year through a partnership between the Law School and the foundation established by former law clerks of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stevens, have been awarded to:

• James Beck '12, who will serve as a clerk in the felony trial unit of the Public Defender Service in Washington, D.C.
• Miles Hogan '12, who will work on Climate Recovery Agenda litigation for the Sierra Club in San Francisco.

The 2011 fellows will be recognized at the upcoming Public Service Graduation.  CILC offered thanks to the Fellowship Selection Committee: Homer & Ann Berryhill Angelo Professor of International Law Floyd Feeney, Law Professors Afra Afsharipour and Keith Aoki, and Career Services Associate Director Kirsten Hill, as well as Professor Almerindo Ojeda, Director of the campus' Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas.