Public Interest Fellowship Program
The Walter A. Lucas Public Interest Fellowship Program (PIFP) at èßäÊÓƵapp Law has provided financial support to students who commit their summers to public service legal work for over 25 years. Every year, èßäÊÓƵapp 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 èßäÊÓƵapp 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 èßäÊÓƵapp 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 èßäÊÓƵapp 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
- èßäÊÓƵapp Law Library
- Professor Itay Ravid
- Corporate Law Society
- Edward Stephen
- Professor Emily Stolzenberg
- Alicia Broderick
- Professor Amy Spare
- èßäÊÓƵapp Law Office of Development and Alumni Relations
- èßäÊÓƵapp 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
- èßäÊÓƵapp Law Clinic Faculty
- Lauren Walsh
- Nic Johnson
- Casey Brogan
- Jillian Updegraff
- Anthony Ryback
- Sofia Deihl
- èßäÊÓƵapp Entertainment & Media Law Society
- Kevin Sheppard
- Eddie Reilingh
- Joe Capone
- Conor Mach
- Joe Torres
- èßäÊÓƵapp Law Review
- èßäÊÓƵapp Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA)
- Professor Daniel Friedman
- Sharon Buckingham
- èßäÊÓƵapp Jewish Law Students Association
- èßäÊÓƵapp Federalist Society
- èßäÊÓƵapp Criminal Law Society
- Caela Russel
- èßäÊÓƵapp Law Office of Development and Alumni Relations
- èßäÊÓƵapp Immigration Law Society
- èßäÊÓƵapp Entrepreneurship Society
- èßäÊÓƵapp OUTLaw
- èßäÊÓƵapp Justinian Society
- èßäÊÓƵapp Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
- èßäÊÓƵapp Street Law
- èßäÊÓƵapp Law Women’s Network
- èßäÊÓƵapp Military and Veterans Law Society
- èßäÊÓƵapp Sports Law Society
- èßäÊÓƵapp Tax Law Society
- èßäÊÓƵapp Students Against Sexual Violence
- èßäÊÓƵapp Anti-Poverty Society
- èßäÊÓƵapp If/When/How
- èßäÊÓƵapp Health Law Society
- èßäÊÓƵapp Student Mental Health Society
- èßäÊÓƵapp National Trial Team
- èßäÊÓƵapp Environmental Law Journal
- èßäÊÓƵapp First Generation Lawyers Group
- èßäÊÓƵapp Asian and Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)
- Emily Dodds
- èßäÊÓƵapp Women’s Law Caucus (WLC)
- èßäÊÓƵapp Fashion Law Society
- èßäÊÓƵapp Pro Bono Society
- èßäÊÓƵapp International Law Society
- èßäÊÓƵapp Intellectual Property Society
- èßäÊÓƵapp Moot Court Board
- èßäÊÓƵapp Muslim Law Students Association
- èßäÊÓƵapp Art Law Society
- èßäÊÓƵapp Middle Eastern Law Students Association
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2025–26 Executive Board
Co-Directors:
Alysse Danyi '26 & Caitlin McElwee '26
Vice Director:
Gavin Tamer '26
Auction Coordinators:
Kyra Kervick MacLean '27 & Ian Malone '27
Solicitation Coordinators:
Ella Souder '27 & Camryn Williams-Babu '27
Secretary & Graphics Coordinator:
Madison Cortes '27
Volunteer Coordinator:
Jessica Alexander '27
Fellowship Coordinator:
Skylar Glass '27
Events Coordinators:
Annie Langhauser '27 & Allison Rhinelander '27
Alumni Coordinator:
Kyle Schoener '27
Grants & Endowments Coordinator:
Bryce Winterowd '26
External Fundraising Coordinator:
McKenna Wark '27
Social Chair:
Emily Sayler '27
PIFP Committee:
Hamna Chaudry '27, Maria Elisa Escobar '26, Jennifer Fuentes Garcia '27, Sadie Richardson '26, Sydney Ryan '26, Ciara Thomas '27
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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 èßäÊÓƵapp Law and was hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School at The Palestra on Friday, March 22. In game one, èßäÊÓƵapp Law defeated Drexel Law in a thrilling overtime matchup. Despite a late-game comeback, Penn Law defeated èßäÊÓƵapp Law in the finals.Ìý
èßäÊÓƵapp 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
2025 Fellows
- Jessica Alexander '27
- Marina Campo '26
- Christian Carson '27
- Jennifer Fuentes Garcia '27
- Annie Langhauser '27
- Kyra Kervick MacLean '27
- Allison Rhinelander '27
- Kyle Schoener '27
- Ciara Thomas '27
- Camryn Williams-Babu '27
- Bryce Winterowd '26
- 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
- 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
- Anderson Amaya '24
- Kimberly Baxter '23
- Victoria Stabile Bouvé '24
- Riley Cook '23, Hacker Fellow
- Laurel Enaco '24, èßäÊÓƵapp 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
- 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, èßäÊÓƵapp Law Faculty & Staff Fellow
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Public Interest Fellowship Program
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èßäÊÓƵapp, PA 19085