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Dan Bradley Fellowship

The summer money for law students who want rural work or consumer rights, and the reason a summer at a legal aid organization does not have to be unpaid.

What it is

Funded summer placement. Up to $12,075 for the summer.

A summer at a LAAC member legal aid organization.

The cycle

2027 cycle not yet announced. LAAC's page reads “Applications for 2026 Dan Bradley Fellowships are now closed. Check back early next year for information on our 2027 cycle.”

Who can apply

  • Law students who will spend the summer interning at a LAAC member organization.
  • Working at a rural organization, at an urban organization on a rural issue, or on consumer rights.
  • A strong interest in a career in public interest law, defending and expanding the legal rights of people who live in poverty.
  • LAAC strongly encourages students of color and students from low-income backgrounds to apply.

Every Dan Bradley Fellow LAAC has named since 2015

LAAC publishes the Dan Bradley roster by year and host organization, and has done so every year since 1991. The years from 2015 are shown here; the full run is on LAAC's own page.

Dan Bradley Fellows by year
  1. 2 2015
  2. 1 2016
  3. 1 2017
  4. 1 2018
  5. 2 2019
  6. 1 2020
  7. 2 2021
  8. 5 2022
  9. 3 2023
  10. 4 2024
  11. 4 2025
  12. 4 2026

One mark per fellow LAAC has named since 2015.

Dan Bradley Fellows, most recent first
YearFellowHost organization
2026 Otis Wheeler-Nicholson Legal Aid of Sonoma County
2026 Neeka Mirpour Public Counsel
2026 Vanessa Hwang Public Law Center
2026 Emilio Sanchez Public Counsel
2025 Ja’Laysha Brown Legal Services of Northern California
2025 José Garcia Public Counsel
2025 Vanessa Rossel Public Counsel
2025 Jill Stoner Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
2024 Shara Darden Public Counsel
2024 Taytem Mathis AIDS Legal Referral Panel
2024 Sue Han The Public Interest Law Project
2024 Juliana Rosenfeld Elder Law and Disability Rights Center
2023 Humberto Castorena Bay Area Legal Aid
2023 Marco Tueros del Barco Immigrant Legal Resource Center
2023 Naydin Zepeda Immigrant Defenders Law Center
2022 Kamalpreet Chohan East Bay Community Law Center
2022 Ashely Kim Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice
2022 Abby Popenoe California Indian Legal Services
2022 Russell Theodore Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County
2022 Elizabeth Rocha Zuñiga California Rural Legal Assistance
2021 Jaden Zwick Public Advocates, Inc.
2021 Vasmer Vang California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
2020 Brit Nuckles California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
2019 Jorge Lopez Espindola Legal Aid of Marin
2019 Anthony Lee California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
2018 Zoni Rockoff California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
2017 Gabrielle Gee Legal Aid of Marin
2016 Armando Valles California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
2015 Bianca Dueñas California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
2015 Kaitlin Toyama California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.