Fellowships Legal Aid Association of California
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.
| Year | Fellow | Host 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. |