Minority Fellowship in Environmental Award

The Minority Fellowship in Environmental Law is a joint program of this Association and the New York State Bar Association. It was established to encourage minorities to enter the area of environmental law by providing selected minority law students with grants for summer internships in governmental environmental agencies or nonprofit organizations, and participation in activities of the Association’s Committee on Environmental Law and the Environmental Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.

2014
Levan Thomas, Pace University School of Law

2013
Zaheer H. Tajani, Pace University School of Law

2012
Sanjeevani S. Joshi, Albany Law School
Rosemary Spring Ortiona, Hofstra Law School

2011
Noelle Diaz, Pace University School of Law
Priya Murthy, NYU School of Law
Letecia Whetstone, SUNY Buffalo Law School

2010
Jose A. Almanzar, New York Law School
Shikha Singhvi, Villanova University School of Law
Marjorie Yang, Brooklyn Law School

2009
Dan Feng Mei, Fordham University School of Law
Kelly Gaines Whiten
Vanessa Young, Syracuse University College of Law

2008
Kyu-Ah Kang, Brooklyn Law School
Andrew Jhun, Hofstra Law School
Erika Selli, St. John’s Law School
Osafo Barker, University of Maryland School of Law

2007
Jennifer Hsia, Cardozo Law School
Sheila Jain, Rutgers Law School
Jorge Figuerora, Pace Law School and Yale School of Forestry
Harriet Wong, New York Law School

2006
Denise Leong, Pace University School of Law
Winston Martindale, University of Maryland School of Law
Christina Miranda, Pace University School of Law
Manuel Ronquillo, Pace University School of Law

2005
Harven V. De Shield, University of Buffalo Law School
Vanessa Facio-Lince, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Amy J. Choi, Washington University School of Law in St. Louis
Sharonda C. Williams, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

2004
Karen Beltran, University of Buffalo Law School
Genesis Fisher, New York University School of Law
Rekha Rao, Pace University School of Law

2003
Jessica Ortiz, University of Buffalo Law School
Cindy Pean, Fordham University School of Law
Andre Shiromani, Tulane University School of Law

2002
LaVonda Collins, Albany Law School
Christine Cyriac, Pace University School of Law
Tara Torno, Cardozo Law School
Daniel Yohannes, Pace University School of Law

2001
Amanda C. Gonzales, Pace University School of Law
Kimberlee D. McGrath, University of Buffalo Law School
Amelia E. Toledo, CUNY School of Law at Queen’s College
Frederick Wen, Hofstra University School of Law
Yelann Yu, University of Buffalo Law School

2000
Deborah Harper, St. John’s University School of Law
Sara Wells, Albany Law School of Union University
Mauricia Baca, CUNY School of Law at Queens’ College