Fordham Law 3L student Jessie Boas has been selected as a 2019 justice fellow by Immigration Justice Corps. IJC is the country’s first fellowship program wholly dedicated to meeting immigrants’ needs for high-quality legal assistance.
Twenty-seven graduates from top law schools from around the country were chosen from a select pool of law graduates for the prestigious Fellowship at IJC, which was conceived of by Robert A. Katzmann, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and incubated by The Robin Hood Foundation in 2013.
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The new class of Fellows brings a wealth of immigration experience. To a person, the 2019 Fellows offer extensive and broad backgrounds in myriad immigration-related internships, jobs, and volunteerism. Their passion and dedication to immigrants’ rights is well-documented and impressive.