Nazneen Mehta

Nazneen is a Tony Patiño Fellow from Columbia Law School who graduated in 2010.

At Columbia, Nazneen was involved as a courtroom advocate for the Domestic Violence Project, and was a member of the Journal of Gender & Law. She also interned in The Hague for the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia.

Nazneen obtained her B.A. in Political Science from Yale University in 2006, where she received the Georg Walter Leitner Fellowship in International Political Economy.

Edgar A. Morales

Edgar is a Tony Patiño Fellow from Columbia Law School who graduated in 2009.

Edgar was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and a member of the Columbia Business Law Review.

In 2006, Edgar obtained a M.P.P. in Trade and Finance from Harvard University. Edgar graduated in 2004 with a B.A. in Government from the University of Texas in Austin.

Gordana Ivanovic

Gordana is a Tony Patiño Fellow from Columbia Law School who graduated in 2008.

Gordana was the Articles Editor for the Columbia Journal of Eastern European Law. She previously attended the University of Belgrade, School of Law.

Negin Yamini

Negin is a Tony Patiño Fellow from Hastings College of the Law who graduated in 2010.

Negin graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2006 with a B.A. in Hebrew Language. At UCLA, Negin received the Merage American Dream Fellowship, and was a UCLA Freshman Alumni Scholar.

Jamie Ryker

Jamie is a Tony Patiño Fellow from Hastings College of the Law who graduated in 2009.

At Hastings, Jamie was involved in the Hastings Public Interest Law Foundation, Hastings Homeless Legal Services, and the Ballroom Dance Club.

Jamie graduated from the University of California at San Diego in 2005 with a B.A. degree, where she earned Provost’s honors for several semesters.

Karen Bradshaw

Karen is a Tony Patiño Fellow from the University of Chicago Law School who graduated in 2010.

Karen was a Colby and Demitro Scholar, and was active in the campus community as a research assistant, and in campus bible study.

Prior to law school, Karen obtained her M.B.A. from California State University Chico in 2006, and B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley in 2004. At Berkeley, Karen was a Regent’s and Chancellor’s Scholar, and an Alumni Scholar.

Grisel Ruiz

Grisel is a Tony Patiño Fellow from the University of Chicago Law School who graduated in 2009.

Grisel was involved in a number of activities, including the Mandel Legal Clinic (Police Accountability and Civil Rights Project), the ACLU Club as Vice President, the Public Interest Law Society as a Board Member, and the Latino Law Students Association as Secretary. Grisel also worked as a research assistant to Professor Michel Goodwin, and served as a mentor in the Undergraduate Office of Multicultural Services. In addition to being a Tony Patiño Fellow, Grisel was the receipient of the Michael F. O’Donnell Memorial Law Scholarship.

Prior to Chicago, Grisel received her B.A. as a dual Political Science and Spanish major in 2005 from the University of Notre Dame.

Nathan Christensen

Nathan is a Tony Patiño Fellow from the University of Chicago Law School who graduated in 2008.

At Chicago, Nathan was the Comment Editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. He was also a Sonnenschein Scholar and John M. Olin Fellow. Following graduation, Nathan was a clerk for the Honorable Richard Posner of the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeal.

Nathan obtained his B.A. in Public Policy from Stanford University in 2001. At Stanford, Nathan was a Treat Fellow and won the Robyn R. Noll Senior Thesis Award.