Current and Past Singer Fellows
Class of 2024-2025
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Dr. Chelsea ConneryConnecticut Fair Housing Center
Project: Addressing housing insecurity for low-income Connecticut renters through a movement lawyering model that includes: (1) providing direct representation of tenant unions and their members; (2) facilitating participatory defense meetings and other workshops; (3) providing legal support for collective bargaining and policy advocacy goals; and (4) providing legal, educational, and advocacy support for social housing development.
Law School: University of Connecticut School of Law
Class of 2023-2024
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Emily LeenNew Haven Legal Assistance Association
Project: Using direct representation and community advocacy to protect the right to access special education services for justice-involved youth with disabilities, including currently incarcerated students and those supervised by juvenile probation.
Law School: University of Connecticut School of Law
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Mallory James SanchezCenter for Children's Advocacy
Project: Focusing on the legal needs of LGBTQ youth in CT, advocating for both individual youth through medical-legal partnerships, and working on systemic education and healthcare issues throughout the state. The project will include working as the legal fellow with the Yale Gender Program.
Law School: Yale Law School
Class of 2022-2023
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Theresa DudekConnecticut Fair Housing Center
Project: Addressing the barriers to home ownership and inequitable lending and foreclosure practices as they impact BIPOC and other protected classes in Connecticut.
Law School: Western New England University School of Law
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Margaret RodriguezIntegrated Refugee and Immigrant Services
Project: Providing legal representation to detained and non-detained immigrants in removal proceedings in CT, and developing resources so that immigrants can navigate court and advocate for themselves.
Law School: Boston University School of Law
Class of 2021-2022
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Bianca Herlitz-FergusonCenter for Children’s Advocacy
Project: Eliminate barriers to legal representation for abused, neglected, and abandoned older youth and young adults in Connecticut.
Law School: Yale Law School
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Sinclair WilliamsNew Haven Legal Assistance
Project: Help low-income tenants understand and enforce their rights so that they can secure safe, affordable housing and combat gentrification through direct representation. Ensure that New Haven carries out the promise of the Affordable Housing Commission.
Law School: Stanford Law School
Class of 2020-2021
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Clarissa GuerreroGreater Hartford Legal Aid
Project: Trauma-Informed Legal Advocacy
Law School: University of South Carolina School of Law
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Alden PinkhamConnecticut Veterans Legal Center
Project: Strategic Litigation for Veterans Mental Health Benefits
Law School: Yale Law School
Class of 2019-2020
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Chelsea DonaldsonConnecticut Veterans Legal Center
Project: Post-9/11 Veteran Sexual Trauma and Combat-Related Mental Illness Advocacy
Law School: Western New England University School of Law
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Keren SalimNew Haven Legal Assistance Association
Project: Immigrant Wage Theft and Workers’ Rights Advocacy
Law School: Northeastern University School of Law
Class of 2018-2019
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Christina GillGreater Hartford Legal Aid
Project: Legal Initiative for Immigrant Victims
Law School: U. of Connecticut School of Law
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Amanda SmallhornNew Haven Legal Assistance
Project: Mitigating Collateral Civil Consequences from Criminal Convictions
Law School: Quinnipiac University School of Law
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Angelique N. Torres
Connecticut Legal Services
Project: Immigrant Rights for Domestic Violence Victims, Victims of Crime, and Children
Law School: Quinnipiac University School of Law
