Class of 2015 Skadden Fellows from some familiar places.
The Skadden Foundation has announced its Class of 2015 Fellows. Twenty-eight Fellows, hailing from 16 law schools will begin their projects next year. Five schools had multiple fellowship awardees; Harvard (6); NYU (2); Stanford (2); Yale (4); and U Penn (3). Fellows come from the other following schools: Michigan State, Vanderbilt, University of Chicago, Chicago-Kent, Georgetown, Columbia, UC Irvine, Villanova, Loyola (LA), American University, and Suffolk. The Fellows will work in 11 states, focusing on issues ranging from the wrongful denial of Medicaid claims for poor, disabled children in Texas to the barriers to housing, employment and education for low-income LGBTQ youth with criminal records in Illinois.
For comparison’s sake, here’s how previous Skadden Fellowship classes have looked:
- 2014: 28 Fellows from 16 law schools;
- 2013: 28 Fellows from 16 law schools;
- 2012: 28 Fellows from 16 law schools;
- 2011: 29 Fellows from 21 law schools;
- 2010: 27 Fellows from 20 law schools;
- 2009: 28 Fellows from 14 law schools.
Congratulations to the Class of 2015! We look forward to the amazing work you will do!