Congratulations To The 2019 Bristow Fellows
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Here are the 10 most recent classes of Bristow Fellows (41 Fellows in total):
2019 – 2020
Josh Halpern (Harvard 2017 / Smith / Millett)
Sean Janda (Stanford 2017 / Brinkema (E.D. Va.) / Srinivasan)
McKaye Neumeister (Yale 2017 / Srinivasan / Oetken (S.D.N.Y.))
John Ramer (Michigan 2017 / Kethledge)
Daniel Richardson (UVA 2018 / Wilkinson)
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2018 – 2019
Meg Braun (Yale 2016 / Brinkema (E.D. Va.) / Katzmann)
Hunter Bruton (Duke 2016 / Duncan / Huvelle (D.D.C.))
Steve Lindsay (Yale 2017 / Griffith)
Adam Sorensen (UVA 2017 / Wilkinson)
2017 – 2018
Jo-Ann Karhson (Harvard / K.B. Jackson (D.D.C.) / Kavanaugh)
Michael Qian (Stanford / Garland)
Reema Shah (Yale / Srinivasan)
Maggie Upshaw (Chicago / Fletcher)
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2016 – 2017
Julie Karaba (Northwestern / Kavanaugh / Feinerman (N.D. Ill.))
Chelsea Priest (Stanford / Garland)
Joseph Schroeder (U. Chicago / Wilkinson)
Jack Starcher (Columbia / Furman (S.D.N.Y.) / Srinivasan)
2015 – 2016
Lena Hughes (Columbia / Cote (S.D.N.Y.) / Lynch)
Laura Myron (Harvard / Wilkinson)
Parker Rider-Longmaid (Penn / Scirica / Pratter (E.D. Pa.))
Evan Rose (U. Chicago / W. Fletcher / Chhabria (N.D. Cal.))
2014 – 2015
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Z. Payvand Ahdout (Columbia / Livingston)
Galen Bascom (UVA / Garland)
Samuel Harbourt (Harvard / Garland)
Jonathan Meltzer (Yale / Wilkinson)
2013 – 2014
Sarah Boyce (Duke / Sutton)
Travis Crum (Yale / Thompson / Tatel)
Elana Nightingale Dawson (Northwestern / Feinerman (N.D. Ill.) / Kethledge)
Ryan Snyder (Notre Dame / Kethledge)
2012 – 2013
Brinton Lucas (UVA / Wilkinson)
Daniel Taylor (Georgetown / Thapar (E.D. Ky.) / Sutton)
Julia Malkina (Yale / Kavanaugh)
Jonathan Shaub (Northwestern / Niemeyer)
2011-2012
Martine Cicconi (Stanford / Garland)
Jonathan Ellis (Penn / Randolph)
Nicole Ries (Berkeley / W. Fletcher)
Eric Tung (Chicago / Gorsuch)
2010-2011
Matthew Nicholson (UVA / Wilkinson)
Erica Ross (Stanford / Tatel)
Michele Shamblin (LSU / E. Jones)
Gerry Sinzdak (UC Berkeley / Berzon)
Here are the law schools from which they graduated:
Yale – 7
UVA – 5
Chicago – 4
Stanford – 5
Harvard – 4
Columbia – 3
Northwestern – 3
Berkeley – 2
Penn – 2
Duke – 2
Georgetown
LSU
Michigan
Notre Dame
Here are the lower-court judges who sent clerks into Bristow Fellowships over this period (note that some Fellows clerked for more than one judge):
Wilkinson – 7
Garland – 5
Srinivasan – 4
W. Fletcher – 3
Kavanaugh – 3
Kethledge – 3
Sutton – 2
Tatel – 2
Brinkema (E.D. Va.) – 2
Feinerman (N.D. Ill.) – 2
Berzon
Duncan
Gorsuch
Griffith
E. Jones
Katzmann
Livingston
G. Lynch
Millett
Niemeyer
Randolph
Scirica
Smith
Chhabria (N.D. Cal.)
Cote (S.D.N.Y.)
Furman (S.D.N.Y.)
Huvelle (D.D.C.)
K.B. Jackson (D.D.C.)
Oetken (S.D.N.Y.)
Pratter (E.D. Pa.)
Thapar (E.D. Ky.)
M. Thompson (M.D. Ala.)
If you see any errors in the listings above, please let us know. Congratulations once again to the Bristow Fellows, their law schools, and their judges!
Earlier:
- Congratulations To The 2018 Bristow Fellows
- Congratulations To The 2017 Bristow Fellows
- Congratulations To The 2016 Bristow Fellows
- Congratulations To The 2015 Bristow Fellows
- Congratulations To The 2014 Bristow Fellows
- Congratulations To the 2013 Bristow Fellows
- Congratulations To the 2012 Bristow Fellows
- Congratulations To the 2011 Bristow Fellows
- Congratulations To the 2010 Bristow Fellows
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