About

The Williams Institute Summer Law Fellowship program provides an opportunity for current law students to work in the field of sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. Summer fellows may work either with the Williams Institute or other organizations focused on LGBT law and policy.

Summer Fellowships

2023 Summer Fellows

Donovan Bendana

Yale Law School, Class of 2025
Haber Fellow

Courtney Bryson

Gonzaga University School of Law, Class of 2024
Walter Fellow

M Pease

Doctoral candidate in Counseling Psychology, University of Maryland
Palm Fellow

Siddhartha Baral

Doctoral candidate in Political Science, UC San Diego
Badgett International Fellow

Haoran Li

Social worker and scholar of international LGBTQ+ law and policy
Badgett International Fellow

Lindsay Mahowald

Masters candidate in Quantitative Economics, UCLA
Badgett International Fellow

Externships

The Williams Institute offers one to two part-time externships to current law students each semester. Externs will assist Williams Institute scholars in conducting legal and policy research and analysis for amicus briefs, white papers, and legislative testimony. Externs will work on a variety of issues, including discrimination, parenting rights, HIV criminalization, bullying, health, youth homelessness, poverty, and other topics that impact LGBT people. Please contact us if you are interested in an externship.