Class of 2026 3L Public Interest Associates
Caleigh Lin
Caleigh grew up in Plymouth, Michigan and went to the University of Michigan for undergrad, where she studied Business and Cognitive Science as a dual degree. She worked in business jobs for two years, including a stint at an airline, before coming to SLS. At SLS, she's involved with the Prisoner Legal Services pro bono, Stanford Prison Abolition Resource Coalition, the Environmental Law Society, Stanford Law Review and the Stanford Intellectual Property Association. Caleigh has spent one summer at the Federal Public Defender, Western District of Washington, and the following one split between Davis Polk and the Federal Public Defender, District of Hawaii. She will return to big law for one year following graduation, then will clerk for Judge Matthew F. Leitman of the Eastern District of Michigan the next year. Ask me about: public defense, environmental law clinic, navigating clerkship or big law or public interest interviews with a mix of PI/big law interest.
Nate Low
Nate is from West Palm Beach, FL and got his B.A. from Bowdoin College. Before law school, he worked at think tanks and for the U.S. Departments of State and Defense. His primary focus is national security. Nate spent his 1L summer at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and 2L summer working on a cyber/data/privacy team at a firm. He hopes to return to government national security work. He loves all outdoor activities. Ask me about: working in the federal government.
Josh Petersen
Josh Petersen is a 3L from Temple, TX. Before starting law school, Josh worked as Research Officer at the University Network for Human Rights, where he helped design and execute human rights projects related to environmental racism in United States. At SLS, Josh has been involved in the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, multiple public interest policy labs, the Election Law Pro Bono, and the Board of the Stanford Law Review. He also serves as research assistant to Professor Shirin Sinnar. He spent his 1L summer at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. As a 2L, he worked at Jenner & Block (D.C.) and Munger, Tolles, Olson (L.A.). Josh also externed at Our Children’s Trust. Immediately after graduation, Josh will clerk at a federal court of appeals. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Stanford and is pursuing a PhD at the University of Michigan. Ask me about: environmental law, academia, clerkships, and Washington, D.C.
Matt Rogowski
I was born in Denver, Colorado and grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. I graduated from the United States Military Academy and commissioned as an infantry officer in 2014. I later served as a space operations officer at Fort Carson, Colorado. After my time in the Army, I worked as a Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin Space in Colorado Springs, Colorado before joining SLS Class of 2026. During my 1L summer, I worked in the Office of Legal Counsel for Governor Jared Polis of Colorado. For my 2L summer, I am worked as a summer associate at the Hogan Lovells Denver office in the litigation department. Ask me about: military law, national security law, defense tech, space law, and state-level legal advising.
Taylor Skorpen
I have a particular interest in technology law and the preservation of civil liberties in a digital world. I interned at Public Knowledge, an organization that promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communication tools and creative works. I also interned at the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), aiding in impact litigation, research, and governmental affairs engagement pertaining to discriminatory NYPD surveillance policies. Additionally, I was able to work on some surveillance-related assignments with the Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic. My focus will be data privacy litigation after graduation. Ask me about: data privacy and cybersecurity, surveillance law, telecommunications, externing, working at a policy-oriented organization that requires: writing administrative comments, submitting FOIA requests, writing white papers, writing published articles on behalf of the organization, etc.
About the Public Interest Mentoring Program
The Levin Center offers a formal mentoring program that matches first-year law students to student mentors based on shared practice interests. These small groups might meet for dinner off-campus, coffee on campus, or take a hike to the Dish while they chat about adjusting to law school, the 1L summer job search, or the challenges of securing entry-level public interest jobs. Registration for this program begins in the Fall quarter shortly after 1L Orientation.