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Neukom Rule of Law Student Fellows Program
The Neukom Student Fellows Program is open to Stanford Law School students interested in working closely with Center leadership on research, scholarship, and other Center activities during their 2L or 3L year. Students must have exceptional academic credentials and demonstrate an active interest in the rule of law and democracy.
The Neukom Center hires Fellows during the Spring Quarter for the following year.
Current Neukom Rule of Law Student Fellows
Dayle Chung
Dayle is a second-year law student at Stanford Law School from New York. At Stanford, she is an Articles Editor of the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties, a member editor of the Stanford Law Review, a Co-Director of the Workers’ Rights Pro Bono Project, and a Harry Bremond-Wilson Sonsini Fellow at the Stanford Center for Racial Justice. She spent her 1L summer at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Prior to law school, she worked at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. on racial justice and civil rights cases in the areas of criminal justice, voting rights, and educational equity. Dayle graduated from Yale University with a B.A.in U.S. History.
Fiona Clunan
Fiona is a second-year law student at Stanford, where she serves as co-President of the Stanford National Security & the Law Society. She is also a Franke Fellow and a member of Stanford’s Constitutional Council. During her 1L year, she co-edited a textbook for Rwandan law students, an experience which culminated in spending her summer clerking at Rwanda’s Supreme Court in Kigali. Next summer, she will work at Gibson Dunn’s Washington, DC office. Prior to law school, Fiona directed the research team of former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster at the Hoover Institution. She received her B.A. in Classics and International Relations from Stanford.
Ayan Kent
Ayan is a second year student at the law school. She currently serves as a Managing Editor of the Stanford Journal of Law, Economics, and Business and is a Franke Fellow. She is also a 2L representative for the Stanford Law School Association and Academic Development Chair of the Black Law Students Association. She spent her 1L Summer at Mayer Brown’s Chicago Office and will be working at Sullivan & Cromwell her 2L Summer. Ayan earned her B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University. During college, she interned with the American Red Cross’ General Counsel’s Office with the Government Affairs and International Humanitarian Law Departments.
Christine Li
Christine is a second-year law student at SLS, originally from Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to the Neukom Center, she is involved with the American Constitution Society, the Stanford Law Review, and the Women of Color Collective on campus. She spent her 1L summer as a legal intern with the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and prior to law school, she worked on international energy policy at the U.S. Department of Energy and international trade and industrial policy issues at the World Bank. Christine graduated from Harvard University with a degree in economics.
Emily F. Liu
Emily F. Liu is a J.D. candidate at Stanford Law School. In addition to her involvement with the Neukom Center, she is also a Rhode Center Civil Justice Fellow. She spent her 1L summer working on consumer protection at the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office on the Complex and Affirmative Litigation team. Prior to law school, she was an early employee at Bluesky Social and worked on election modeling for The Washington Post. Emily graduated from Duke University, where she studied computer science and journalism.
Amanda Morrison
Amanda is a second-year law student and Knight-Hennessy Scholar from Helena, Montana. She is a member editor of the Stanford Law Review. Amanda worked at the U.S. Court of International Trade after 1L and will work at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City after 2L. Before law school, Amanda produced documentary films, including Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey on Netflix, and developed new projects with Oscar-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. Amanda also writes about and works with policy groups on U.S.-China relations. Amanda graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University with a B.A. in international affairs and public policy. She also earned a master’s degree in global affairs from Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar.
Ben Vagle
Ben Vagle, from Denver, Colorado, is pursuing a JD at Stanford Law School. He graduated from Dartmouth College with a bachelor’s degree in economics and government. Ben aspires to contribute to policy debates at the intersection of economics, emerging technology, and national security. He is the coauthor of Command of Commerce: America's Enduring Economic Power Advantage over China (Oxford University Press).
Past Neukom Rule of Law Student Fellows
Faith Fisher
Esther Lawrence
Course Offerings
Student Research Opportunities
Rwanda Research Fellowship
The Neukom Center for the Rule of Law manages a summer clerkship program for SLS students with the Rwandan Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. For approximately the last ten years, Erik Jensen, on behalf of the Rwandan courts has interviewed and selected students to clerk in Rwanda. Students usually pursue this opportunity between their 1L and 2L years. Students selected for the clerkship are eligible for public interest stipends from the Levin Center that cover travel expenses. Examples of memos that students have written for judges include diverse topics such as judicial administration, environmental law, treaty compliance and alternative dispute resolution. The application and selection process begins in January for the following summer.