Seventeen Harvard Law School students have been awarded 2019 Chayes International Public Service Fellowships for work in 13 countries.

The Chayes International Public Service Fellowships are dedicated to the memory of Professor Abram Chayes ’49, who taught at Harvard Law School for more than 40 years. Professor Chayes was a leading authority on international law, and throughout his career, as a lawyer, arbitrator and legal advisor, he took on notable cases arising from military and paramilitary activities in Nicaragua, boundary disputes in Africa, and the genocide in Kosovo, among many others.

Accordingly, these fellowships provide Harvard Law School students with the opportunity to spend eight weeks during the summer working with governmental or non-governmental organizations concerned with issues of an international scope or relevant to countries in transition.

Aanchal Chugh
Reprieve, United Kingdom

Merve Ciplak
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

Brooke Davies
International IDEA, Tunisia

Alev Erhan
TRIAL International, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Ayako Fujihara
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, United Kingdom

Eric Gitari
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Senegal and The Gambia

Johanna Lee
Legal Support for Children and Women, Cambodia

Andrea Loera
Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Mexico

Roberta Mayerle
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, China

Jeel Oza
Southern Africa Litigation Center, South Africa

Shaiba Rather
Norwegian Refugee Council, Myanmar

Delphine Rodrik
European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Germany

R. Scott Sanderson
Advocates for Community Alternatives, Ghana

Jung Min Shin
EarthRights International, Myanmar

Rachel Westrate
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense, Mexico

Parker White
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Counselor, The Netherlands

Alexis Yeboah-Kodie
Legal Resources Centre, Ghana

Read their biographies here, and stay tuned for posts and photos from them during the summer.