Public Interest Fellowship Program

Tycko & Zavareei LLP offers a 2-year public interest fellowship to recent law school graduates. The Tycko & Zavareei LLP Public Interest Fellowship, founded in 2012, is an excellent opportunity for talented young lawyers to work side-by-side with the seasoned litigators of the firm, as well as spend approximately three months of the fellowship working at some of the country’s finest non-profit organizations. The Firm has two Fellows – one based in Washington, D.C. and one based in Oakland, CA – as of the 2022-2024 Fellowship term. TZ has partnered with several exceptional non-profit organizations in this unique and exciting program:

• Human Rights First
• The National Women’s Law Center
• Bread for the City
• National Consumer Law Center®
• Public Justice
• Tzedek DC
• Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights

The Tycko & Zavareei LLP Public Interest Fellowship is another important way that the firm turns its strong commitment to public interest work into action.

The current Tycko & Zavareei Public Interest Fellows are:

• Cort Carlson, a recent graduate of University of California, Berkeley, School of Law;
• Schuyler Standley, also a recent graduate of University of California, Berkeley, School of Law;
• Shilpa Sadhasivam, a recent graduate of Harvard Law School; and
• Em Feder Cooper, a recent graduate of New York University School of Law.

How to Apply

The application window is now closed for the 2024-2026 Tycko & Zavareei LLP Public Interest Fellowship.

Learn about the public interest work performed by previous fellows:

• Watch the Fellowship Alumni Panel
• Read Public Interest articles on our blog
• 2021-2023: Jaclyn S. Tayabji
• 2020-2022: Leora Friedman
• 2019-2021: Jennifer Thelusma
• 2018-2020: Phoebe M. Wolfe
• 2017-2019: Rebecca Azhdam
• 2017-2018: Kyra A. Taylor
• 2016-2017: Lauren Kelleher
• 2015-2016: Sophia Goren
• 2014-2015: Eliza Finley
• 2013-2014: Stephanie Berger
• 2012-2013: Andrew Silver