public interest school in San Francisco. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Mahira published a Case Note in her Law Review’s unique Ninth Circuit Survey analyzing the constitutionally protected right to privacy over a family member's post-mortem photographs. Mahira is also a member of the Pro Bono Honors Society, Moot Court, and the Women’s Law Association. As a former Writer in Residence for Ms. JD, Mahira interviewed practitioners about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the legal profession in a monthly column: Now & Then: What It Means To Be A Feminist. She also served on the Planning Committee for Ms. JD’s Global Education Fund, which affords underprivileged women in Uganda the opportunity to attend law school.
Mahira’s interests include affordable housing, death penalty reform, and criminal defense. Mahira worked at the ACLU of Northern California on the Death Penalty Policy Project. To further her interest in criminal justice, she worked at the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office in the felony unit. Mahira also worked for several non-profit organizations including Bay Area Legal Aid (“BayLegal”), the largest legal aid provider in the Bay Area serving low-income, disabled clients who face difficulties accessing the legal system. Mahira’s postgraduate Equal Justice Works fellowship proposal addresses the affordable housing crisis in San Francisco. BayLegal will be Mahira’s host organization as she continues the sponsorship search.
REEMA SULTAN
Reema Sultan is a third year law student at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University and is the recipient of Hofstra Law School's Health Law and Policy Fellowship for the class of 2014. Reema has a Bachelor's degree in Health Sciences with a concentration in Public Health from Stony Brook University. While in law school, she interned at the New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Professional Medical Conduct and is currently a law clerk at The Greenberg, Dresevic, Hinrichsen, Iwrey, Kalmowitz, Lebow & Pendleton Law Group, A Division of The Health Law Partners, P.C. During her third year, Reema served as the Managing Editor of Notes and Comments for the Family Court Review journal.
EMILY STEGICH
Emily Stegich, a 3L at The University of Texas School of Law, was born and raised in Richardson, Texas. Emily attended Southern Methodist University for her undergraduate education, graduating with a Bachelor of Science, cum laude, in Financial Economics, a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in Public Policy, and a minor in Psychology. While at SMU, Emily interned for United States Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, and was the recipient of the 2010 University Achievement Award and the Wallace F. Lovejoy Memorial Award for Economics. At UT Law, Emily serves as Co-President of the Women's Law Caucus, President of the Action Committee for Career Services, and is an intern at the Center for Women in Law. After law school, Emily plans to practice corporate law, focusing on mergers and acquisitions.
BRENDA VILLANUEVA
Brenda D. Villanueva is a third-year law student at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, where she serves as the President of the Latino/a Law Students Association. While in law school, Brenda interned for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel the FCC Media Bureau and Enforcement Bureau, and was also a Google Policy Fellow for the National Hispanic Media Coalition. Brenda served on the National Latino/a Law Student Association board and is an Associate Editor for the Mid-Atlantic Journal of Law and Public Policy. She is a proud first-generation college graduate from the University of California, Irvine with a B.A. in Political Science and Chicano/Latino Studies. Prior to law school, Brenda worked nearly six years in the U.S. House of Representatives. She enjoys mentoring and participating in her local CLEO-hosted activities, and Sigma Lambda Gamma alumni chapter events.
YINGYING ZENG
Yingying Zeng is a third year student at the University of Texas School of Law. Yingying earned a Bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology with the highest honor Guo Moruo Scholarship (only one awarded each department) from University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She worked as a scientist for seven years in pharmaceutical companies, including GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, and Roche, before taking time off to raise her children. During her second year in law school, she and her teammate won the national championship in the Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition.
KATHERINE ZHAO
Katherine Zhao is a 3L at Stanford Law School. She received her B.A. in International Relations from Wellesley College and a M.A. in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago. Prior to law school, she traveled to China as a Fulbright and Boren Fellow, where she analyzed the localization of international legal frameworks in the cases of domestic violence and human trafficking. While in law school, she worked as a summer associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and as a summer law clerk with the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center and the American Civil Liberties Union. She is excited to be a Ms. JD Fellow.
MEET THE FELLOWS
This year's Fellows represent 16 different law schools from all across the country, from schools in California to Texas to Chicago to New York and everywhere in between.
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