In 2022, the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession launched the Civil Justice Fellows program. Designed to engage Stanford Law School students in research, writing, and policymaking across various aspects of the civil justice system, the Fellows program reflects the core values and goals of the Rhode Center. The Fellows play a critical role in shaping the Center’s priorities and pushing our thinking forward. We are proud of their contributions to original scholarship, impactful projects, and vital discussions at Stanford Law School and beyond.
Rhode Center Fellows Tackle Access to Justice
Learn more about our Civil Justice Fellows program in this short video.
Current Fellows
Ned Herrington
Ned Herrington is a second-year law student at Stanford. He is currently the Editor in Chief of the Stanford Law and Policy Review and a member of the Housing Pro-Bono Project. Ned spent his 1L summer working at the Institute for Justice on their Zoning Justice Project. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and prior to law school worked building homeless shelters across the country.
Elise Miner
Elise Miner is a second-year law student at Stanford. She is a member editor of the Stanford Law Review and volunteers with the Stanford International Refugee Project. She spent her 1L summer interning at the California Attorney General’s Office, working on criminal appeals. Elise graduated with a B.A. in English from Georgetown University, and prior to law school, she worked as a litigation paralegal at Cleary Gottlieb.
Christian Meyer
Christian Meyer is a second-year law student at Stanford. He is a member editor of the Stanford Law Review and volunteers with the Prisoner Legal Services Pro Bono Project. He spent his 1L summer in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California and will spend his 2L summer at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP. His interests include civil rights litigation, access to justice, and legal history. Christian received his B.A. from Johns Hopkins University in International Studies and History.
Molly Wancewicz
Molly Wancewicz is a second-year law student from San Jose, California. At SLS, she is involved in Stanford Law Review, the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, the Workers’ Rights Pro Bono Project, and the Plaintiffs’ Lawyers’ Association. She spent her 1L summer as a Peggy Browning Fellow at Leonard Carder and will spend her 2L summer at Bredhoff & Kaiser and Susman Godfrey. Before law school, Molly completed a Fulbright scholarship in Belgium and spent two years teaching sixth-grade English in Houston public schools. Molly holds a B.A. in History and Political Science, summa cum laude, from Rice University.
Victor Wu
Victor Wu is a JD-PhD student in Political Science at Stanford. He is a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics, a Sallyanne Payton Fellow, and a Harry Bremond Fellow at the Stanford Center for Racial Justice. Victor served as Managing Editor of the Stanford Law Review and Editor-in-Chief of the Stanford Environmental Law Journal. He has interned with Earthjustice, Sierra Club, U.S. EPA, the California AG’s Office, the NY Legal Aid Society, the Federal Public Defender for the CDCA, and the Public Defender Service in DC. He also externed with Judge Robert E. Bacharach on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Leo You Li
Leo You Li is a J.S.D. candidate at Stanford Law School. His research adopts interdisciplinary methods to study comparative courts and civil justice under the digital transformation. His works have appeared or will be forthcoming in the Yale Journal of International Law, South Carolina Law Review, among other academic journals. At Stanford, he has served as Co-President of the China Law and Policy Association. He has been awarded the Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship, the university’s academic leadership honor for doctoral students. He obtained a J.S.M. from Stanford, an LL.M. from UPenn, and an LL.B. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is admitted into the New York Bar Association and holds the Legal Professional Qualification Certificate of the People’s Republic of China.
Past Fellows
Dana Alpert
JD ’26
Graham Ambrose
JD ’24
Ari Berman
JD ’24
Sara Bobok
JD ’26
Amy Cass
JD ’26
John Curry
JD ’26
Owen Foulkes
JD ’26
Harrison Hurt
JD ’26
Kelsea Jeon
JD ’25
Nicole Kozlak
JD ’25
Jess Lu
JD ’24
Lisa Lu
JD ’25
Alexandra Minsk
JD/PhD ’25
Maya Rodriguez
JD ’26
Sarah Ryan
JD ’26
Aaron Schaffer-Neitz
JD ’24
Molly Shapiro
JD ’25
Ross Snyder
JD ’25
James Stone
JD ’23
RJ Vogt
JD ’23
Jessica Wang
JD ’26
Benjamin Welton
JD ’24
Garrett Wen
JD ’24
Brian Xu
JD ’26
Catherina Xu
JD ’24