Civil Justice Student Fellows – Center on the Legal Profession

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.

group photo of civil justice fellows from the 2023-24 academic year

Rhode Center Fellows Tackle Access to Justice

Learn more about our Civil Justice Fellows program in this short video.

Current Fellows

Katherine Berreth

Kate is a second-year law student at Stanford. She is a member editor of the Stanford Law Review, a board member of the Plaintiffs’ Law Association, and a volunteer with the Workers’ Rights Pro Bono Project. She spent her 1L summer at Gibbs Mura as a Mason Gibbs Fellow and at Gibbs & Bruns and will spend her 2L summer at Altshuler Berzon. Kate received her B.A. in Political Science and Criminology from the University of Pennsylvania.

John Cho

John Cho is a JD/PhD student in Political Economics at the Graduate School of Business. He is the Quantitative Editor of the Stanford Law Review. He spent his 1L summer interning for Chief Judge James E. Boasberg on the District Court for the District of Columbia. John graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College with a bachelor’s degree in quantitative social sciences and high honors in government, where he was a Stamps Scholar. Before arriving at Stanford, he was a
predoctoral fellow at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University.

Ross Green

Ross Green is a second-year law student at Stanford. Having worked during his 1L summer as a judicial intern in the District Court for the District of Vermont, he will spend his 2L summer as a litigation associate at Sidley Austin LLP in Washington, D.C. He is currently at work on two papers which consider the use of issue preclusion in mass tort litigation and Equal Protection jurisprudence in the context of immigration policy, respectively. Prior to law school, he studied creative writing at the University of California-Irvine and New York University.

Ned Herrington

Ned Herrington is a third-year law student at Stanford. He served as 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, and his 2L summer at Boies Schiller Flexner. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and prior to law school worked building homeless shelters across the country.

Mira Joseph

Mira Joseph is a second-year law student at Stanford Law School, where she is a member editor of the Stanford Law Review and helps lead the Housing Pro Bono Project, Plaintiffs’ Lawyers’ Association, and Women of Color Collective. She will join the Stanford Immigrants’ Rights Clinic in spring 2027. During her 1L summer, she worked on civil rights litigation at Hughes Socol. Before law school, Mira researched policy innovations in homelessness prevention and emergency response at Stanford’s Changing Cities Research Lab and Center for Racial Justice. She holds a B.A. in Sociology, magna cum laude, from the University of Chicago.

Emily E. Liu

Emily E. Liu is a second-year law student at Stanford Law School. She is a member editor of the Stanford Law Review and Academic Chair of the Asia Pacific Islander Law Students Association. Emily spent her 1L summer at plaintiffs-side firm Edelson PC and will spend her 2L summer at Selendy Gay and Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP. Before law school, she worked in cybersecurity and digital forensics. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California.

Emily F. Liu

Emily F. Liu is a second-year law student at Stanford. Outside of the Rhode Center, she is also a Neukom Center Rule of Law 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 a tech startup, and built election models and news applications at The Washington Post.

Ethan McBride

Ethan McBride is a second-year law student at Stanford. He is a member editor of the Stanford Law Review and volunteers with the Election Law Pro Bono Project. Ethan spent his 1L summer at Desmarais LLP, working on patent litigation. He graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Mathematics and Philosophy and worked as a Business Analyst and Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company prior to law school.

Elise Miner

Elise Miner is a third-year law student at Stanford. She is Executive Editor of the Stanford Law Review. She spent her 1L summer interning at the California Attorney General’s Office, and her 2L summer at Williams & Connolly and Kellogg Hansen. After graduating, she will serve as a law clerk for Judge John Bates on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and Judge Patricia Millett on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

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 third-year law student and Associate Managing Editor of the Stanford Law Review. She is also involved in the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and the Workers’ Rights Pro Bono Project. She spent her 1L summer as a Peggy Browning Fellow at Leonard Carder and her 2L summer at Bredhoff & Kaiser and Susman Godfrey. Before law school, Molly received a B.A. in History and Political Science from Rice University, completed a Fulbright scholarship in Belgium, and
spent two years teaching sixth-grade English in Houston public schools. After graduation, she will clerk for Judge Cornelia T.L. Pillard of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Justice Leondra Kruger of the Supreme Court of California.

Nadja Umlauf

Nadja Umlauf is a second-year student at Stanford Law School. At Stanford, she is involved in Stanford Law Review, the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, and the Election Law Pro Bono Project. During her 1L summer, she interned in the Civil Rights Bureau of the New York State Attorney General’s Office. She will spend her 2L summer at Davis Polk and Neufeld, Scheck & Brustin. Nadja’s interests include civil rights litigation, criminal justice reform, and access to justice. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Yale University. Before law school, Nadja completed a Fulbright scholarship in Kenya and worked as a litigation paralegal at Children’s Rights.

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.

JD ’26

Catherina Xu

JD ’24