Since 1989, EPIC grants have provided funding for students taking unpaid summer internships with legal services organizations, government agencies, and the judiciary, enabling students passionate about public interest to explore potential public service careers, build valuable legal skills and professional networks, and provide much needed legal services in their communities.
Students receiving EPIC grants are active public service leaders with demonstrated commitment to community service, volunteerism, and participation in public interest conferences and events. (For a detailed list of requirements, see the FAQs below).
EPIC relies on our generous sponsors and donors to make these grants possible.
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Deadline: The application deadline for the 2025 EPIC Grant is Monday, March 31, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.
Questions? Email epicgrants@emory.edu
Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowships
Emory Law is pleased to administer the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program in coordination with the EPIC grant application process. This program is generously funded by the Justice John Paul Stevens Foundation.
The Stevens Fellowship process is selective. Stevens Fellows meet all the requirements of the EPIC grant program, and must have secured full-time, unpaid summer work at a legal services or government agency. Private sector "public interest" law firms may also qualify; however, judicial internships do not qualify.
In addition to meeting the EPIC requirements, Stevens Fellows must demonstrate a strong commitment to public interest law and must show that their summer work is consistent with the mission of the John Paul Stevens Fellowship Foundation "to protect and promote democracy and the rule of law, access to justice, and equality."
Students apply for Stevens Fellowships through the EPIC grant application.
2025 Justice John Paul Stevens Fellows
- Madison Blair 26L | DeKalb County Office of the Public Defender
- Hayley Borsey 26L | Clayton County Office of the Public Defender
- Jacquelyn Deo 26L | U.S. Navy JAG Corps (Kings Bay, Georgia)
- Sophie Sanchez 27L | Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, Safe Families Office
- Kyle Sung 27L | Flint Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender
- Mary Thomas 27L | Shelby County (TN) Office of the Public Defender
2025 EPIC Grant Recipients
- Elizabeth Bambury 27L | Florida Innocence Project
- Sydney Balan 26L | DeKalb County Office of the Public Defender
- Zach Ball 27L | United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Georgia
- Caleb Britton 26L | Brooklyn Legal Services
- Morgan Burch 27L | DeKalb County Office of the Public Defender
- Gabriella Cabrera 26L | Oregon Law Center
- Alexandra Coberly 27L | United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia
- Molly Cooper 26L | Philadelphia District Attorney
- Reghan Daniels 27L | DeKalb County Office of the Public Defender, Youth Defender Division
- Siji Deleawe 27L | Atlanta Legal Aid Home Defense Project (Frank S. Alexander Fellowship)
- Sarah Gabriel 27L | The Legal Aid Society (New York, NY)
- Gabriella Hazan 27L | Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (New York, NY)
- Paige Henderson 27L | DeKalb County Office of the Public Defender, Youth Defender Division
- Helen Huang 27L | United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia
- Nandhini Kathiravan 27L | Office of the Public Defender, Florida’s 4th Judicial Circuit
- Hannah Kesner 27L | DeKalb County Office of the Public Defender
- Jasmine Mathis 26L | The Children’s Law Center (Covington, KY)
- Rhett McLeod 26L | Dekalb County Office of the Public Defender
- Morgan Meyer 27L | Still She Rises (Tulsa, OK)
- Tyler Sheridan 26L | United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Georgia
- Caroline Widmer 27L | Atlanta Legal Aid
- Laura Woomer 27L | U.S. Navy JAG Corps (Honolulu, HI)
- Yoosoo Yeo 27L | Georgia Innocence Project (Paul J. Murphy Fellowship)
- Hanfei Zhang 26L | Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, Safe & Stable Homes Project (Paul J. Murphy Fellowship)
- Wanjing Zhou 27L | Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice
Past John Paul Stevens Fellows
- 2024 Fellows: Jillian Barger 26L, Diamond Belgrave 25L, Hannah Krawczyk 25L, Andrew Newell 26L, Carolyn Paul 25L, Jack Tolbert 26L
- 2023 Fellows: Martin Berg 24L, Niamh Creedon-Carey 24L, Jacob DeFazio 21C 24L, Carolyn Paul 25L, Kendall Schutzer 23PH 23L, Daniel Xu 24L
- 2022 Fellows: Martin Berg 24L, Karian Chard 24L, Madison Dodge 23L, Victoria Olender 23L, Alex Passe 24L, Emily Spears 23L, Sydney Calas 23L
- 2021 Fellows: Mary Katherine Karcher 23L, Naomi-Beth McCall 23L, Teddy Randel 22L, Megan Toomer 23L
- 2020 Fellows: Stephanie Bauer 21L, J. Michael Babineau 21L, Kyle Obiora 21L
- 2019 Fellows: Luce Randall 21L, Dru Selden 21L
- 2018 Fellows: Lukas Alfen 19L, Anna Leigh Keith 20L, Linden Wait 20L
- 2017 Fellows: Carly Rabner 19L, Brandon Scheck 19L
- 2016 Fellows: Morgan Bridgman 18L, Amanda Quiles 17L
- 2015 Fellows: Kaitlyn Barnes 17L, Amelia Todd 16L
- 2014 Fellows: Rachel Berman 15L, Caitlyn Wade 15L
- 2013 Fellows:Rebecca J. Hallum 14L, Margaret L. Riley 14L
- 2012 Fellows:Ruth W. Dawson 12L 12MPH, Jamie C. Schickler 13L