CICL Student Fellows
The Center for International and Comparative Law (CICL) Fellows Program offers a unique opportunity for Emory Law students to play a central role in shaping the Center’s academic and professional community. Designed as a selective, professional student appointment, the program brings together a small cohort of highly motivated students who serve as the Center’s core operational, editorial, and programming team.
CICL Fellows work closely with faculty and practitioners in the field of international and comparative law, contributing to high-level events, publications, and initiatives that engage both the Emory community and a global network of scholars and professionals. More than a student organization, the Fellows Program functions as a structured, collaborative role that builds leadership, organizational, and scholarly skills in a dynamic and internationally focused environment.
Fellows are deeply involved in the intellectual life of the Center—helping design programming, develop content for our blog "CiCL Currents" (forthcoming), and sustain CICL’s public presence, while gaining valuable experience and mentorship that supports their academic and professional development.
We invite our Fellows to publish their papers, thoughts or notes on "CICL Currents," and to plan an academic or a career-focused event at Emory Law (with the logistical and financial support from CICL).
We invite students with a demonstrated interest in international or comparative law, strong writing skills, and a commitment to professionalism to apply and become part of this select group.
We offer a small stipend, depending on seniority, payable at the end of each semester.
Applications for the 2027-2028 Fellows will open in March 2027.
Sydney Hamilton 27L, Head CICL Student Fellow
Hamilton graduated from Southern Methodist University with B.A.s in Human Rights with a focus in Public Policy, Political Science, and International Studies with a Regional Specialization in the Middle East and Africa as well as minors in Arabic and Ethics.
Jennings Dixon 27L, Senior CICL Student Fellow
Eric Martin 28L, CICL Student Fellow
His research and practice now center on cross-border technology M&A and the regulation that shapes it. He approaches scholarship from the deal side. As an associate in J.P. Morgan's M&A Transaction Execution Group, he helped document more than $50 billion in cross-border public and private transactions. Martin also served as the sole paralegal during Darktrace's $5.3 billion cross-border take-private under Thoma Bravo. He has worked at Cerberus Capital Management and Davis Polk & Wardwell, and currently serves as a judicial intern in the Commercial Division of the New York Supreme Court for Judge James d'Auguste.
At Emory, he is a research assistant to former Vice Dean Margo Bagley on international intellectual property, trade, and cross-border enforcement. Most recently, he prepared Bagley’s keynote for the annual world congress of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property and authored a sixty-six-page analysis of a conflict between WTO and Hague Convention obligations on cross-border IP enforcement. He also assists Professor Andrew Jennings, conducting original empirical research across the S&P 1500 for the EY Center for Board Matters and the Society for Corporate Governance.
Outside of Emory, Martin sits on the American Bar Association's Revised Model Stock Purchase Agreement Task Force and is a contributing author to the ABA's forthcoming ESG in the Boardroom: A Guidebook for Directors. His scholarship includes The Self-Inflicted MAE: How AI Systems Create Risks Delaware's Framework Cannot Classify (with Ifeoma Ajunwa); No Safe Harbor: How Fortune 500 Boards Confront Cross-Border Regulatory Risk in Technology Transactions (Directors & Boards, 50th Anniversary Issue); and a current project on private international law and access to justice in cross-border AI acquisitions. He works in Spanish, Portuguese, and French.
Sophia McWilliams 27L, CICL Student Fellow
McWilliams also holds the role of Executive Special Content Editor for Emory’s International Law Review. She previously worked with a family law firm in Atlanta and a global disputes and investigations in New York City. She developed her passion for international law in university and came to law school aiming to learn and grow in this field.
Past Student Fellows
Akosua Asafu-Adjaye Frimpong 26L
Her academic and professional interests center on international law, policy, and dispute resolution, with experience ranging from legal and regulatory affairs in Washington, D.C., to environmental law and global public health. Before law school, Frimpong graduated summa cum laudefrom McMaster University in Canada with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Justice, Political Philosophy, and Law, with minors in Globalization studies and Sociology.
As a CICL Student Fellow, Frimpong contributed to the Center, including writing for the Blog, helping plan conferences, seminars, career talks, and other events, or through supporting the International Law Alumni Network initiative. She is passionate about exploring how international law can be leveraged to advance justice and economic development worldwide.
Veronica DeGennaro 26L
DeGennaro was a member of the Emory International Law Review, where she served as the executive symposium editor. In addition to dedicating the Symposium to IHL Accountability, her comment also addressed IHL themes. DeGennaro's criminal law experience comes from her work with the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, where she returned after graduation, and her externship with the DeKalb Public Defender’s Office.