In 2025, with the support of Justice Stevens’ former law clerks and other generous donors, the John Paul Stevens Foundation supported 158 Stevens Fellows selected by 38 law schools and 3 nonprofits working on substantive issues that were of great importance to Justice Stevens. Six Emory Law students are among them.

Since 1997, the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship has been an engine of transformation in the realm of public interest law. The Stevens Fellowship has ignited the careers of passionate public interest attorneys and fueled their focused pursuit of justice, all while paying homage to the indomitable spirit of Justice John Paul Stevens.

During their summers, the 2025 Stevens Fellows worked at more than 135 different public interest agencies in 25different states and Washington D.C., collectively doing over 50,000 hours of public interest legal work.

Emory Law administers the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program in coordination with the Emory Public Interest Committee (EPIC) grant application process.

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. 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."

Emory Law's 2025 Justice John Paul Stevens Fellows are:

• 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