The Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) has announced the 2018 class of summer interns and fellows. This year, 49 summer law student interns and 76 graduate fellows will provide 42,400 hours of legal services at any of PILI’s 57 participating agencies. 

PILI’s Law Student Internship Program connects law students from across the country with public interest law agencies in Illinois and pays them for their work. Summer 2018 PILI interns come from 19 law schools and include rising 2Ls and 3Ls. They will each provide 400 hours of legal services at 28 legal service agencies, for a total of 19,600 hours served. See a full list of the 2018 law student interns. 

Of these Interns, 21 hold named or honorary internship positions, created and funded by individuals and groups dedicated to promoting public interest law. The ISBA Young Lawyers Division funds an intern every summer. This summer, Chidinma Ahukanna from DePaul University College of Law is the ISBA YLD intern at the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services. This named internship provides direct legal services to, or on behalf of, poor, disenfranchised, and underrepresented children. View the full list of PILI’s named and honorary internships.