Morehouse College Joins Liman Summer Fellowship Program Through Alumni Support

The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law announced that Morehouse College will join the summer Liman Fellowship program, thanks to the generosity of Yale Law School alumni Joshua Hill ’02 and Melissa Murray ’02.

With the addition of Morehouse, students at nine institutions are now eligible for Liman undergraduate fellowships, which give students the opportunity to work for the summer at public interest organizations related to law. Fellows also take part in the Liman Colloquium, joining law students, scholars, and advocates from around the country at Yale Law School each year. Through their fellowships, students become part of a nationwide network of leaders.

Founded in 1867, Morehouse College is the nation’s only historically Black private liberal arts college for men. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, it is part of the Atlanta University Center Consortium with Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University. The mission of Morehouse is “to develop students with disciplined minds who will lead lives of leadership and service.”

Hill is a Morehouse alumnus, graduating with a B.A. in Economics. He also earned an M.A. in Economics at Johns Hopkins University and a J.D. at Yale Law School, where he was a Senior Editor of the Yale Law Journal. A former federal prosecutor, he is now a partner in the Litigation Department for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where his practice focuses on regulatory and internal investigations, white-collar defense, and complex commercial litigation.

Murray is the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law and Faculty Director of the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center. Previously, she was the Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of Law and the Faculty Director of the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Murray earned her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was the Notes Development Editor of the Yale Law Journal. She graduated with a B.A. in history and American Studies with distinction from the University of Virginia. Murray is a member of the Liman Center Advisory Council.

Through the work of faculty, students, and Fellows, the Liman Center aims to improve the ability of individuals and groups to obtain fair treatment under the law. Since 1997, the Center has launched hundreds of public sector legal careers, undertaken innovative research to generate meaningful change, and supported communities, in the hopes of contributing to a more just legal system.