Krithika Rajkumar

Human Rights Law Network (HRLN), Chennai, India Thanks to the Wellman Hill Internship Grant, I had the wonderful opportunity to intern at the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN), in Chennai India. This organization was established in in 2004 to help people cope with the catastrophic effects of the 2004...

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Andrew Breland

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Philadelphia, PA From my first day at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), my summer, and perhaps even my post-graduation plans, changed for the better. FIRE, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal organization, advocates on behalf of college students and faculty around the...

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Caroline Bass

Ethics Group of the American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois Thanks to a generous gift from the Wellman Hill program, I spent a wonderful summer in Chicago, Illinois where I interned with the Ethics Group of the American Medical Association. The American Medical Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to...

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Sarah Tolbert

Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia When I answered my phone in South Africa, I was surprised to hear an American accent on the other end ask "Is this Sarah?" The call was from The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia and they wanted to offer me an internship in their democracy...

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Nicholas Sachanda

  Cook County State's Attorney Office, Chicago Thirteen weeks in a summer. That's thirteen weeks of dragging myself out of bed to make the forty-minute commute, thirteen weeks of putting on a suit every morning to slog through the Chicago summer heat, thirteen weeks of exposure to the gritty underbelly of...

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Komal Patel

Unite for Sight, Dhenkanal, India It's been almost three months since I got back from Orissa, a state on the eastern side of India, and I can't believe how much I miss it. First and foremost, before discussing the profound impact that this experience has had on me, I...

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