Past Student Fellows and Interns

Mary Aline Fertin (J.D./LL.M. International and Comparative Law ’23) served as a graduate leader of the Trauma-Informed Courts project, studying best judicial practices for responding to juvenile trauma. She also served as Notes Editor on the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law. She holds a Bachelor’s in Public Policy and a Certificate in Human Rights from Duke University. Mary Aline was born and raised in France.

Matthew McKnight (Duke Law JD/MBA ’25) served as a student editor for Judicature and research assistant for the Bolch Judicial Institute. During his 1L summer, Matthew worked as a summer associate for Teamworthy Ventures in Greenwich, Connecticut. He holds an undergraduate degree in history from the University of North Carolina and a graduate degree in theology from Oxford University.

John Wiener (Duke Law JD ’23) served as a research assistant for the Bolch Judicial Institute. At Duke, he served as the President of the Texas Club, Vice President of the Energy Society, and Executive Editor of the Environmental Law and Policy Forum. Upon graduating, John joined an international law firm in Houston, Texas.

Meredith Criner (Duke Law JD ’22) was a research assistant of the Bolch Judicial Institute, and student editor of Judicature. At Duke, she served on the editorial board of Law & Contemporary Problems and as a member of the Moot Court and Mock Trial Boards. In 2020, she was a Dave Kennedy Fellow at the Institute for Justice and in 2021, a summer associate at Paul Hastings LLP in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Following graduation, she will clerk for Judge James C. Dever III of the Eastern District of North Carolina.

Isabel Gao (Duke Law JD ’22) was a research assistant of the Bolch Judicial Institute. At Duke, she served on the editorial board of the Duke Law Journal. In 2020, she was a judicial intern for Judge Pamela K. Chen of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. In 2021, she interned with Kirkland & Ellis in its New York office.

Connor Leydecker (Duke Law JD ’22) was a student editor for Judicature. At Duke, he was a Founder of the Competition Law Society and a Moot Court Board member. He interned with the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

John Macy (Duke Law JD ’22) was a research assistant of the Bolch Judicial Institute. At Duke, he served on the editorial board of the Duke Law Journal and the Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum. In 2020, he was a judicial intern for Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Following graduation, he will clerk for Judge Justin Walker of the D.C. Circuit.

Eric Tucker (Duke Law JD ’22) served as a research assistant at the Bolch Judicial Institute and as an Articles Editor for the Duke Law Journal. He was a member of Duke Law’s mock trial and moot court boards, and he won the 2020 Hardt Cup. Eric recently worked as a summer associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Washington, D.C. office, and after graduating, he will clerk for Chief Judge Colm Connolly of the District of Delaware.

Bill Mo (Duke Law JD ’22) was a student editor for Judicature. He was also a staff editor for the Duke Law Journal and member of the Transactional Law Society Board. He assisted in revising the Institute’s Best Practices publication.

Emma Roberts (Duke Law JD’21) was a student editor for Judicature. In addition to her work with Judicature, Emma was an active member of the Duke Law Journal and served as Active Investigations Case Manager for the Duke Law Innocence Project. She interned for Chief Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn and Judge Jane Boyle of the Northern District of Texas. Upon graduation, Emma joined Perkins Coie’s commercial litigation group in Dallas.

Neil Joseph (Duke Law JD ’20) was a student editor for Judicature. He also was the editor-in-chief of the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy and an executive committee member of the Moot Court Board. He served as a judicial intern for Judge Stephen Glickman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Colleen O’Leary (Duke Law JD ’20) was a student editor for Judicature. She also is notes editor for the Duke Law Journal and event chair for the Women’s Law Association.

Matthew Eible (Duke Law JD/LLM ’19) served as a student fellow of the Bolch Judicial Institute and a student editor for Judicature. He edited draft Judicature articles, revised the Institute’s Best Practices publications, conducted original research on data protection laws for circulation to electronic discovery practitioners, and staffed the Appellate Judges Education Institute’s annual summit. He also was a research editor for the Duke Law Journal and a submissions editor for the American Journal of International Law. After graduation, he clerked for the Honorable Rhesa H. Barksdale of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Patrick Bradley (Duke Law JD ’18) served as one of the Bolch Judicial Institute’s inaugural Student Fellows and assisted in editing, drafting, and coordinating revisions of the Institute’s Standards and Best Practices documents. He also served as a student editor for Judicature. At Duke Law, Patrick served as editor-in-chief of the Duke Law Journal and was a member of the Moot Court Board.

Leah Brenner (Duke Law JD ’18) served as a Student Fellow to the Bolch Judicial Institute for two years, conducting research, writing and editing Duke Conference Best Practices documents, assisting in managing the Appellate Judges Education Institute, and editing Judicature articles. She also was an Executive Editor for Law & Contemporary Problems, an active member of the Moot Court Board, and a competitor in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.  She clerked for Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III in the Delaware Court of Chancery after graduation.

Dacia Green (Duke Law JD ’18) served as a student editor for Judicature. She also was editor-in-chief of the Duke Law and Technology Review and articles editor for the Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy. She was co-founder and co-director of the Duke Law Feminist Collective and the director of finance for the Black Law Students Association.

Glenn Chappell (Duke Law JD ’17) served as a Bolch Judicial Institute Student Fellow and as a student editor for Judicature. He also was managing editor for the Duke Law Journal, senior research editor for the Duke Law and Technology Review, and a member of the Moot Court Board. He received the Duke Law Faculty Writing Award in 2016. After graduation, he clerked for Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

Alexis Reynolds (Duke Law JD ’16) served as a student editor for Judicature. She also served as online editor for the Duke Law Journal and was a CDO Committee member of the Duke Bar Association. She was a judicial intern for Associate Justice Paul Newby of the North Carolina Supreme Court.

Lucy Kopin served as an undergraduate student in Duke’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences studying computer science with a minor in psychology and a certificate in innovation & entrepreneurship. As a student assistant at the Bolch Judicial Institute, she assists the Institute with contributing to the website, articles, and other content.

Anna McFarlane received her undergraduate degree from Duke’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences in May 2023. As a student assistant at the Bolch Judicial Institute, she assisted Institute staff with digital communication and program administration.

Maya K. Bell was the summer communications intern for the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law School. She assisted the Institute with digital marketing, contributing to the website, social media, press announcements, articles, and newsletters. As an undergraduate at North Carolina Central University, Bell studied mass communications with a concentration in public relations.

Hadeel Hamoud was a student assistant at the Bolch Judicial Institute, assisting the Institute staff with planning related to Judicature and other programs. At Duke, she majored in Political Science and International Comparative Studies with a concentration on the Middle East.