The program is named in honor of the former President and San Francisco Regional Director of the federal Legal Services Corporation, who died of complications related to AIDS in 1987. Dan was born in Manchester, Georgia, but due to family illness was raised in the Georgia Baptist Children's Home. He worked his way through Mercer University and its law school in Macon, GA. After graduation, he was selected in 1967 to be a member of the first class of Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellows. Working in rural Florida, his skilled and effective advocacy on behalf of migrant farm workers brought him national attention. As a result, he became the Southern Regional Director for the OEO Legal Services Program in 1970 and in 1975 was named the first Regional Director in California for the new Legal Services Corporation. His rapid rise in national prominence culminated in his selection as President of the Legal Services Corporation in 1980. Thanks to Dan's tireless advocacy and charismatic leadership, the national effort to expand and equalize access to justice for the poor was very successful.

To honor Dan's legacy and the principles for which he stood, the goal of the Fellowship is to offer law students, particularly those from low-income or working class backgrounds, the opportunity to consider a career in legal services and other public interest law while providing legal services and other programs with a new source of dedicated and energetic staff.


Past Recipients of Dan Bradley Fellowships:

Liz Jackson, Public Advocates

Rebecca Rabovsky, Legal Services of Northern California

Jocelyn Godinho, California Rural Assistance, Inc.

2008

Annie Pan, Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Rigel Massaro, Public Advocates
Eve Epstein, Legal Services of Northern California

2007
Alan Nolley, Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Steliana D. Schmidel, Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Elizabeth Alamillo, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Rebeca Canales, Public Law Center
Vardui Barsamyan, Neighborhood Legal Services in Los Angeles
Elan Martínez, Legal Aid of Marin County

2005
Brian O'Toole, Bay Area Legal Aid
Katharine E. Ruhl, University of California, Davis Immigration Law Clinic
Nicole Camarillo, California Rural Legal Assistance
Angélica Nohemi Quiñónez, Child Care Law Center
Yohandra Ugarte, Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law
Lourdes Barrera, Los Angeles Center for
Law and Justice

2004
Raja Jorjani, California Indian Legal Services. Focused on prisoners' rights.
Francisco Moreno, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc. Immigration & naturalization outreach and assistance to farmworkers
Vianey Ramirez, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles. Worked with Domestic Violence Clinic of San Fernando Superior Court.
Ariel Sosna, Law Center for Families. Advocated on behalf of clients as part of the Deaf Women's Legal Project.
Jamie Kang Xiong, Central California Legal Services. Created legal outreach projects targeted at the Hmong community around domestic violence & other issues.

2003
Charesa Garrett, East Bay Community Law Center
Paul Swiller, Public Counsel

2002
Audrey del Valle, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles. Worked to obtain naturalization application fee waivers for indigent immigrants.
Clarice Lin, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights. Worked on campaign to end racial discrimination in retail establishments and address the needs of South Asian and Muslim hate crime victims post September 11th.

2001
Jennifer Reisch, Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center. Several projects to advance the rights of low-wage workers.

2000
Sonia Merida, Equal Rights Advocates. Worked to educate monolingual Spanish speaking communities of low-wage workers and women on welfare about employment rights issues.

1999
Amanda Touchton & Jennifer Rotman (fellowship shared), Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Worked to obtain proper medical care and living conditions for women in state prisons.

1998
Thuy Thi Nguyen. National Health Law Project. Developed six-county health Ombudsman project.

1997
Wendy Lee Anderson, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation. Focused on environmental law issues on behalf of Native American and Latina mothers.

1996
Sara Chang, San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation. Created bilingual curriculum and outreach packet on domestic violence education for Latino high school youths on accessing the legal system.

1995
Jami Tillotson, Legal Services of Northern California. Contributed to lawsuit challenging a small town's failure to comply with California Redevelopment Law.

1994
Caleb Rush, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.

1993
Cynthia Waddell, Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center. Produced an Americans with Disabilities Act litigation plan for the program to implement.
Claudia Alvarez, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. Worked on redevelopment law and organizational development for a fledgling nonprofit self-help organization for low-income pregnant minors and minor parents.

1992
Latonya Slack, National Health Law Program
Karla Stewart, California Women's Law Center

1991
Melinda Benninghoff, Solano Legal Assistance
Terry Truong, National Center for Youth Law
Guadeloupe Zamorano-Reagin, Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law