G. Rollie White Scholar in Residence Fund
The G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar in Residence Program is endowed and supported by a generous gift from the G. Rollie White Trust. The purpose of the program is to bring outstanding legal scholars, practitioners, and advocates from the field of public service to the Law School to foster discussion of issues related to public interest law, to raise the profile of lawyers working in this area, and to encourage students to view public service as an honored and expected part of every legal career.
The most recent Scholar, Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, visited in 2019.
- 2026: Sarah Rich, Democracy Forward
- 2025: Samuel Bagenstos, University of Michigan Law School
- 2023: Patrice Simms, Earthjustice
- 2023: Demetria McCain, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- 2022: Lee Gelernt, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project
- 2019: Janai Nelson, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- 2018: Michael Allen, Relman, Dane & Colfax
- 2017: Janelle Orsi, Sustainable Economies Law Center
- 2016: Christy Lopez, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
- 2015: Lucas Guttentag, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- 2014: Douglas Laycock, University of Virginia School of Law
- 2013: Marie-Therese Connolly, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- 2010: Kathryn S. Fuller, ’76, Ford Foundation
The Justice Center thanks the G. Rollie White Trust for its generous gift, which makes the Scholar in Residence Program possible.