The new Women’s Health Summer Fellowship has been established at the University of Virginia School of Law, adding to the mix of opportunities that will enable scores of law students to work in public service jobs this summer.
As the inaugural fellow, Salwa Ahmad ’24 will work at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration, in its Children and Families’ Office on Trafficking in Persons.
The fellowship is designed to help preserve women’s access to safe, affordable health care and to address systemic inequities and gaps that impede women’s access to health care in the U.S., including inequities in health insurance. The fellowship was created in memory of Lila Kaufmann, a labor and delivery nurse, by her daughter and son-in-law, Pamela Kaufmann ’86 and Eric Zankman.
“We are excited that the Women’s Health Summer Fellowship provides us with yet another chance to expand our financial support to our public service students,” said Leah Gould, assistant dean for public service and director of the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center. “The new fellowship adds to the myriad public service opportunities for students to get a foot in the door to build their careers as public service lawyers.”
The fellowship is among those providing more than $740,000 in funding to students working in public service positions over the summer. Other sponsored public service awards and fellowships for the summer include:
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