Paige Anderson from the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes in Montana interned with the Center's Helena office last winter. Paige is a senior at Dartmouth College majoring in sociology with a minor in Native American Studies.  Paige is a Bill and Melinda Gates Scholar who plans to attend graduate school or law school and to purse a career helping Native communities. Paige was a consummate professional, cheerfully helping out with major and mundane tasks. 

We have also benefited immensely from the service of two summer interns working out of our Washington, D.C. office. Veronica Potes, a Ph.D. candidate studying Indigenous Law at the University of Calgary, focused her attention on the work the Center is doing in Guatemala. Susie Kim, a senior at Princeton University, helped bring sections of our website up to date and was instrumental in helping the Helena attorneys secure important documents for their research.    

Emily Wann, who received her J.D. in June ‘08 from American University, completed a legal internship with the Center's D.C. office this spring. Emily made important contributions to the Center's work on the human rights obligations of multilateral development banks, as well as our Guatemala project. Our recognition of Emily is overdue, but our gratitude is no less genuine.  

About the Sidley Fellowship

The Indian Law Resource Center's Terrence A. Sidley Fellowship is awarded to a law student who shows particular promise for a career in federal Indian law and international indigenous issues. The Sidley Fellow works as a law clerk at either the Center's Helena, Montana or Washington, D.C. office for an eight-week term in the summer. Fellows participate in legal research and writing on major Indian rights issues related to current projects of Center. The Fellow is paid a stipend of $3,000 for the eight-week term.

The Fellowship is named after Terry A. Sidley, a lawyer of exceptional dedication and professional skill who helped found and guide the Center for many years as a member of our Board.  A champion of protecting civil liberties and constitutional rights, Terry lived and practiced law in Alexandria, VA until his death in 2004.

Announcing the John D.B. Lewis Fellowship

This year, a second fellowship has been established in memory of John D.B. Lewis, a leading civil rights attorney, philanthropist, and supporter of Indian rights. John served on the Center's board of directors for many years.  His dedication to the Center, to Indian peoples, and to human rights in his life and legal work will long be remembered. Like the Sidley Fellowship, this award will be given to an exceptionally qualified law student interested in the field of Indian law.