The Austin Fellows are Christian lawyers and law students who have been educated in some of America’s finest universities, clerked for a variety of prestigious judges, held highly influential positions, litigated numerous cases, and published several scholastic articles.

Certain Fellows are spotlighted below.
 

Shelley studied Political Science at Cedarville College in Ohio. Following graduation, she moved to Washington, D.C. where she interned in the office of Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), worked as a legal secretary at Patton Boggs, LLP, and served as the Deputy Director of Communication and Development at Freedom Alliance, a national security non-profit organization. Shelley obtained her J.D. at The College of William & Mary and currently is pursuing an LLM in Human Rights Law at the University of Durham in the United Kingdom. Upon completion of her course, she plans to work in international development with either the U.S. Government or an NGO. Her legal interests are in the areas of human rights protection and rule of law development in emerging states. Personal interests include history, music, architecture and politics.

Alvin obtained a J.D. from Harvard Law School while serving as a leader in Christian Fellowship and volunteering for the Tenant Advocacy Project. He is currently a litigation associate in the Cleveland, Ohio office of Jones Day. He also serves as a trustee for Christian Legal Aid of Cleveland and is a member of the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church. Alvin’s primary scholarly interests are in poverty law and jurisprudence. More specifically, Alvin is very interested in studying how the abandonment of Christian economic principles legitimated the exploitation of workers and hastened the alienation of people away from the communal life toward an individualistic and materialistic existence.