Award Recipients

PILP Has Funded 383 Summer Awards To-Date!

 

Our recipients fight on behalf of underrepresented people and causes right here in Portland, OR, throughout the Northwest, across the nation, and around the world. 

2019

Alison Kavanagh

Metropolitan Public Defender
Hillsboro, Oregon

Colin Bradshaw

Clackamas Indigent Defense Corporation
Oregon City, Oregon

Jacqueline O’Keefe

Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center
Ashland, Oregon

Jessica Hetzel

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Moab, Utah

Mallory Abel

Defenders of Wildlife
Washington, D.C.

Skylar Losik

St. Andrew Legal Clinic
Portland, Oregon

Todd Smith

Metropolitan Public Defender
Portland, Oregon

Amber Cognata

Oregon Law Center
Portland, Oregon

Emily Fox

Disability Right’s Oregon
Portland, Oregon

James Garlant

Wildlands Network
Seattle, Washington

Maggie Powers

East Bay Community Law Center
Berkley, California

Patricia Estrella

Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services
Portland, Oregon

Taylor Rose

Metropolitan Public Defender
Portland, Oregon

2018

Adrienne Craig

Animal Welfare Institute
Washington, D.C. 

Annie White

Center for Food Safety
Portland, Oregon

Chloe Johnson

Metropolitan Public Defender
Portland, Oregon

Destini Martinez

Criminal Justice Reform Clinic
Portland, Oregon

John MacMorris-Adix

Metropolitan Public Defenders
Hillsboro, Oregon

Kristen Kinneary

Executive Office for Immigration Review
Adelanto, California

Ryan Willett

Legal Services of North California
Sacramento, California

Anne Cox

International Humanitarian Law
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Carley Pouland

Sherwood City Attorney’s Office
Sherwood, Oregon

Dani Replogle

Defenders of Wildlife
Denver, Colorado

Helen Lee

Metropolitan Public Defender
Portland, Oregon

Jordan Lennox

Oregon Law Center
Portland, Oregon

Kaylee Dickerboom

Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office
Los Angeles, California

Maria Valdez

Jesuit Refugee Services
Malta, Malta

Silvia Badea

Washington County District Attorney’s Office
Hillsboro, Oregon

2017

Angela Hajihashemi

Clackamas County Counsel
Oregon City, Oregon

Dani Replogle

Center for Food Safety
Portland, Oregon

Elizabeth Graves

Washington County District Attorney’s Office
Hillsboro, Oregon

Lindsay Jonasson

Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project
Los Angeles, California

Megan Amos

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Washington, DC

Stephen Warner

Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
Portland, Oregon

Bakhtawar Khan

WildEarth Guardians
Portland, Oregon

Danielle Elefritz

Environment & Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC

Jody Davis

Disability Rights Oregon
Portland, Oregon

Maddie Holmes

Medical-Legal Partnership of Oregon
Portland, Oregon

Pendrey Trammell

Washington County District Attorney’s Office
Hillsboro, Oregon

Theo Erde-Wollheim

Metropolitan Public Defender Services
Hillsboro, Oregon

2016

Alex Meggitt

Oregon Innocence Project
Portland, Oregon

Andrew Futerman

U.S. Department of Justice
Environmental Enforcement
Portland, Oregon

Bobby Marchione

Compassion Over Killing
Los Angeles, California

Hugo Gonzalez Venegas

Immigration Counseling Service
Portland, Oregon

Kahlia Corral

San Diego Public Defender’s Office
San Diego, California

Kelly Iler

Oregon Innocence Project
Portland, Oregon

Sarah Bieri

Northwest Justice Project
Olympia, Washington

Alysha Van Zante

Oregon Law Center
Portland, Oregon

Anna Jones

Pierce County Department of Assigned Counsel
Tacoma, Washington

Chelsea Sandbloom

Multnomah County Attorney’s Office
Portland, Oregon

Joshua Gums

Metropolitan Public Defender
Hillsboro, Oregon

Katrina Krebs

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Air Enforcement Division
Washington, D.C.

Marija Boise

Oregon Innocence Project
Portland, Oregon

2015

Ann Marie Schott

Oregon Innocence Project, Portland, OR

Bryanna Beauchamp

Immigration Counseling Service, Portland, OR

Danielle Miller

United States Attorney’s Office, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Laura Russell

Northwest Health Law Advocates, Seattle, WA

Matthew Steven

Federal Public Defender’s Office, Portland, OR

Rebecca Fischer

Crag Law Center, Portland, OR

Brian Powell

Multnomah County Attorney’s Office, Portland, OR

Christine Zenthoefer

Disability Rights Oregon, Portland, OR

Julie Sugano

U.S. Federal District Court of Oregon, Portland, OR

Lindsey O’Neill

American Bar Association Commission on Immigration, Washington D.C.

Mei Tsai

Legal Aid Services of Oregon, Portland, OR

Seth Wrinkle

Freedom From Religion Foundation, Madison, Wisconsin

2014

Austin Bly

Minnesota AIDS Project, Minneapolis, MN
2014

Erica Hayne

Federal Public Defender, Portland, OR
2014

Gwyn Styarfyr

Northwest Justice Project, Longview, WA
2014

Rodrigo Juarez

Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services, Portland, OR
2014

Sarah Park

Anchorage District Attorney, Anchorage, AK
2014

Carla Edmondson

Federal Defender, Montgomery AL
2014

Erica Nist-Lund

Voz Workers’ Rights Education Program, Portland, OR
2014

Natalia Ospina

Legal Aid Services of Oregon, Portland, OR
2014

Samantha Omana

Columbia Riverkeeper, Hood River, OR
2014

Zachary Winston

Oregon Innocence Project, Portland, OR
2014

2013

Alisa Larson-Xu

Metropolitan Public Defender, Portland, OR
2013

Daniel Kappes

Trout Unlimited, Bozeman, MT

2013

Elizabeth Hilliard

Federal Public Defender, Portland, OR
2013

Jamie Pang

Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC
2013

Kara Tebeau

Crag Law Center, Portland, OR
2013

Leland Baxter-Neal

Federal Public Defender, Portland, OR
2013

Nikki Pritchard

US Attorney’s Office, Civil Rights Division, Portland, OR
2013

Ryan Shannon

Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, AK
2013

Shirin Khosravi

Legal Aid Services of Oregon, Portland, OR
2013

Andrew King

Western Resources Legal Center, Portland, OR
2013

Derek Mills

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Denver, CO
2013

Jake Brooks

Columbia Riverkeeper, Portland, OR
2013

JJ England

Southern Environmental Law Center, Charlottesville, VA
2013

Kate Shumway

Alaska Public Defender Agency, Ketchikan, AK
2013

Michael Cowgill

Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services, Portland, OR
2013

Patrick Cavenaugh

Federal Public Defender, Portland, OR
2013

Sara Blankenship

Earthrise Law Center, Portland, OR
2013

Tessa Berman

US DOJ Environmental Enforcement Section, Washington, DC
2013

2012

Andrea Meyer

St. Andrew Legal Clinic, Hillsboro, OR
2012

Carter Moore

Columbia Riverkeeper, Hood River, OR
2012

Christian Eickelberg

Federal Public Defender, Dist. of Oregon, Portland, OR
2012

Diana Bettles

Youth, Rights & Justice, Portland, OR
2012

Frances Nguyen

Asian American Legal Defense Education Fund, New York, NY
2012

Kathryn McNeill

Legal Aid Services of Oregon, Portland, OR
2012

Mackenzie Lawson

Southern Environmental Law Center, Chapel Hill, NC
2012

Maura Fahey

Crag Law Center, Portland, OR
2012

Ryan Hamilton

Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Bristol, PA
2012

Sydney Boling

Youth, Rights & Justice, Portland, OR
2012

Benjamin Saver

Legal Aid Services of Oregon Farmworker Program, Hillsboro, OR
2012

Celina Bonugli

IUCN - Environmental Law Centre, Bonn, Germany
2012

Dana Gross

Office of the Alameda County Public Defender, Oakland, CA
2012

Erin Duncan

Oregon Law Center, Portland, OR
2012

Jordan Schoonover

Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, AK
2012

Kya Marienfield

Advocates for the West, Boise, ID
2012

Matthew Blythe

Metropolitan Public Defender,  Hillsboro, OR
2012

Paige Spence

Southern Environmental Law Center, Chapel Hill, NC
2012

Stacy Du Clos

Metropolitan Public Defender , Portland, OR
2012

2011

Amanda Alvarez

Metropolitan Public Defender, Portland, OR
2011

James Aaron

Metropolitan Public Defender, Washington County, OR
2011

Liv Brumfield

Columbia Riverkeeper, Hood River, OR
2012

Paul Ruprecht

Oregon Natural Desert Association, Portland, OR
2011

Sarah Perelstein

The Center for Biological Diversity, San Francisco, CA
2011

Vicky Razo

Neighborhood Legal Services of California, Pacoima, CA
2011

Heather Joy

DNA People’s Legal Services, Window Rock, AZ
2011

Jenny Loda

Defenders of Wildlife, Washington DC
2011

Lorena Wisehart

Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, AK
2011

Rachael Federico

Sponsors Organized to Assist Refugees, Portland, OR
2011

Thomas Chandler

Southern Environmental Law Center, Charlottesville, VA
2011

Zachary Davies

DNA People’s Legal Services, Window Rock, AZ
2011

2010

Adam Adkin

Community Development Law Center, Portland, OR
2010

Erin McKee

Sponsors Organized to Assist Refugees, Portland, OR
2010

Jenny Keatinge

International Fund for Animal Welfare, Washington, DC
2010

Logan Perkins

Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Bangor, ME
2010

Patrick Sullivan

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, OR
2010

Sarah Danley

Northern California River Watch, Sebastopol, CA
2010

Adrianne DelCotto

Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, AK
2010

Francie Graham

Legal Aid Services of Oregon, Portland, OR
2010

Kelsyn Bevins

Metropolitan Public Defender, Portland, OR
2010

Miles Johnson

Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Driggs, ID
2010

Richard Deitchman

The Freshwater Trust, Portland, OR
2010

Tara Gallagher

Crag Law Center, Portland, OR
2010

2009

Amy Van Saun

Center for Food Safety, San Francisco, CA
2009

Anzie Nelson

Oceana, Portland, OR
2009

Jeff Maslow

BLM Action Center, The Wilderness Society, Denver, CO
2009

Karen Long

Waterwatch of Oregon, Portland, OR
2009

Laura Muranaka

Legal Aid Services of Oregon (LASO), Portland, OR
2009

Megan Lemire

Oregon Natural Desert Association, Portland, OR
2009

Rochelle Martinsson

Juvenile Rights Project, Portland, OR
2009

Andy Newkirk

Columbia Riverkeeper, Hood River, OR
2009

Brandon McNamee

Legal Aid Services of Oregon - Farmworkers Program, Portland, OR
2009

Jennifer O’Brien

Crag Law Center, Portland, OR
2009

Katherine Edwards

The Defender Association (TDA), Seattle, WA
2009

Lynsdey Burrows

Oregon Law Center, Hillsboro, OR
2009

Nate Hausman

Center for Food Safety, San Francisco, CA
2009

Stephanie Short

The Gulf Restoration Network, New Orleans, LA
2009

2008

Becky Straus

East Bay Community Law Center, Berkeley, CA
2008

Sage Teton

WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, Jamaica Plain, MA
2008

John Schlosser

WaterWatch of Oregon, Portland, OR
2008

Andrea Kopecky

Columbia Riverkeeper, Hoodriver, OR
2008

Bridget Donegan

Midwest Environmental Advocates, Madison, WI
2008

Chris Dawson

Native American Program Oregon Legal Services (NAPOLS), Portland, OR
2008

Felicia Chapman

Disability Rights Oregon, Portland, OR
2008

Katie Carson

Mercy Corps, Portland, OR
2008

Suzanne Bostrom

Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, AK
2008

Ginger M. Beck

Oregon Law Center, Portland, OR
2008

Tara Zuardo

In Defense of Animals, San Rafael, California
2008

Ryan Couch

Friends of the Columbia Gorge, Portland, OR
2008

Ben Luckett

Appalachian Voices, Asheville, NC
2008

Carson Whitehead

Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Ashland, OR
2008

Elizabeth Oshel

Legal Aid Services of Oregon, Portland, OR
2008

John Caldwell

Earthjustice, Seattle, WA
2008

Kristen Monsell

Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC
2008

2007

Esteban Falconi

Center for International Environmental Law, Geneva, Switzerland
2007

Perrin de Jong

Crag Law Center, Portland, OR
2007

Lori Ann Burd

Center For Food Safety, San Francisco, CA
2007

Erica Maharg

Public Citizens Global Trade Watch, Washington, DC
2007

Jane Steadman

Oregon Natural Desert Association, Bend, OR
2007

Megan Canaday

CASA for Children, Portland, OR
2007

Carey Whitehead

Community Development Law Center, Portland, OR
2007

Chris Parta

Oregon League of Conservation Voters, Portland, OR
2007

Casey Barnard

OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon, Portland, OR
2007

Jacob Martinez

NW Constitutional Rights Center, Portland, OR
2007

Kelley Amburgey

Legal Aid Services of Oregon, Portland, OR
2007

2006

Manasi Kumar

University of Namibia, Faculty of Law, Namibia
2006

Brook Brisson

Oregon Law Center Farmworker Program, Hillsboro, OR
2006

Jamie Taft

National Crime Victim Law Institute, Portland, OR
2006

Rob Kirschner

Environmental Protection Agency (Region 10), Seattle, WA
2006

Andra Popa

Earth Island Institute, Berkeley, CA
2006

Greg Touchton

International Water Management Institute, Hyderabad, India
2006

Lauren Goldberg

Columbia Riverkeeper Hood River, OR
2006

Natasha Bellis

Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA), Bend, OR
2006

April Kusters

Community Development Law Center, Portland, OR
2006

Jamie Magdovitz

Oregon Law Center, Portland, OR
2006

Jessica Walz

Crag Law Center, Portland, OR
2006

Allison Reed

Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project, Portland, ME
2006

Courtney Watts

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Portland, OR
2006

Jamie Saul

Earthjustice, Seattle, WA
2006

Morgan Wyenn

Natural Resources Defense Council, Santa Monica, CA
2006

Rakeem Washington

Juvenile Rights Project, Portland, OR
2006

2005

Jennifer Bragar

Crag Law Center, Portland, OR
2005

Ellen Trescott

Water Watch of Oregon, Portland, OR
2005

Adam Friedman

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Region 2), New York, NY
2005

Danyel Stasch

International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, Austria
2005

Jennifer Schwartz

Oregon Natural Desert Association, Bend, OR
2005

Julia Williams

International Labor Rights Fund, Washington DC
2005

Kim McCoy

Centre for Environmental Justice, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2005

Nicole Johnson

Legal Aid Services of Oregon Farmworkers Project, Pendleton, OR
2005

Shannon Flowers

Legal Aid Services of Oregon, Portland, OR
2005

Kasia Rutledge

Oregon Law Center, Portland, OR
2005

Geoff Evans

Humane Society of the United States, Washington, DC
2005

Alliyah Mirza

Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Grants Pass, OR
2005

Elizabeth Richards

Juvenile Rights Project, Portland, OR
2005

Jesse Merrithew

OPAL Environmental Justice, Portland, OR
2005

Kenneth Kreuscher

Center for Constitional Rights, New York, NY
2005

Nellie McAdams

Ecologic Institute, Berlin, Germany
2005

Robert Pilz

Oregon Water Trust, Portland, OR
2005