Women and Justice Fellow

Maithili Pradhan Women and Justice Fellow

Maithili Pradhan is the 2012 Women and Justice Fellow at the Avon Global Center for Women and Justice.  Maithili received a J.D. from Cornell Law School, Master 2-Droit et globalisation économique from Sciences Po and Universite Paris I, and a B.A. in International Politics from New York University. As a law student she worked on public-interest litigation related to maternal mortality in India, co-authored a briefing paper on domestic violence in India, and served as President for the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association and Clinic Liaison for the Cornell Advocates for Human Rights. She has held internships with the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, the International Rescue Committee, and Troutman Sanders LLP.

Leigh Blomgren Women and Justice Fellow

Leigh Blomgren is the 2011-2012 Women and Justice Fellow at the Avon Global Center for Women and Justice.  She is interested in international human rights law with a special focus on women and children.  Leigh received a J.D./LL.M in International and Comparative Law from Cornell Law School in 2010. She has conducted research focusing on women’s human rights issues and, as a student, served as Advocacy Chair for the Cornell Advocates for Human Rights and Committee Chair for the Public Interest Law Union. Leigh also works alongside Professor Muna Ndulo of Cornell Law School in preparation for a forthcoming casebook she is co-authoring. Prior to law school, Leigh worked as a paralegal in the New York office of the law firm Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius LLP. She received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina, where she played for the national championship-winning Women’s Varsity Soccer team.