Fellows enroll at Brooklyn Law School from all over the United States and around the world. The diverse backgrounds of these students adds richness to the study of international law. In recent years fellows have come to us from Bulgaria, China, Colombia, France, Guyana, Israel, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Many are graduates of the most prestigious colleges and universities. Some have earned graduate degrees, and many have had interesting work experiences here and abroad.
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Andrew Ceppos graduated with honors from Tufts University with a BA in International Relations and Chinese. During his junior year, he studied abroad for a semester in Hangzhou, China and was recognized by the Tufts Chinese Department with their prize for language and literature. His senior year, he was a semi-finalist on the Jeopardy! College Championship. The year after graduation he worked both as an English language teacher for the Catholic Schools of Madrid and as youth counselor for FEYDA, a Spanish non-profit organization. He spent this past year working as an analyst for American Realty Capital. Andrew, a Carswell and Dean's Merit scholar, is a recipient of the Centennial Grant and an Academic Achievement award. He is fluent in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, and is conversant in French.
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Gloria Liu graduated from Wellesley College in 2009 with a BA in International Relations and English. In her International Relations studies, she focused on security studies and international conflict. After graduation, Gloria went to South Korea to teach English to elementary school children in the rural schools of Yang-Yang. Gloria has worked as a paralegal at a boutique immigration law firm and interned at the World Information Transfer, a NGO affiliated with the `United Nations and focused on international health.