Social Justice Fellowship Program

Level's Social Justice Fellowship Program (SJFP) empowers law students and equips them with the skills to become social justice advocates.

What is the SJFP?

The Social Justice Fellowship Program (SJFP) was launched in 2022 for law students to gain experience addressing social justice issues they are passionate about. As part of the program, law students plan and execute a social justice project of their own design. In support, Level Justice provides fellows with funding, training, connections, and guidance to execute the project to a high calibre. The social justice projects in question must be research, policy, or advocacy-based and and must result in a written deliverable that Level Justice will publish.

SJFP allows students to work closely with Level staff, not only to gain an in-depth understanding of social justice issues but also to advance their legal research, analysis, and writing skills. By engaging in the SJFP, fellows have the opportunity to learn about social justice issues, engage their campuses, perform outreach to the broader community, refine their leadership skills, and become better advocates for social justice.  In this way, Level hopes to further law students’ commitment to social justice and create a steady stream of social justice advocates entering the legal field.

How do we do this?

  • Information and Training

    We provide information and training for fellows to become advocates for social justice issues throughout their legal careers.

  • We create opportunity for fellows to pursue social justice issues that they are passionate about on a local level.

  • We guide fellows to orchestrate and execute projects that benefit their specific areas of interest, talents, passions, and potential futures.

  • Broader Community

    We facilitate participation in the broader community in order to raise awareness and increase impact of fellows’ projects through publication.

Meet Our 2024-2025 Fellows

  • Aminah Haghighi

    Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University

  • Bianka Dunleavy

    Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University

  • Erin Masters

    Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia

  • Valeriia Laut

    Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia

  • Jonathan Ku

    Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

  • Shan Malhi

    Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario

  • Kiana Froese

    Faculty of Law, University of Western Victoria

  • Nicole Green

    Faculty of Law, University of Western Victoria

  • Sydney Sloane

    Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

  • Lauren Miller

    Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

  • Selingul Yalcin

    Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

  • Sabrin Abdellahi

    Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

  • Kosheen Mehndi Ratta

    Faculty of Law, University of Windsor

  • Reilly Norman

    Faculty of Law, University of Windsor

  • Blain Haile

    Faculty of Law, McGill University

  • Tuviere Okome

    Faculty of Law, McGill University

  • Aurélie Huynh

    Faculté de droit - Université de Montréal

  • Sara Hguig

    Faculté de droit - Université de Montréal

  • Haman Mamdouhi

    Faculty of Law, Queen’s University

  • Jibe Zantua

    Faculty of Law, University of Calgary

  • Tanisha Kumar

    Faculty of Law, University of Calgary

Read our 2023-2024 Social Justice Fellows’ work in the Journal of Law Student Scholarship.

Level is thrilled to announce the Social Justice Fellowship Award winners for 2023-2024.

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SJFP Updates

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Level Launches the Journal of Law Student Scholarship
Level Launches the Journal of Law Student Scholarship

Level Justice is excited to announce the launch of the Journal of Law Student Scholarship, a publication showcasing the work of law students who have been working at Level for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Thomson Reuters-Level Partnership Announcement
Thomson Reuters-Level Partnership Announcement

Level is excited to announce our funding partnership with Thomson Reuters. This partnership will support Level’s mission of providing social justice and access to justice focused education and training to law students across Canada.

Level’s Social Justice Fellowship Project: Education in Prisons
Level’s Social Justice Fellowship Project: Education in Prisons

Level’s Social Justice Fellow from Queen’s University - Faculty of Law, Kayla O’Brien, produces an infographic as part of her Fellowship Project. The infograohic discusses education and digital literacy as rehabilitation.