Current Fellows
2025-2026 Fellows
Camila María Fiorito Nuñez is an Argentine lawyer and LL.M. graduate from NYU School of Law (Class of 2026), where she studied as an Arthur T. Vanderbilt Scholar. Prior to coming to NYU, she built her career in the public sector and in international human rights work, holding positions and consultancies at Amnesty International Argentina — where she served as Litigation Advisor on cases involving free speech, the right to protest, and reproductive justice — the International Organization for Migration (UN Migration), and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. She also has experience teaching Constitutional Law and Public International Law at the University of Buenos Aires.
Camila graduated with honors from the University of Buenos Aires School of Law specializing in International Law, where she also pursued an LL.M. in International Human Rights Law (pending completion). She has participated in human rights research projects in Argentina, presented papers at national human rights and constitutional law conferences, and serves as a board member of the Asociación Civil de Estudios Constitucionales (ACEC).
At NYU, Camila took a range of courses in human rights and international law and was a member of the Legal Empowerment and Judicial Independence Clinic, where she also worked as a research assistant under the supervision of Professor Margaret Satterthwaite.
As an LL.M. Public Interest Fellow, she will join the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), where she will support the organization's litigation and legal advocacy before the Inter-American Commission and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights — conducting legal research, drafting briefs, and helping develop arguments in cases involving human rights violations.
Gabrielle Timoteo, LL.M. ’26, holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from NYU School of Law, as well as a Ph.D. in Law, a Master of Laws, and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from University of São Paulo (USP) Law School. She is also a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP), certified by the Compliance Certification Board (CCB).
Gabrielle is passionate about applying legal knowledge to improve the lives of people and the institutions around her. Prior to NYU, she worked for the City of Memphis government as a contract compliance analyst. She served as the lead compliance analyst on several multimillion-dollar infrastructure projects and provided compliance training for government employees and vendors. In Brazil, she practiced law for over a decade, focusing on employment law, and also worked as a law professor. She consulted for the International Labour Organization (ILO) on matters related to forced labor and human trafficking. She has numerous publications in Brazilian legal journals, and her scholarship focuses on human trafficking of immigrants for labor exploitation, forced labor, and workplace harassment. Gabrielle has also volunteered in both Brazil and the United States with organizations that support immigrant inclusion.
At NYU, she served as a Student Fellow with the Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE) and as Director of Institutional Relations for the Brazilian Legal Society (BLS). During her LL.M. studies, Gabrielle took courses in Corporate Compliance, Ethics, and Risk Management, as well as Immigration Law and the Rights of Noncitizens. She was selected to participate in the Immigrant Defense Externship, which led to an externship with the Immigration Law Unit (ILU) at The Legal Aid Society, where she assisted attorneys in providing direct legal services to immigrants in New York City.
As a Public Interest Fellow, Gabrielle will return to the Immigration Law Unit (ILU) at The Legal Aid Society. She will continue contributing to its mission of providing free, high-quality, and holistic legal services to immigrants while further developing her legal skills within the complex U.S. immigration system under the mentorship of experienced public interest attorneys at an organization recognized for its impactful work.
Nicola Protetch, LLM '26, holds a Master of Laws in Environmental and Energy Law from NYU School of Law, and graduated cum laude from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law with a specialization in Environmental Law, ‘25. She holds a B.A. Honours in Anthropology from McGill University, Montréal.
Nicola was engaged in environmental justice advocacy for over a decade, including grassroots organizing and as a law student. During her JD, she was a member of the Environmental Law Student Association and worked as a legal writing mentor. She conducted pro bono legal work in support of a Water Declaration for Northern Indigenous Nations, which are facing critical mineral development in their territories. She was also a legal fellow for the Honourable Senator Kim Pate in the Canadian Senate and competed in the Kawaskimhon National Aboriginal Moot. Her research focused on biodiversity conservation, Indigenous rights, protected areas, and the impact of resource extraction. She examined human rights and corporate due diligence in the mining industry, in Canada and internationally.
At NYU, Nicola served as a Human Rights Scholar for the Indigenous Land Rights and Earth Defence Project, supporting a forthcoming report on paralegal programs in Guyana, in partnership with the South Rupununi District Council. She was the sole LL.M. candidate selected for the Earth Rights Research and Action Clinic (TERRA), where she focused on legal personhood for whales in Aotearoa New Zealand, supporting Māori ocean governance, working across New Zealand domestic law and international ocean governance frameworks within the recent BBNJ Treaty.
As a Public Interest Fellow, Nicola will join ClientEarth USA, supporting its mission to use corporate, environmental, and human rights law against harmful multinational practices. She will contribute to ClientEarth's litigation and advocacy, using U.S. law to hold major corporations accountable for environmental and climate harms.
Milana Wang, LLM '26, earned her Master of Laws from NYU School of Law in 2026. She completed her legal education in China in 2025, where she received multiple merit-based academic scholarships. She also received recognition in the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition. Milana later continued her legal studies in Finland as a Visiting Student at the Faculty of Law of the University of Helsinki and became a member of Pykälä, the law students’ association at the University of Helsinki.
Milana provided legal consultation through a university legal clinic program in China, assisting individuals in matters involving marriage, family disputes, and women’s rights protection. She also interned with the Family Division of the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court and participated in legal service work with an Alabama-based immigrant and refugee assistance nonprofit in the United States.
During her time studying and living in the Baltic region, Milana developed a growing interest in issues concerning transnational human trafficking, foreign women, and gendered vulnerability, which gradually became a driving force behind her commitment to public interest work.
At NYU, Milana focused her research on human trafficking, gender-based violence, immigrant justice, and trauma-informed legal advocacy, with a particular interest in cross-border victim protection and access to justice. Milana will collaborate with Rikosuhripäivystys (RIKU), one of Finland’s leading victim-support organizations, on research concerning access to justice for victims of human trafficking and labor exploitation under European Union and international law. Her work will focus on barriers to victim compensation, state procedural obligations in trafficking investigations, and victims’ privacy and data protection rights.
Aparna Krishnakumar is an India-qualified lawyer and LL.M. candidate in International Legal Studies at New York University School of Law, where she is a Dean’s Graduate Scholar. She received her B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from National Law University, Delhi. At law school, she won the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition (India Rounds), reaching the semi-finals at the international rounds. She was also an Erasmus+ Scholar at the University of Bergen.
Prior to NYU, Aparna worked as a legal associate at Trilegal, a leading law firm in India, where she worked on regulatory and transactional matters in highly regulated sectors, including pharmaceuticals, financial services, and data governance.
At NYU, she has worked with organizations supporting incarcerated individuals, taxi and rideshare workers, transgender and gender non-conforming individuals, and migrant worker communities. Her work has included parole advocacy, administrative hearings, identity-documentation assistance, and re-entry planning. She has also conducted research on international tax cooperation and Global South representation in international economic governance.
Her broader interests include public international law, healthcare law, institutional reform and public interest advocacy. As an NYU PILC Fellow, Aparna looks forward to continuing client-centered advocacy work at Appellate Advocates, particularly in the areas of parole advocacy and re-entry support.
Chengyu Zhang LLM ’26 holds a Master of Laws from NYU School of Law, focusing on criminal justice. She graduated from China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), where she was recognized as a CUPL Outstanding Graduate and received the Public Service Honor from Peking University International Hospital. She is also pursuing a Master of Laws in Criminal Procedure Law at CUPL.
Before coming to NYU, Chengyu participated in the CUPL Criminal Legal Scientific Clinic, providing legal assistance to indigent criminal defendants. She later interned at China’s first public interest law firm, Beijing Qianqian Law Firm, where she contributed to an empirical study of over 500 human trafficking cases to support sentencing reform. She also interned at a People’s Procuratorate and at the criminal defense practice department of King & Capital Law Firm. As a research assistant to Professor Shuo Guo, Chengyu conducted comparative legal studies on criminal procedure.
At NYU, Chengyu’s studies have focused on US criminal justice system, including criminal procedure, evidence, sentencing, domestic violence law, and professional responsibility in criminal practice. Through the Local Prosecution Externship, she interned at the New York County District Attorney’s Office, supporting criminal investigations and prosecutions through legal research and drafting.
As an LLM Public Interest Fellow, Chengyu will join the Palmer Office of the Alaska Public Defender Agency, where she will handle a misdemeanor caseload and assist attorneys with felony matters, representing indigent criminal clients in Alaska.