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Recent Fellows
2025
| Judge Helena Refosco, Brazil Term: March 2025 - May 2025 Topic: Citizen Participation in Class Action Cases |
Magistrate Winnie Pefole, Cameroon Term: April 2025 - May 2025 Topic: Judicial Education |
2024
| Judge Katsuyuki Matsuda, Japan Term: September 2024 - September 2024 Topic: Pre trial detention and the use of electronic monitoring |
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| Judge Harshali Chowdhary, India Term: September 2024 - September 2024 Topic: Digital Evidence in Criminal Cases |
Judge Sumedh Sethi, India Term: September 2024 - September 2024 Topic: Digital Evidence in Criminal Cases |
2023
| Judge Joymalya Bagchi, India Term: June 2023 - June 2023 Topic: Benchbook on Adjudicating Terrorism |
Research Associate Shruti Eusebius, India Term: June 2023 - June 2023 Topic: Benchbook on Adjudicating Terrorism |
2019
| Judge Etienne Martins, Brazil Term: October 2019 - October 2019 Topic: Sentencing timeline recommendations |
Judge Ralitsa Konstadinova, Bulgaria Term: May 2019 - June 2019 Topic: Court-annexed alternative dispute resolution |
| Judge Vida Cortez-Jimeno, Philippines Term: October 2019 - October 2019 Topic: Use of court technology to assist with case-flow management |
Bimal Poudel, Nepal Term: May 2019 - June 2019 Topic: Judicial administration |
| Judge Minoru Sonoda, Japan Term: September 2019 - October 2019 Topic: Cost and funding of civil litigation and use of pretrial conferences |
Judge Radislava Kacherilska, Bulgaria Term: April 2019 - May 2019 Topic: e-Justice and court technology |
| Judge Colin Makail, Papua New Guinea Term: July 2019 - July 2019 Topic: Case management strategies |
Judge Tomohiro Nakajima, Japan Term: April 2019 - May 2019 Topic: Information technology and artificial intelligence in the courts |
| Judge Richard Balucio, Philippines Term: July 2019 - July 2019 Topic: Criminal case management |
Dr. Hanfu Liu, People's Republic of China Term: March 2019 - April 2019 Topic: Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitration |
| Judge Rahul Bishnoi, India Term: June 2019 - June 2019 Topic: Execution of court judgements |
Eduardo Romero Tagle, Mexico Term: March 2019 - March 2019 Topic: Appellate case management and consensus building |
| Zeeshan Ali, Pakistan Term: June 2019 - June 2019 Topic: Court-annexed alternative dispute resolution |
Dr. Lénárd Sándor, Hungary Term: January 2019 - April 2019 Topic: Impact of digital technology on privacy rights |
2018
| Judge Sidney Dalabrida, Brazil Term: December 2018 - February 2019 Topic: Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitration |
Judge May Hazel Tagupa, Philippines Term: July 2018 - June 2018 Topic: Judicial conduct and discipline |
| Judge Mehnaz Siddiqui, Bangladesh Term: October 2018 - December 2018 Topic: Court-annexed alternative dispute resolution |
Judge Yusuke Hirose, Japan Term: June 2018 - June 2018 Topic: Use of sentencing guidelines in U.S. courts |
| Judge Hee Kyoung Lee, South Korea Term: September 2018 - December 2018 Topic: Cross-border insolvency and bankruptcy |
Fatma Hosgor Tekesin, Turkey Term: May 2018 - June 2018 Topic: Role of an independent and accountable judiciary |
| Sherzod Yuldashev, Uzbekistan Term: September 2018 - September 2018 Topic: Transparency in the courts and media relations |
Chief Justice Ivor Archie, Trinidad & Tobago Term: March 2018 - June 2018 Topic: Advancement and development of the statutory and constitutional framework of labor regulation |
| Noor Mohammed Khan, Pakistan Term: August 2018 - August 2018 Topic: Strategic planning for court management and automation |
Judge Paul Howard, Australia Term: March 2018 - March 2018 Topic: Institutional response of U.S. judiciary to funding reductions |
| Lei Zhao, People’s Republic of China Term: July 2018 - July 2018 Topic: Mediation and international arbitration |
Judge Anatoli Bobokov, Bulgaria Term: February 2018 - February 2018 Topic: Media relations for the courts |
2017
| Judge Jiyoung Yi, South Korea Term: September 2017 - December 2017 Topic: Role of law clerks in U.S. courts |
Chief Judge Ahmed Mahmoud Sabry Youssef, Egypt Term: March 2017 - May 2017 Topic: Court-annexed mediation and enforcement of settlement agreements |
| Judge Takashi Hirose, Japan Term: June 2017 - June 2017 Topic: Intellectual property law, including how cases are litigated in U.S. courts |
Judge Mamdouh Mohamed Youssef, Egypt Term: February 2017 - May 2017 Topic: Judicial education and access to justice, including legal aid for those who cannot afford counsel |
| Judge Eduardo Fernando Appio, Brazil Term: June 2017 - June 2017 Topic: Constitutional law and common principles of law and jurisprudence |
Affonso Ghizzo Neto, Brazil Term: February 2017 - March 2017 Topic: Combatting corruption in the public sector |