Kevin Chisolm

What are you doing now?

 I am currently a second-year J.D. candidate at Yale Law School. At YLS, I serve as Political Action Co-Chair of the Black Law Students Association, a student Clinic Director with the Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic, and a board member of the Yale Youth Justice Project. Outside of law school, I serve as a board member for the Telluride Association, a non-profit organization that creates free educational programs for high school students. 

How has the Fellowship impacted your career?

The Fellowship was instrumental in my law school application process. Since I took two years off between undergrad and law school, the Fellowship allowed me to continue refining my writing and research skills. Writing my final essay, Recovery and Reform: The Economics of Significant New Deal Legislation helped me learn about securities law and the administrative state, which has been helpful to me as a law student. This semester, I found myself referring to my essay to remind myself of the details of the Securities Act of 1933. Additionally, I met great mentors and peers through the program who I have stayed in touch with since I completed the program in 2021. 

What is your favorite memory of the Fellowship?

My favorite memory from the Fellowship has to be the in-person CSPC conference some fellows got to attend with the 2022 cohort in the summer of 2022. I enjoyed listening in on the panels and meeting some people from the fellowship in person. Since my fellowship was predominantly online, I met many folks for the first time at the conference. I also met my CSPC mentor in person at a reception which was a great experience. This was technically after my cohort finished the Fellowship, so my favorite memory from 2020-2021 Fellowship year would be the Zoom call we had with Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Rep. Mike Rogers. It was a great experience to hear two former legislators of opposing parties discuss their experiences running a campaign and serving together. 

If you could have any job in the world, what would it be?

If I could have any job in the world, I would be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. I am interested in civil rights law and hope to practice as a federal prosecutor in this division in my career. I was originally inspired to pursue law after speaking with a former attorney from this division.