The International Center for Law and Religion Studies is pleased to announce the 2021 Summer Research Fellows. Each year the Center invites outstanding students to spend the summer between their first and second years at J. Reuben Clark Law School in externships with offices of the Area Legal Counsels of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in many parts of the world and at the General Counsel’s office in Salt Lake City, Utah. In addition to this work, the Fellows participate in Center research, writing, and publishing projects.

The 2021 Student Research Fellows and their assignments:

Seng Mai Aung: Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

Dallas Bates: Moscow, Russia

Alea Beeston: Salt Lake City, Utah

Ryan Cheney: Nairobi, Kenya

Maren Cline: Tokyo, Japan

Kekai Kalalea Goncalves Cram: Lima, Peru

Matthew Talmage Finch: São Paulo, Brazil

Anastasia Lee Jespersen: Manila, Philippines

Nicholas F. Loosle: Guatemala City, Guatemala

Tanner Lyon: Mexico City, Mexico

Daniel Nelson: Salt Lake City, Utah

Madeline Olsen: Accra, Ghana

Dillan Passmore: Auckland, New Zealand

Nathan Phair: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Grant Rasmussen: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Madison Wilson: Johannesburg, South Africa