2015 Marutani Fellows

Qiwei Chen, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Qiwei Chen is a rising 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, as well as current Vice President of Pitt Law’s Asian Pacific Law Student Association. As a current legal intern of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Immigration Clinic, she represents vulnerable low-income immigrants with their deportation defenses and asylum cases. In addition, as a student volunteer at Christian Legal Aid of Pittsburgh, she serves the underprivileged populations regarding family law matters. Qiwei received her BA from Shanghai Normal University and an LLM from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. This summer, with the assistance of the Marutani fellowship, Qiwei will work at Jewish Family & Children Service in Pittsburgh, PA. There, she will be able to help resettle immigrants and refugees that fled their homes due to fear of persecution, imprisonment or death and help them rebuild their new lives in our community.

Anannya Tripathy, Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law

Anannya Tripathy is a rising 2L and Conwell Scholar at the Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law and the 2015-2016 Co-President of the North American South Asian Law Students Association (NASALSA).  Prior to law school, Anannya worked as a paralegal at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and as a freelance writer and travelled through Europe. Additionally, Anannya has been volunteering for over six years at ActionAIDS, a Philadelphia nonprofit dedicated to empowering  those living with HIV/AIDS. Anannya earned her B.A. in Psychology from Temple University in 2012. In college, she was a Dean’s Scholar and a two-time recipient of the Community Service & Civic Engagement Initiative Award, which is awarded annually to one student who made outstanding efforts in the area of community service.  This summer she will be interning at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.