Nekima Levy-Pounds

On September 13, 2001, Nekima Levy-Pounds joined the Lawyer's Committee as the fourth recipient of The George N. Lindsay Civil Rights Legal Fellowship. Nekima received her undergraduate degree in African-American Studies from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She received her JD degree this past spring from the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. While in law school, Nekima interned at Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance in Champaign, Illinois. She also spent an unprecedented three semesters in the university's College of Law Clinic where she served as a teaching assistant and represented indigent clients in the area of family law. Nekima has won numerous awards for her commitment to public interest and was chosen by her law school classmates to speak on their behalf at this year's commencement ceremony. Nekima was also featured in the spring issue of The Jurist, the alumni publication for the University of Illinois College of Law.