Judicial Fellows Begin 2012-2013 Term

Four Fellows have been selected to participate in the 2012-2013 Supreme Court Fellows Program beginning this fall. The Fellows Program was created in 1973 by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, and offers, in the words of Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., "a unique opportunity for exceptional individuals to contribute to the administration of justice at the national level."

The Fellows are assigned to the Supreme Court, the Federal Judicial Center, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and the U.S. Sentencing Commission, where they work for a year with top officials on various projects related to the federal judicial process. All Fellows are chosen by a nine-member commission selected by the Chief Justice.

The 2012-2013 Fellows are:

• Michelle Ward Ghetti, a law professor from Southern University Law School, who will work in the Office of Judges' Programs, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts;
• Waseem G. Iqbal, a special agent in the San Francisco Office of Homeland Security Investigations, who will work with the U.S. Sentencing Commission;
• Stephanie P. Newbold, an assistant professor from the School of Public Affairs, American University, who will work in the Office of the Counselor to the Chief Justice, the Supreme Court of the United States; and
• S.I. (Stacie) Strong, an associate professor of law, University of Missouri School of Law, will work in the International Judicial Relations Office of the Federal Judicial Center.