Baxter Fellowship in Litigation

Honorable Judge Lee D. Baxter

THE FELLOWSHIP

Each year one or two outstanding students in Litigation are selected to be the Judge Lee D. Baxter Graduate Fellows in Litigation in a post-graduate fellowship position. The Baxter Fellows serve as valuable members of the GGU Litigation Center, working with the Director of the Litigation Center and other litigation professors to ensure the students at GGU receive the best litigation education they can. The Baxter Fellows assist in teaching the trial advocacy, advanced trial advocacy and mock trial courses, coaching the mock trial competition teams, and are available to students for one-on-one help as they go through litigation courses at GGU. The fellowship was made possible by a generous gift to the law school by retired San Francisco Superior Court Judge Lee D. Baxter. Judge Lee Baxter is an alumna of GGU and served as a Court Commissioner, then as a Municipal Court Judge, and finally as a Judge of the Superior Court of San Francisco. Now retired, Judge Baxter is a member of the Board of Trustees of Golden Gate University.

INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE BAXTER FELLOWSHIP?

Applications are available each spring semester and are typically due mid-April. For more information email baxterfellow@ggu.edu and join our Litigation Center TWEN page. ATTENTION: No longer accepting applications.

the 2024 Baxter Fellow in Litigation

gregory rousso

Greg joins the Litigation Center as a Golden Gate graduate who has spent his time working in the fields of corporate law and civil litigation. While in law school, he competed in multiple mock trial tournaments, and received GGU’s Mock Trial Excellence Award in 2023.  While his career goal is excelling overall as a litigator, he helps teach GGU Law’s Introduction to Litigation course and meets with mock trial competitors weekly. His free time consists of staying active, spending time with his family in the Bay Area, and playing chess.  

"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."
Sir Isaac Newton

Past Baxter Fellows

1995-Kleigh Hathaway

1996-Brian Soriano

1997-Sal Gallardo

2001-Kristine Ward

2002-Lizel Cerezo

2003-Julie Beil

2004-Aicha Mievis

2005-Brian Williamson

2006-Bryna Holland
Kimberly Cazinha

2007-Paula Rasmussen

2008-Emily Fowler
Catherine Wollard

2009-Caroline McCormick

2010-Samuel Luzadas
Erik Knuppel

2011-Brandon Schantz
Christopher T. Erickson

2012-Julia Levitskaia
Dan Dressman

2013-Blair Pickus
Katya Salganick

2014-Jaclyn Merkis
Brent Kling

2015-Erik Faussner
Lori Mullins

2016-Salayha Ghoury

2017-Dustin Cameron
Erica Chu

2018-Zach Porter
Ashley Lotti

2019-ROXANA ARAUJO

2020-Clodagh Mauchline

2021-Clodagh Mauchline

2022-Clodagh Mauchline
Christina Stout (TEMPORARY)

2023-CHRISTINA ROBINSON (STUDENT BAXTER) and alexandra ferris (Graduate baxter)

2024-Gregory rousso

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BUILDING LOCATION

Located in the heart of the financial district in beautiful San Francisco.

ADDRESS:

536 MISSION STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105

Points of Contact

RACHEL BROCKL

(Past) Director of the Litigation Program

GREGORY ROUSSO

(Past) Litigation Center Baxter Fellow

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