Students

Under the supervision of the Centre’s director, faculty and associated scholars, clinic students research and analyze major religious freedom cases at the European and U.S. levels, participate in international workshops, and engage in the preparation and filing amicus briefs. To gain this experience, students are invited to apply for the Centre's Clinical Program.

All students are invited and encouraged to take part in the class Freedom of Speech and Religion in the US Supreme Court Jurisprudence taught by Prof. Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier at Jagiellonian University since 2007.

Clinical Program

The Centre for Law and Religious Freedom is seeking Clinical Students and Fellows to join its research and clinic activities dedicated to fostering professional skills and values through the lens of pro bono religious freedom lawyering. As a Centre’s Clinical Student or Fellow, you will:

1. Help select and manage a portfolio of Centre’s clinic cases;
2. Participate in researching, writing, and editing briefs, complaints, court filings of all types, and other related research projects;
3. Learn more about freedom of religion and freedom of speech from leading experts from Europe and the United States;
4. Meet regularly with the Centre teams to prepare and strategize in their casework and research (the program combines online and in-person components to enable students and graduates abroad to participate in our activities);
5. Promote the Centre’s work, including via social media posts and website updates;
6. Assist in developing Centre materials and planning and executing Centre programming and events;
7. Investigate and develop new Centre projects and follow up on inquiries for Centre assistance;
8. Perform other Centre’s related duties as assigned.

Join the CLRF!

New Edition of the Clinical Program

The Centre for Law and Religious Freedom is seeking new Clinical Students and Fellows to join its research and clinic activities dedicated to fostering professional skills and values through the lens of pro bono religious freedom lawyering. 

In evaluating candidates, particular consideration will be given to:

– interest in freedom of religion, freedom of speech and comparative legal research

– organizational commitment,

– ability to work in a team,

– research curiosity and interest in scientific work,

– English language skills.

Interested persons are invited to submit the following documents:

– curriculum vitae,

– motivation letter (including an explanation of the rationale for admission to the internship and presentation of scientific and professional plans),

– other documents or information, important for the evaluation of the candidate and the tasks carried out by the Centre.

Documents should be submitted electronically (in a single file, in pdf. format) to the following email address: clrf@uj.edu.pl, or in hard copy to the Secretariat of the Department of Roman Law of the Jagiellonian University. Applications can be submitted until April 9, 2027.

You are invited to send your applications!

Clinical Students and Fellows 2026/2027

Weronika Chrobak;

is a lawyer who earned her law degree and Masters in Legal Practice at the University of Malaga. Her final thesis focused on Christianophobia within the framework of international law. She has experience practicing criminal law, with a particular focus on hate crimes.

 

Carl-Friedrich Froehlich

is a French-German student of the international double degree programme in European Studies at Jagellonian University, KU Leuven (Belgium) and University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne (France). Fluent in French, German and English, his research interest lies in international public law with a focus on defense, the U.S. legal system and foreign relations.

Kasper Hamulewicz

is a law student at the Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University. He presides the TBSP UJ academic association of constitutional law and teaches constitutional law extracurricular classes as part of it. Interested in constitutional law, foreign relations, civic engagement, languages, and classical literature.

 

Tudor Luft

is a Polish-Romanian law student at the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. His main intrests revolve around crossroads of law, philosophy and theology, as well as comparative law and international law.

 

Mary Mulroy

is a Law (BCL) and Business student with a particular focus on the intersection of law and business, including corporate law, compliance, consultancy, and public service at the University of Galway, Ireland. Her interests include human rights, freedom of religion, constitutional law, and public policy.

Gia Sajan

is a lawyer from Strathmore Law School, Nairobi with interests in interdisciplinary legal research in the clinical, technological and health law spaces. She has served as the Research Director at the Strathmore Law Clinic and has contributed to academic journals and publications through research centres and law reviews in Kenya (CIPIT/JIPIT, Institute of Family Studies and Ethics and Strathmore Law Review). She is committed to advancing legal research and service to society through the CLRF.

Małgorzata Sawoszewicz

is a fifth-year student at the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University. She is currently preparing her master’s thesis in the field of private international law. Her academic interests focus on broadly understood private law, particularly cases involving a foreign element, as well as legal issues concerning ethnic and religious minorities.

Anna Tarnacka

is a law student at the University of Warsaw Faculty of Law and Administration. Her legal interests concern mainly international law and comparing different legal systems, also in terms of religious freedom. Apart from that, she considers herself an avid foreign languages learner.

Karolina Ziajka

is a fifth-year student at the Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University. Her scientific interests include legal history, freedom of speech and religion, as well as social and cultural studies.

 

 

Clinical Students and Fellows 2025/2026

Paula María Godden 

is a lawyer who earned her law degree and Masters in Legal Practice at the University of Malaga. Her final thesis focused on Christianophobia within the framework of international law. She has experience practicing criminal law, with a particular focus on hate crimes.

 

Kasper Hamulewicz 

is a law student at the Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University. Teaches constitutional law as part of the TBSP UJ academic society. Interested in constitutional law, foreign relations, civic engagement, languages, and classical literature.

Paweł Kucharczyk

is a law student at the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University. He completed the American Law Program, organized by the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University and the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America from which he graduated with the highest distinction, receiving the title of KKG Scholar. He is fluent in English and speaks German at a B2 level. His law interests include civil law and legal issues related to freedom of speech and religion.

 

Rafał Macieląg

is a graduate with honors from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. Currently works at the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection.

Hubert Michalczak

is an alumni of the Faculty of Law at Jagiellonian University with his Master’s thesis focusing on religious group’s charitable activities. He speaks English fluently. His interests are civil law, religious freedom and Roman law.

Piotr Mlenko

is fifth-year student at the Faculty of Law at the University of Warsaw. His scientific interests are connected with the boundaries between private and public law and the protection of the freedom of religion.

Jakub Niedziółka

is a law student at the Jagiellonian University and President of the Faculty Council of the Jagiellonian University Student Union. He is also the Coordinator of the Legal Team of the Youth Parliamentary Council. He is most interested in criminal and Denominational law.

Katarzyna Nowicka

is a fifth-year law student at the Jagiellonian University. Her academic interests include Roman law, natural law, human rights, and freedom of speech.

Tasmyn Sharp

is a fourth-year International and European law student at the University of Groningen whose steadfast commitment to the protection and promotion of religious and fundamental rights granted by EU institutions and those of member states led her to join the CLRF as an intern.

Sylwia Sosin

is an attorney at law at the District Bar Council in Kraków and a graduate from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Jagiellonian University. In her professional career, she deals with issues related to criminal law and life science. Personally, she is interested in Roman law and the American legal system.

Ugo Stornaiolo S.

is an Ecuadorian-Italian lawyer, writer, journalist, and legal scholar whose education and work spans across Latin America, the United States, and Europe. He holds an LL.M. in American Law from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and an LL.M. in French and International Business Law from the Université d'Orléans, both pursued in cooperation with the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, where he is currently based.

Ignacio Vuigner

is a Swiss-Spanish undergraduate law student at the University of Geneva and also studying Spanish law online. With a strong interest in comparative law and fundamental rights, aiming to contribute to legal frameworks that bridge jurisdictions.

 

Alexandra Yeryomin (ad-hoc researcher)

Seattle-born and Montréal-based, holds an MA in Theological Studies with a concentration in Moral Theology from Christendom College. She will begin an MA in Religious Studies specializing in Bioethics at McGill University in Fall 2025. A 2024-25 CLRF intern and current ad-hoc researcher, she values Catholic social teaching, canon law, biotech, and biomedical ethics.

 

 

Interns 2024/2025

Giulia Gori

is a law student from the University of Trento, Italy. She is always looking for new opportunities and stimulating challenges to face, which led her to join CLRF as an intern.

Rafał Macieląg

is a graduate with honors from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. Currently works at the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection.

Hubert Michalczak

is a fourth-year student at the Faculty of Law and Administration at Jagiellonian University. His interests are in Roman law and religious freedom regulations.

Jakub Niedziółka

is a law student at the Faculty of Law and Administration at Jagiellonian University, Founder and President of the Ecclesiastical and Denominational Law Student Association at JU.

Tasmyn Sharp

is a fourth-year International and European law student at the University of Groningen whose steadfast commitment to the protection and promotion of religious and fundamental rights granted by EU institutions and those of member states led her to join the CLRF as an intern.

Sylwia Sosin

is a graduate from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Jagiellonian University. Currently, she is undergoing legal training at the District Bar Council in Kraków. In her professional career, she deals with issues related to criminal law and life science. Personally, she is interested in Roman law and the American legal system.

Ugo Stornaiolo S.

is an Italian-Ecuadorian visiting graduate student in comparative law at the Jagiellonian University, the Catholic University of America, and the Université d'Orléans.

Alexandra Yeryomin

is an American residing in Montréal. Graduate from McGill University, remote student in theological studies at Christendom College, Virginia. Her asperations to specialize as a canon lawyer, led her to join CLRF.

George Yeryomin

is a graduate of the Faculty of Law at the McGill University in Montreal, having recently started legal practice in the same city in the field of civil and commercial litigation.