We are thrilled to announce our 2024 Legal Summer Interns!
The Levin Center annually provides stipends for Wayne Law students to spend the summer working as legal interns on Capitol Hill, experiencing first-hand a bipartisan approach to congressional oversight. The selected Wayne Law students work under the supervision of an experienced attorney who is engaged in conducting oversight on behalf of a House or Senate committee. The students are able to observe the practice of congressional oversight from the inside gaining valuable experience in the heart of Congress.
2024 Cohort
Raphi H. Sadaka, a 1L involved in numerous legal organizations, graduated from Wayne State University with dual bachelors in Nutrition and Food Science, and Public Health. Before starting Law School, he worked for an international humanitarian NGO as a grant writer from 2021 to 2023, where he helped fundraise and plan international humanitarian aid projects across the globe. Raphi will serve his 2024 summer internship on the Senate Finance Committee under Chairman U.S. Senator Ron Wyden. Raphi has been named the Levin Center’s Pauline Cohen intern 2024.
Johanna Vorrath-Lopatin, a 1L, graduated from Oakland
University with a major in Psychology and a minor in German
Language and Literature. While studying at Oakland she volunteered
for a German nonprofit which specialized in advancing maternal
health equity among refugee women. She currently serves on the
Student Board of Governors and as a board member of Wayne Law
Students for Mental Health Awareness. Johanna will serve her
internship on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee (HSGAC) Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and
Spending Oversight under Chairwoman U.S. Senator Margaret
Wood Hassan.
Ibrahim Ghazal, a 1L, graduated from Wayne State University
with a major in Political Science and a minor in Arabic and Law.
Ibrahim worked in the Michigan House of Representatives as a
legislative staffer with the majority floor leader Representative
Abraham Aiyash, and is the founder of local non-profit, the Detroit
Muslim Running Club, providing Detroit communities with
activities and programs to improve physical, mental, and spiritual
health. Ibrahim will serve is 2024 summer internship on the
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC)
under Chairman U.S. Senator Gary Peters.
