Tristin Ott, rising 2L at UW Law School, has earned a prestigiuous Peggy Browning Fellowship for Summer 2023.
Ott is working in his 10-week fellowship at the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) in Washington, D.C.
The Peggy Browning Fellows program provides stipends to first- and second-year law students who dedicate their summers to working for labor unions, worker centers, labor-related nonprofits and union-side law firms.
Ott grew up in a family full of union members in rural Minnesota. Their passion for social and economic justice inspired him to research the history of the labor movement in undergrad and eventually go on to attend law school so he could fight for regular people.
"While at the NTEU this summer, I've had the opportunity to help defend wrongfully terminated employees in arbitration and to write memos analyzing the rising threats to public sector union rights," Ott said. "I'm really grateful to be able to do work that benefits the nearly 200,000 federal workers represented by the NTEU."
At UW Law, Ott is a member of the Labor and Employment Student Association, American Constitution Society and Moot Court Board.
The Peggy Browning Fellowship is a competitive award, intended to encourage law students to consider labor law as a career choice. More than 3,700 law students applied this year, with 109 ultimately connected to fellowships.
Submitted by Law School News on June 26, 2023
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