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2025-2026 Supreme Court Fellows


Elizabeth Adler
ADDISON P. BECKER is the 2025-2026 Fellow assigned to the Supreme Court of the United States, where she will serve in the Office of the Counselor to the Chief Justice. Ms. Becker joins the Supreme Court Fellows Program from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, where she clerked for the Honorable J. Philip Calabrese. She previously clerked for the Honorable Benita Y. Pearson of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Ms. Becker earned a B.A., summa cum laude, in English Literature from Capital University, and a J.D., cum laude, from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where she served as Editor in Chief of the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law.

Joshua Blecher-Cohen
KEEGAN B. COPPOLA is the 2025-2026 Fellow assigned to the United States Sentencing Commission, the agency responsible for the establishment of sentencing policies and practices for the federal courts. Ms. Coppola joins the Supreme Court Fellows Program from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, where she clerked for the Honorable Iain D. Johnston. Ms. Coppola earned a B.A. in Communication (in the Honors Program) and Islamic Civilization and Societies from Boston College, and a J.D., magna cum laude, from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where she served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Law and Social Policy.

HopeForsyth
MELISSA C. COSGROVE is the 2025-2026 Fellow assigned to the Federal Judicial Center, the education and research agency for the federal courts. Ms. Cosgrove joins the Supreme Court Fellows Program from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, where she was a career law clerk for the Honorable Stephen R. Welby. She previously clerked for the Honorable Stephen R. Clark and the Honorable E. Richard Webber of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. She was also an Assistant Attorney General in the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. Ms. Cosgrove earned a B.S., cum laude, in Business Administration from Truman State University, and a J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from the University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, where she served as an Associate Editor of the Missouri Law Review.

Samantha Smith
SAMANTHA P. MCCALEB is the 2025-2026 Fellow assigned to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the central support entity for the Judicial Branch. Ms. McCaleb joins the Supreme Court Fellows Program from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, where she clerked for the Honorable Bobby E. Shepherd. Ms. McCaleb earned a B.M. in Vocal Performance from New York University, and a J.D., cum laude, from Belmont University College of Law, where she served as an Associate Editor of the Belmont Law Review.



 

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