Madison Bigelow is a rising 3L at Rutgers Law School, where she serves as Senior Articles Editor of the Rutgers University Law Review. She is a recipient of the 2025-2026 Marsha P. Wenk Fellowship for Public Interest. Madison served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Esther Salas, U.S.D.J.
Madison earned her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in English from the University of Connecticut, where she was a member of the Honors College. She served as a Leadership Council Member for the National Humanities Center and as President of Circle K International. She was also recognized with the Outstanding Senior Women Academic Achievement Award.
While at UConn, Madison worked as an archival researcher for the UConn-Mansfield Training School Project, conducting research related to healthcare policy and institutionalization in Connecticut, and as a publishing intern with the Meanings of Democracy Lab, assisting with editorial and manuscript preparation for a forthcoming publication on taxation in America.
Cohere Elliston is a rising 3L at Seton Hall University School of Law, where he is a Legal Education Opportunity Fellow. He is President of the American Constitution Society and Vice President of the Black Law Students Association. Cohere served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Michael A. Shipp, U.S.D.J., and also worked as a research assistant. This fall, Cohere will participate in Seton Hall’s Equal Justice Clinic.
Prior to law school, Cohere was a Corps Member with Teach For America in San Francisco, California, where he taught Advanced Placement World History to more than 120 students at an under-resourced public school. He also served as a wrestling coach at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey, focusing on student-athlete development, training, and competition preparation.
Cohere earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from The College of New Jersey, where he was a member of the Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society and an Education Opportunity Fund Scholar. During his time at TCNJ, Cohere was Chapter President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., NAACP Fundraising Chair, and Senator of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Lauren Geiger is a rising 3L at Seton Hall University School of Law, where she is a member of the Interscholastic Moot Court Board and Senior Editor of the Seton Hall Journal of Legislation of Public Policy. This past spring, Lauren participated in Touro Law’s Twelfth Annual National Moot Court Competition in Law & Religion, where she and her partner were Quarterfinalists and were awarded Second Best Brief. Lauren served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Madeline Cox Arleo, U.S.D.J. She also served as a courthouse intern within the Family Division of the Morris County Courthouse.
Lauren earned dual Bachelor of Arts degrees, summa cum laude, in Political Science and French from Drew University, and she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Lauren was captain of the women’s varsity soccer team, secretary of L’Association Francophone, a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, a Drew Tour Guide, and participant in the ShortTREC program in France. While at Drew, Lauren also worked as a Teaching Assistant/Writing Fellow, collaborating with her professor to develop presentations, co-teach lessons, and provide individualized instruction to students.