Alexis Kallen

Alexis Kallen

2020 LMJ Scholar Recipient


MCCA Scholar
Yale University

Alexis Kallen is a first-year law student at Yale Law School. She graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University in 2018. She then graduated with an MPhil in International Development in 2020 from the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. Her master’s thesis questioned why people with disabilities are not recognized as a particular social group under U.S. asylum law. At Yale, Alexis is a member of the Lowenstein Human Rights Project, the Title IX working group, and Think Different: The Disability Law Students Association. She ultimately hopes to work as an advocate for marginalized disabled women, particularly those seeking asylum in the U.S.

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