Chau Le

Chau Le is a 2026–27 Larsen Justice Fellow at Beyond Legal Aid. Her fellowship project will focus on developing litigation to challenge the Illinois Department of Corrections’ unconstitutional restrictions on physical mail. This project will be part of a larger initiative to increase Beyond’s litigation capacity and expand its advocacy efforts on behalf of Illinoisans who are currently or formerly incarcerated.

Chau is a 2026 graduate of Berkeley Law, where she was a Human Rights Center Scholar and 2024 Thelton E. Henderson Racial Justice Fellow. During law school, she interned with Legal Aid Chicago’s Housing Practice Group, where she worked on eviction defense and fair housing cases. She also interned with the MacArthur Justice Center’s St. Louis office, where she assisted with civil rights litigation on issues including prison conditions and government transparency.

At Berkeley Law, she co-directed the Moot Court team, served as a senior articles editor for the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law, and was a member of the 2025–26 Death Penalty Clinic cohort. Additionally, she was a student researcher with the Paper Prisons Initiative for three years, where she worked on projects supporting the expansion of legal resources for individuals seeking expungement or relief under California’s Racial Justice Act.