For Immediate Release | May 2024
Contact: Rachel Del Rossi, PBF Executive Director
RDelRossi@PeggyBrowningFund.org

Philadelphia, PA, May 2024 - Jehong (Joseph) Park from the University of Illinois College of Law has been awarded a Peggy Browning Fund fellowship in workplace justice advocacy. The application process is highly competitive, and the award is a tribute to Jehong’s outstanding qualifications.

This year, the Peggy Browning Fund is proud to announce we have accepted 117 law students into our nationwide fellowship program, the largest cohort in our history! Securing a Peggy Browning Fellowship is a challenging process, with over 3,950 applications for our 2024 program. As the country continues to face unprecedented challenges to workers’ rights, the fight for workplace justice has never been more pressing. Labor needs lawyers and we are inspired by the passion and dedication this year’s Fellows bring to the movement. These Fellows are distinguished students who have not only excelled in law school but who have also demonstrated their commitment to workers’ rights through their previous educational, organizing, work, volunteer, and personal experiences. 

Jehong (Joseph) Park (J.D. candidate, 2025) will be at Strategic Organizing Center (SOC) in Washington, D.C. Joseph’s professional background in filmmaking exposed him first-hand to the post-pandemic labor movement in the entertainment industry and shaped his interest in workers’ rights and labor law. Born in South Korea, Joseph grew up in New Jersey, Seoul, and San Diego. After attending film school at NYU, Joseph worked as a special education classroom assistant and a film producer, producing narrative shorts and documentaries, one of which was featured live on ABC in 2023. As a rising third-year at the University of Illinois College of Law, he developed his interests in labor and employment law by working as a research assistant to Professor Matthew W. Finkin and as an intern for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor. He is also involved in the Journal of Law, Technology & Policy and the National Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. Joseph is excited to be a Peggy Browning Fellow and looks forward to contributing to the labor movement at the Strategic Organizing Center.

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