Claire Cockrell was the first Legal Justice Fellow at the Arkansas Appleseed Legal Justice Center. She spent the summer of 2022 working on Arkansas Appleseed’s Heirs Property Research & Policy Analysis Project. Cockrell was a concurrent Juris Doctor and Master of Public Service Candidate at the William H. Bowen School of Law and the Clinton School of Public Service.

In her first year at the Clinton School, Cockrell researched the collateral effects of court debt in Pulaski County as part of a practicum team, and previously graduated with her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with minors in Legal Studies, Indigenous Studies, and Criminal Justice.

Tasneem Elbackush was the second Legal Justice Fellow for Arkansas Appleseed. Elbackush graduated from George Mason University in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in community health, and continued her education at Penn State Dickinson Law before transferring to the William H. Bowen School of Law in Little Rock.

Having previously volunteered her time with Esperanza Immigration Legal Services, Tasneem is committed to health equity. As a Legal Justice Fellow, Tasneem analyzed case law and proposed legislation, and researched the public health impacts of basic tenant protections.

Gabriel Watson joined Arkansas Appleseed as a Fred Darragh Fellow, as a law student at the William H. Bowen School of Law. Having graduated in 2015 from California Polytechnic State University with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management and Protection, Gabe desires to represent ordinary people and connect with community, especially those on the margins. Bringing experience in community organizing, and a study abroad in Cusco, Peru, Gabriel developed methods of story collection in order to assist with tenants' self-advocacy.

Tanner Weber served as a Fred Darragh Fellow with Arkansas Appleseed while he was a Juris Doctorate candidate at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Tanner believes in serving his community: he volunteers at the Center for Educational Access, and at Salvation Army. In 2020, he graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Arts in political science, minoring in sociology, criminal, justice, and legal studies. He brings with him experience in real estate and as a paralegal. As a fellow, Tanner contributed to research on perceptions in public media of renters' concerns.