Post-Graduate Fellowship Guide 2019

Guide to Post-Graduate Fellowships


TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Note ....................................................................................................................................................... 3

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Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 4

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Alphabetical Listing of Fellowships in This Guide .................................................................................. 5

IV. Overview of Fellowships and Examples ..............................................................................................12

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Project-Based Fellowships ...............................................................................................................13

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Entrepreneurial Fellowships ............................................................................................................16

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Organizational Fellowships ..............................................................................................................18

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Academic Fellowships ......................................................................................................................30

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Clinical Fellowships ..........................................................................................................................33

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Government Fellowships .................................................................................................................39

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Law Firm Fellowships .......................................................................................................................43
Elements of Successful Fellowship Applications .................................................................................46

VI. Drafting Tips for Project-Based Fellowships ........................................................................................46
VII. Conclusion ...........................................................................................................................................49

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I. NOTE
Using the Guide:
This guide provides an overview of post-graduate fellowships and also provides students and alumni with
examples of various types of fellowships by category. While this guide is comprehensive, it is not
exhaustive. In addition, the deadlines and specifications for various fellowships often change. Therefore,
we urge students to use the guide in conjunction with various ongoing job sites that provide updated

information about post-graduate fellowships, including the following: PSJD, USA.gov, and Symplicity.com.

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II. INTRODUCTION
One of the best ways to jumpstart your career in the social justice/civil rights/legal services sector is by
securing a post-graduate public interest fellowship. Fellowships are usually for one- or two-year terms
and provide a outstanding way public service opportunities for recent law graduates, including judicial
clerks, to launch their careers in public interest. There are literally hundreds of fellowships available;
many involve a complicated, competitive application process, while others are essentially one- to twoyear jobs that require nothing more than a résumé and cover letter. Some of the large project-based
fellowships’ funders have early deadlines and require students to secure a “host” (sometimes called
“sponsoring”) organization and draft a sophisticated proposal. In contrast, others typically do not require
proposals and have deadlines that run throughout the academic year.
Applying for fellowships can be very time-consuming, and conducting the process in an organized and
well-thought-out manner is the key to your success. While fellowships may vary in terms of their
specification and their selection criteria, all funders take into account a variety of qualifications, including
your academic credentials and experience. Law firm funders tend to base some of their criteria on those
they use for hiring associates. Some nonprofits are more interested in your practical experience and
passion for their work. Be diligent and take the time to research each fellowship carefully, and try to gain
some insight into what the funders are looking for.
The rewards of securing fellowship are tremendous. Fellowships provide a unique and valuable entry into
the world of public service. Fellows are able to use their legal skills to effect positive change for
disadvantaged populations. Moreover, most fellowships provide top-rate training and supervision and
serve as an impressive credential for attorneys as they build their careers. While fellowships are a
fantastic way to launch a career, please keep in mind that fellowships are not the only way of securing a
post-graduate legal position in the public interest sector. Furthermore, the application process is
competitive and rigorous; many applicants will unfortunately not receive a placement. Therefore,
students should also be exploring other entry points into their desired career and should take full
advantage of the resources offered by the Public Interest and Pro Bono Office and the Career

Development Office.
We hope you will find this guide useful as you begin to develop your post-graduate fellowship strategy.

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III. ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF FELLOWSHIPS IN THIS GUIDE
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ACLU: Marvin Karpatkin Fellowship

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ACLU: National Security Project Fellowship

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ACLU: Reproductive Freedom Fellowship

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ACLU: William Brennan Fellowship

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Advocates for Basic Legal Equality – Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Fellowship

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Alfa Fellowship Program

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American Academy in Berlin – Berlin Prize Fellowship

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American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Fellowship
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Americans for Separation of Church and State – Church-State Litigation Fellowship

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Americans for Separation of Church and State – Constitutional Litigation Fellowship

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Animal Legal Defense Fund Litigation Fellowship

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Ashoka Fellowship

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Asian Americans Advancing Justice Fellowship

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Bay Area Legal Aid – Project Link Fellowship

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Berkeley Law Foundation

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Berkeley Law School – Teaching Fellow – Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic

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Bernabei and Katz – Civil Rights Litigation Fellowship

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Borchard Foundation on Law and Aging

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Brown Goldstein and Levy – Disability Fellowship

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Business and Professional People for the Public Interest – Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellowship

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Cardozo Law School – Kathryn O. Greenberg Clinical Immigration Fellowship

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Catalyst Fellowship

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Center for Children’s Advocacy Fellowship

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Center for International and Environmental Law – Louis B. Sohn Fellowship

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Center for Reproductive Rights – ART Policy Fellowship

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Center on Budget Priorities – State Policy Fellowship

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Cohen Milstein Sellers and Toll Fellowship

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Columbia Law School Associates in Law Program

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Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto – Immigrant Rights Fellowship

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Disability Rights Advocate – Sidney M. Wolinsky Fellowship

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Draper Richards Kaplan

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Earthjustice Fellowship

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EarthRights International – Bertha Fellowship

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Echoing Green

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Echoing Green Black Male Achievement Fellowship

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Echoing Green Climate Fellowship

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Echoing Green Global Fellowship

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Empire Justice Center – Hanna S. Cohn Fellowship

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Environmental Law Institute – Public Interest Environmental Fellowship

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Equal Justice Initiative Legal Fellowship

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Equal Justice Society – Butler Koshland Fellowship
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Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Fellowships

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Equal Justice Works Fellowship

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Equal Rights Advocate Fellowship

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Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Legal Fellowship

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Fair Labor Association – Accountability Associate

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FairVote Democracy Fellowship Program

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Families USA – Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Honors Attorney Program

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Fried Frank – MALDEF & LDF Fellowship Programs

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Future of Privacy Forum – Elise Berkower Memorial Fellowship

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Georgetown Law Center for the Constitution Fellowship

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Georgetown University Law Center Research Fellowship

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Georgetown University Law Center – Street Law Graduate Teaching Fellowship

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Georgetown University Law – Domestic Violence Clinic Graduate Teaching Fellowship

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Georgetown University Law – Institute for Public Representation Teaching Fellowship

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Gibbons & Gibbons Fellowship

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Gideon’s Promise Law School Partnership Program

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Gupta Wessler PLLC – Fellowship in Appellate & Constitutional Litigation

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Harvard Law School – Albert M. Sacks Clinical Law Fellowship

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Harvard Law School – Privacy Initiative Fellowship

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Harvard Law School – Reginald F. Lewis Fellowship for Law Teaching

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Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

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Holland & Knight Chesterfield Smith Fellowship

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Human Rights Watch & ACLU: Aryeh Neier Fellowship

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Human Rights Watch – Alan R. and Barbara Finberg Fellowships

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Hunton & Williams – Atlanta Office Pro Bono Fellowship

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Hunton & Williams – Richmond Office Pro Bono Fellowship

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If/When/How – Reproductive Justice Fellowship Program

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Immigrant Justice Corps

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Independence Foundation

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Initiative for Public Interest Law at Yale

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Insight Collaborative Fellowship

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International Senior Lawyers Project – Kapp-Esaaye Fellowship

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Jack Nelson-Dow Jones Foundation Legal Fellowship

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Juvenile Law Center – Sol and Helen Zubrow Fellowship

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Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder – Theodore I. Koskoff Trial Advocacy Fellowship

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LAMBDA Legal Defense and Education Fund – Legal Fellowship

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Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights – Jerry Shestack Fellowship

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Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights – George N. Linsday Fellowship

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Legal Aid of Northern Carolina – Clifton Everett Fellowship

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Legal Aid of Northern Nevada – Melanie Kushnir Access to Justice Fellow

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Loevy & Loevy – The Justice Fellowship

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Loyola Law School – Center for Juvenile Law and Policy

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Loyola University Chicago School of Law – Beazley Institute for Health Law & Policy Fellowship

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Maida Fellowship Program – only for Rutgers law students

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Maine Bar Association – Frank M. Coffin Fellowship

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McCormick Foundation Legal Fellowship

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NAACP LDF – John Payton Fellowship

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National Endowment for Democracy – Hurford Youth Fellowship

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National Endowment for Democracy – Reagen-Fascell Fellowship

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National Environmental Law Center – Litigation Attorney

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National Immigration Law Center Fellowship

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National Institutes of Health – Department of Bioethics Fellowship

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National Women’s Law Center – ABA Section of Taxation Christine A. Brunswick Fellowship

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Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem Fellowship

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Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP – Cochran Fellowship

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New Jersey Institute for Justice – Honorable Dickinson R. Debevoise Social Justice Fellow

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New Jersey Institute for Social Justice – Trustee Social Justice Fellowship

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New Voices

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New York Civil Liberties Union – Immigrant Rights Fellowship

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New York Lawyers for Public Interest – Michael A. Young LGBTQ Legal Fellowship

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New York Leaders Initiative, Empire State Fellows Program

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New York University School of Law – Global Fellows Program

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New York University School of Law – Law & Economics Fellowship

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Northwestern Law School – Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center – Solitary
Confinement Appellate Litigation Fellowship

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NYC Housing Preservation & Development, Housing Fellows Program

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NYU Law School – Law & Business Entrepreneurship Fellowship

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NYU School of Law – Furman Center for Real Estate Fellowships

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Oceana Fellowship

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Open Society Presidential Fellowship

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Pace Law School – Environmental Law Fellowship

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Physicians for Human Rights – Senior Researcher

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Poverty and Race Research Council – Civil Rights (Housing & Health) Fellowship

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Prison Law Office – Legal Fellowship

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Public Citizen’s Alan Morrison Supreme Court Assistance Project

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Public International & Policy Group – Pro Bono Law Fellowship

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Public Justice Center – Murnaghan Fellowship

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Public Justice Foundation Fellowship

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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship Program

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Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program

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Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP Fellowship

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Sikh Coalition – Legal Fellowship

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Skadden

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Social Science Research Council Abe Fellowship

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Soros Advocacy Fellowship

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Stanton Foundation Legal Fellowship

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Stoneleigh Foundation, Emerging Leaders Fellowship

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Tycko & Zavareei LLP – Public Interest Fellowship

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University of Baltimore – Bob Parson’s Veterans’ Law Clinic Fellowship

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University of Baltimore – Clinical Fellow for Immigrant Rights Fellowship

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University of Chicago Law School – Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowship

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University of Chicago Law School – International Human Rights Clinic Fellowship

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University of Georgia – Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Fellowship

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University of Oregon – Domestic Violence Clinic Fellowship

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University of Pennsylvania – George Sharswood Fellowship

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University of Pittsburgh – Immigration Fellowship

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University of Texas Law School – Community Economic Development and Environment

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University of Vermont – Legal Fellowship, Center for Agriculture and Food Systems

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U.S. Copyright Office, Barbara A. Ringer Copyright Honors Program

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Legal Honors Program

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U.S. Department of Justice – Attorney General’s Honors Program

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U.S. Department of Justice – Office of the Solicitor General Bristow Fellowship

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U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor Honors Program

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Vera Institute for Justice – Clifford Chance Fellowship

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Vermont Poverty Law Fellowship, Vermont Legal Aid

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White House Fellows Program, The

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Wilson Center Fellowship Program

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Winston & Strawn LLP Fellowship Program

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Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program, The

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Yale Law School – Abrams Clinical Fellowship

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Yale Law School – Robert M. Cover Fellowship in Public Interest Law

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Yale Law School – Robert M. Cover-Allard K. Lowenstein Fellowship

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Yale Law School – San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project

IV. OVERVIEW OF FELLOWSHIPS AND EXAMPLES

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a. PROJECT-BASED FELLOWSHIPS
Project-based fellowships fund projects that serve unmet legal needs. Funders typically
support projects through which a fellow (and their host organization) can effectively address
unmet legal needs while also creating a viable, replicable, and sustainable model.
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Berkeley Law Foundation
Borchard Foundation on Law and Aging
Echoing Green
Equal Justice Works
Independence Foundation

Initiative for Public Interest Law at Yale
Maida Fellowship Program – only for Rutgers Law Students
New Voices
Skadden
Soros Advocacy Fellowship
Stoneleigh Foundation, Emerging Leaders Fellowship
Tom Steel Post-Graduate Fellowship
Vermont Poverty Law Fellowship, Vermont Legal Aid

1. Berkeley Law Foundation ()
The mission of the Berkeley Law Foundation is to fund new lawyers and innovative public interest law projects that
serve disadvantaged communities. The Foundation funds creative public interest projects that will provide legal
services to thousands of disadvantaged people and deploys the power of the law in the service of social justice.

2. Borchard Foundation on Law & Aging ()
The Borchard Fellowship on Law & Aging offers the opportunity to carry out a substantial project related to law and
aging in partnership with a host agency. Up to three fellowships are available to law school graduates interested in,
and perhaps already in the early stages of pursuing, an academic and/or professional career in law and aging.

3. Equal Justice Works (www.equaljusticeworks.org)
Equal Justice Works (EJW), the national leader in post-graduate fellowships, organizes, trains, and supports 75
fellows annually. EJW does not request a transcript, and grades are not considered in the selection. The EJW
program provides vital financial and technical support to young lawyers working on innovative and effective legal
projects. The two-year fellowships offer salary and generous loan repayment assistance, a national training and
leadership development program, and other forms of support during the term of fellowship.

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Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Fellowship ()

The Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellowship Program is one of the most productive and highly regarded
national service programs in the country. Our AmeriCorps Legal Fellows make a lasting impact on the communities
they serve by expanding the legal resources in low-income and underserved communities and facilitating pro bono
opportunities.

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5. Independence Foundation ()
Through the Fellowship Program, the Foundation funds the compensation and employment benefits for
accomplished young lawyers who have decided to direct their considerable talents to public interest service. The
Foundation requires that the focus of all fellowship work be on direct representation of disadvantaged clients.

6. Immigrant Justice Corps ()
Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC) is the nation’s first and only immigration legal fellowship program. IJC seeks to expand
access to counsel by increasing the quantity of immigration lawyers and the quality of the immigration bar. Each
year IJC recruits talented young lawyers (Justice Fellows) and college graduates (Community Fellows), many of
whom are first-generation immigrants and bilingual graduates from the country’s top universities, for a two-year
fellowship.
7. Initiative for Public Interest Law at Yale (www.law.yale.edu/stuorgs/initiative.htm)
Initiative for Public Interest at Yale is a nonprofit organization that provides start-up money for projects that protect
the legal rights or interests of inadequately represented groups. A list of grant recipients from the past five years is
included on the website. The Initiative seeks to fund individuals who are launching new projects, not to provide
funding for existing organizations. The Initiative funds innovative projects that may have difficulty obtaining mon ey
from other sources due to the subject matter of the project or the approach.

8. Maida Fellowship Program ()
The Maida Public Interest Scholars Program was established in 2015 through the generosity of James and Dr. Sharon
Maida. The fellowship aims to acknowledge, support, and sustain public interest legal work by students and
graduates of Rutgers Law School. Rutgers Law School students with a commitment for new employment at a public

interest legal organization or government entity that will entail attorney supervision and employer-paid benefits are
eligible to apply for this fellowship.

9. New Voices ()
The New Voices Fellowship Program is a capacity-building and leadership development grant program that assists
nonprofit organizations and professionals entering the fields of human rights and international cooperation.
Sponsored program areas include the following: international human rights, women’s rights, racial justice/civil rights,
migrant and refugee rights, international peace and security, foreign policy and international economic policy.

10. Skadden (www.skaddenfellowships.org)
The Skadden foundation, funded by a bequest from the firm, awards approximately 25 fellowships per year to
graduating law students and outgoing judicial clerks. Fellows provide legal services to the poor, elderly, homeless,
and disabled as well as those deprived of their human rights or civil rights. In recent years, fellows have also worked
on issues concerning economic development and community renewal.

11. Soros Advocacy Fellowship (www.soros.org)
The Soros Justice Fellowship Program, encourages innovative approaches to crime prevention. They fund already
exciting organizations and promote non-partisan debate on complex criminal justice issues, including juvenile justice
and prison reform. There are two types of Justice Fellowships: the Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowship and the Senior
Fellowship. In addition, Soros funds several other fellowship programs that span a range of disciplines, including law.
The Justice Advocacy fellowships are the most feasible options for law graduates.

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12. Stoneleigh Foundation, Emerging Leaders Fellowship ()
The Emerging Leader Fellowship is a two-year, hands-on learning opportunity for early career professionals in
Greater Philadelphia. Fellows work collaboratively with a host organization to execute discrete projects that
simultaneously advance the mission of the organization and enhance Fellows’ skills. These projects focus on
improving policies and practices in juvenile justice, child welfare, education, and health.

13. Tom Steel Post-Graduate Fellowship ( />The Tom Steel Post-Graduate Fellowship provides funding for a new lawyer to work in the United States on an
innovative, public interest law project that serves the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.

14. Vermont Poverty Law Fellowship, Vermont Legal Aid ( />The Vermont Poverty Law Fellowship was launched in 2008. It is funded by generous contributions from more than
300 law firms, individual attorneys, corporations, and organizations. The Fellowship provides two years of support to
exceptional young attorneys who work to increase legal access for low-income Vermonters.

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b. ENTREPRENEURIAL FELLOWSHIPS
An entrepreneurial fellowship program is a great way for entrepreneurs to get hands-on
experience, grow their networks, and develop their professional initiatives.
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Ashoka Fellowship
Catalyst
Draper Richards Kaplan
Echoing Green Black Male Achievement Fellowship
Echoing Green Climate Fellowship
Echoing Green Global Fellowship

Ashoka Fellowship ()

Ashoka Fellows are the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. They champion innovative new ideas that transform
society’s systems, providing benefits for everyone and improving the lives of millions of people. Ashoka Fellows
define the new roadmaps that allow people to thrive in this new environment, while providing solutions and
demonstrating the how-tos. They are the ultimate role models in today’s world.
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Catalyst ()

The Justice Catalyst activates path-breaking approaches to social justice lawyering and affirmative litigation that
have real-world impact and improve the lives of the low-wage workers, the poor, and the marginalized. Toward this
end, the Catalyst also launches and supports early-stage projects with existing public interest organizations or public
agencies that employ or wish to adopt innovative approaches or legal strategies to address social problems.
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Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Fellowship ()

The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation seeks to dramatically improve the lives of people and the world around us
through innovative strategies, systems changing approaches, and disrupting technologies. Our goal is to find social
entrepreneurs with dynamic ideas and nurture them at the early stages with maximum leverage and total
commitment.
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Echoing Green Black Male Achievement Fellowship ()

Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. Echoing Green invests in talent wherever it is, nurturing an
unparalleled community of social change leaders and representing exceptionally diverse ethnic, religious, economic,
and geographic experiences.
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Echoing Green Climate Fellowship ( />
Echoing Green works to catalyze the ability of emerging environmental leaders to impact the world and drive social
progress further, faster. Our fellows are innovators, instigators, pioneers, and rebels who drive positive social
change all over the world.
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Echoing Green Global Fellowship ( />
The Echoing Green Fellowship Program provides funding to select social entrepreneurs who have original and
compelling ideas for creating new public service organizations. Echoing Green takes a “venture capital” approach to
philanthropy: it provides the “seed money” and technical support to individuals creating innovative public service

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organizations or projects that seek to catalyze positive change. Much like EJW, Echoing Green seeks to fund new,
innovative, and creative projects. Unlike EJW, however, Echoing Green Fellows can focus non-legal projects.

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c. ORGANIZATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS
Organizational fellowships are one- or two-year positions within existing organizations.
Graduates apply to these fellowships much in the same way one would apply for a job – i.e., a
résumé and cover letter. Some examples of organizational fellowships are the following:
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ACLU: Marvin Karpatkin Fellowship
ACLU: National Security Project Fellowship
ACLU: Reproductive Freedom Fellowship
ACLU: William Brennan Fellowship
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality – Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Fellowship
Alfa Fellowship Program
Americans for Separation of Church and State – Constitutional Litigation Fellowship
Americans for Separation of Church and State Fellowship
Animal Legal Defense Fund Litigation Fellowship
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Fellowship
Bay Area Legal Aid – Project Link Fellowship
Business and Professional People for the Public Interest – Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellowship
Center on Budget Priorities – State Policy Fellowship
Center For Children’s Advocacy Fellowship
Center for International and Environmental Law – Louis B. Sohn Fellowship
Center for Reproductive Rights – ART Policy Fellowship
Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto – Immigrant Rights Fellowship
Disability Rights Advocate – Sidney M. Wolinsky Fellowship
Earthjustice Fellowship
EarthRights International – Bertha Fellowship
Empire Justice Center – Hanna S. Cohn Fellowship

Environmental Law Institute – Public Interest Environmental Fellowship
Equal Justice Initiative Legal Fellowship
Equal Justice Society – Butler Koshland Fellowship
Equal Rights Advocate Fellowship
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Legal Fellowship
Fair Labor Association – Accountability Associate
FairVote Democracy Fellowship Program
Families USA – Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice
Future of Privacy Forum – Elise Berkower Memorial Fellowship
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
Human Rights Watch & ACLU: Aryeh Neier Fellowship
Human Rights Watch – Alan R. and Barbara Finberg Fellowships
If/When/How – Reproductive Justice Fellowship Program
Jack Nelson-Dow Jones Foundation Legal Fellowship
Juvenile Law Center – Sol and Helen Zubrow Fellowship
Insight Collaborative Fellowship
International Senior Lawyers Project – Kapp-Esaaye Fellowship
LAMBDA Legal Defense and Education Fund – Legal Fellowship
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights – Jerry Shestack Fellowship
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights – George N. Linsday Fellowship
Legal Aid of Northern Carolina – Clifton Everet Fellowship


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Maine Bar Association – Frank M. Coffin Fellowship
McCormick Foundation Legal Fellowship
NAACP LDF – John Payton Fellowship
National Endowment for Democracy – Hurford Youth Fellowship
National Endowment for Democracy – Reagen-Fascell Fellowship
National Environmental Law Center – Litigation Attorney
National Immigration Law Center Fellowship
National Women’s Law Center – ABA Section of Taxation Fellowship

Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem Fellowship
New York Civil Liberties Union – Immigrant Rights Fellowship
NJ Institute for Social Justice – Trustee Social Justice Fellowship
NJ Institute for Justice – Honorable Dickinson R. Debevoise Social Justice Fellowship
New York Lawyers for Public Interest – Michael A. Young LGBTQ Legal Fellowship
Oceana Fellowship
Open Society Presidential Fellowship
Physicians for Human Rights – Senior Researcher
Prison Law Office – Legal Fellowship
Poverty and Race Research Council – Civil Rights (Housing & Health) Fellowship
Public Citizen’s Alan Morrison Supreme Court Assistance Project
Public International & Policy Group – Pro Bono Law Fellowship
Public Justice Center – Murnaghan Fellowship
Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program
Sikh Coalition – Legal Fellowship
Stanton Foundation Legal Fellowship
Vera Institute for Justice – Clifford Chance Fellowship
The Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program

1. ACLU: Marvin Karpatkin Fellowship ()
The Karpatkin Fellow functions as part of the ACLU's Racial Justice Program's litigation team. Racial Justice Program
(RJP) attorneys and staff work to challenge racial discrimination and related issues that have a disparate impact on
communities of color, particularly in the areas of criminal justice, economic justice, and education.

2. ACLU: National Security Project Fellowship ( />The National Security Project is part of the ACLU’s Center for Democracy, which works to strengthen democratic
institutions and values and advocates for government transparency and accountability and to reinforce the United
States’ commitment to human rights and the rule of law.

3. ACLU: Reproductive Freedom Fellowship ()
The Reproductive Freedom Project’s mission is to secure a world that respects and supports everyone’s right to

form intimate relationships and to decide whether and when to have a child. Through litigation, advocacy, and

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public education, the Project strives to ensure that the freedoms and opportunities enjoyed by some become the
freedoms and opportunities enjoyed by all.

4. ACLU: William Brennan Fellowship ()
The Brennan Fellowship, named after retired Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, was created to give people
just starting their legal careers an opportunity to receive training and experience in First Amendment advocacy and
to help the ACLU advance its First Amendment goals.

5. Advocates for Basic Legal Equality: Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Fellowship ()
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE), a nonprofit regional law firm that provides legal assistance to lowincome persons and groups in western Ohio and agricultural workers statewide. The fellow will provide civil legal
assistance to immigrant children eligible for asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U.S. visa status, or deferred
action and represent the children throughout Ohio in related juvenile, asylum, and immigration proceedings.

6. Alfa Fellowship Program ()
The Alfa Fellowship Program is a distinguished professional development program placing accomplished young
professionals in work assignments at leading organizations in the fields of business, economics, journalism, law,
public policy, and related areas in Russia. The program includes intensive Russian language training, seminar series,
and extended professional experience. Fellows receive a monthly stipend, language training, and coverage of all
program-related travel costs, housing, and insurance.

7. Americans for Separation of Church and State – Constitutional Litigation Fellowship ()
Americans United protects separation of church and state by working on a wide range of pressing political and social
issues. Americans United has a diverse litigation and amicus curiae practice addressing a wide variety of church state issues, including government-sponsored religious displays, religious activities in the public schools, and public
financing of parochial schools and religious social-service providers.

8. Americans United for Separation of Church and State – Volunteer Church-State Litigation Fellowship
()
Americans United for Separation of Church and State – the nation’s leading church-state advocacy organization – is
accepting applications to join our seven-attorney legal team as a Volunteer Litigation Fellow for a term of three
months to one year. The duties of Volunteer Fellows include assisting with ongoing litigation by conducting legal and
factual research and writing, drafting demand letters to resolve constitutional violations without filing suit, and
analyzing potential new cases. Volunteer Fellows may also draft pleadings, briefs, or discovery; communicate with
clients and interview witnesses; and perform other litigation tasks.

9. Animal Legal Defense Fund Litigation Fellowship ()
Clerks will complete legal research, work with Animal Legal Defense Fund’s litigation department in developing ne w
cases, and learn how to prepare pleadings in cases currently handled by the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

10. Asian Americans Advancing Justice Fellowship ()

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The fellow, hosted by Advancing Justice – Atlanta, will work with Advancing Justice – Atlanta and the broader
Advancing Justice affiliation to provide direct services to the community (90%) and look for impact litigation
opportunities (10%).

11. Business and Professional People for the Public Interest – Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellowship
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The Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellowship offers the opportunity for recent law school or public policy school graduates to
develop the experience, skills, and network critical to a rewarding career in public interest advocacy. Fellows have
gone on to pursue successful careers in affordable housing law, legal aid, civil rights advocacy, nonprofit leadership,
and government.

12. Bay Area Legal Aid – Project Link Fellowship (

Bay Area Legal Aid (BayLegal) ensures fairness in the civil justice system for the most vulnerable members of
our community. The fellow will work alongside attorneys to consult directly with clients and caseworkers
about the legal issues they face, including family law, immigration, tickets, housi ng, and consumer law.

13. Center on Budget Priorities – State Policy Fellowship ()
State Policy Fellows tackle domestic policy challenges in areas such as health care, taxes, anti-poverty policy,
education, and criminal justice. Working in independent, highly respected policy organizations located across the
country, fellows analyze the impact of state budget and tax policy choices on low-income residents and promote
positive reforms.

14. Center For Children’s Advocacy Fellowship ( />The Center for Children’s Advocacy (CCA) is interested in being the sponsoring organization for a post graduate
fellowship such as Skadden, Equal Justice Works, and Liman. The Center seeks 3L or law school graduates to apply
for one or two years of fellowship funding to work on specific CCA projects.

15. Center for International and Environmental Law – Louis B. Sohn Fellowship ()
CIEL offers one ad-honorem fellowship each year, the Louis B. Sohn (LBS) Fellowship in Human Rights and
Environment, for public interest lawyers that have had significant on the ground experience working on human
rights issues. The LBS Fellowship will cover the cost of attending a strategic meeting on human rights and the
environment.

16. Center for Reproductive Rights – ART Policy Fellowship ()
The Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) is the premier global legal organization dedicated to advancing
women's reproductive health, self-determination, and dignity. The Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) Fellow
will be part of a small and entrepreneurial team leading our project work in support of ART, which may include
research, legal, and policy development in the areas of embryo personhood, access to ART, access to IVF, and
surrogacy.

17. Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto (CLSEPA) – Immigrant Rights Fellowship ()
CLSEPA provides legal assistance to low-income individuals and families in East Palo Alto and the surrounding
community. Services range from advice and counseling, brief services, and full representation.

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18. Disability Rights Advocates – Sidney M. Wolinsky Fellowship ( />Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) has an established commitment to mentoring and training the best young lawyers
to practice law in the public interest. DRA has sponsored over 30 fellowships since its inception in 1993, including
Skadden, Equal Justice Works, and other fellowships supported by generous DRA donors. DRA Fellows get
unparalleled experience and are provided with immediate opportunities to participate in all aspects of public
interest litigation.

19. Earthjustice Fellowship – Coal ()
Earthjustice’s Coal Program, which uses litigation and advocacy to challenge the coal industry’s harmful impacts on
people and the environment and to speed our nation’s transition to clean energy.

20. EarthRights International – Bertha Fellowship ()
EarthRights International (ERI) is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization that combines the power of law and
the power of people in defense of human rights and the environment. Under the guidance and direction of the
Americas Regional Program Director & General Counsel, the fellow will work with other ERI attorneys to develop
and implement legal strategies to protect human rights and the environment.

21. Empire Justice Center – Hanna S. Cohn Fellowship ()
The goal of this prestigious, two-year fellowship is to increase legal advocacy for Greater Rochester’s low-income
families in high-priority areas that are currently under served. The fellowship will be awarded to a dynamic and
talented new lawyer beginning a career in the practice of poverty law.

22. Environmental Law Institute, Public Interest Environmental Law Fellow ()
Since 1999, the Research and Policy Division of the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) has awarded a prestigious
annual fellowship for outstanding recent law school graduates. The law fellow works closely with ELI attorneys and
other professionals, including ELI’s domestic and international partners, to advance environmental protection by
analyzing existing legal tools, developing new ones, and crafting innovative approaches to implementation.

23. Equal Justice Initiative Legal Fellowship ( />The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in Montgomery, Alabama, is pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded
(with benefits) two-year project fellowship for law school graduates. EJI is a nonprofit law office and human rights
organization that provides legal assistance to condemned prisoners, children in the criminal justice system, people
wrongly convicted or sentenced, and the poor and vulnerable facing imprisonment.

24. Equal Justice Society – Butler Koshland Fellowship ()
The Butler Koshland Fellowship is a unique program designed to pass on public service leadership skills and legacies.
The fellow will work under the direction and guidance of Eva Paterson as a Butler Koshland Fellow. In this role, the
fellow will support the executive-level goals of EJS. The fellow will experience the array of duties and responsibilities
required to successfully lead a nonprofit civil rights organization in today’s world.

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25. Equal Rights Advocates Fellowship ()
Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) seeks to sponsor a Skadden and/or Equal Justice Works (EJW) candidate to execute a
project in one of ERA’s priority initiatives: Expanding Title IX Enforcement and Awareness.

26. Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Legal Fellowship ()
The Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Legal Fellowship is a one-year fellowship that focuses on First Amendment
issues, primarily involving libel, invasion of privacy, and protection of confidential sources and materials. It is funded
by the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation.

27. Fair Labor Association – Accountability Associate
( />The Fair Labor Association (FLA) combines the efforts of industry, civil society organizations, and colleges and
universities to protect workers’ rights and improve working conditions worldwide by promoting adherence to
international labor standards. The Accountability Associate will be responsible for supporting the ongoing
evaluations of business affiliates in the Accreditation Program and contribute to the review and analysis of the
public reports generated by the independent workplace assessments conducted by the FLA.

28. FairVote Democracy Fellowship Program ( />FairVote's Democracy Fellowship Program provides an opportunity for those with an interest in election reform to
work on substantive projects while building valuable skills and networking with others in the field. Fellows will be
assigned projects to manage throughout their tenures and will also assist with the supervision of FairVote interns.

29. Families USA, Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice ()
Villers Fellowships for Health Care Justice aim to inspire and develop future generations of health care justice
leaders. Fellows work full-time for one year in Families USA’s Health Policy Department in Washington, D.C., where
they conduct primary and secondary research on a range of health care issues and health reform topics, contribute
to the organization’s publications, and gain exposure to the work of a public policy advocacy nonprofit.

30. Future of Privacy Forum – Elise Berkower Memorial Fellowship ( />The Elise Berkower Memorial Fellowship is a one-year, public interest position for recent law school graduates
committed to the advancement of responsible data practices. Candidates will be selected based on both academic
qualifications and a commitment to the personal qualities exemplified by Elise – collaboration with co-workers,
peers, and the broader privacy community and a commitment to ethical conduct.

31. Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship ()
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, established in 1987, is a highly competitive national fellowship program
that provides recent college and graduate school alumni with the opportunity to gain a Washington perspective on
key issues of peace and security.

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32. Human Rights Watch & ACLU – Aryeh Neier Fellowship ( />The fellow will work with both the ACLU and Human Rights Watch on joint initiatives to strengthen respect for
human rights in the United States.

33. Human Rights Watch – Alan R. and Barbara Finberg Fellowship ()
This fellowship is open to recent graduates in the fields of law, journalism, international relations, area studies, or
other relevant disciplines from universities worldwide. Fellows monitor human rights developments in various

countries, conduct onsite investigations, draft reports on human rights conditions, and engage in advocacy and
media outreach aimed at publicizing and curtailing human rights violations.

34. If/When/How – Reproductive Justice Fellowship Program ()
Reproductive Justice Fellows gain hands-on policy advocacy experience and work on cutting edge reproductive
health, rights, and justice issues, particularly as they affect people of color and other marginalized communities.
Placement organizations benefit because fellows bring legal know-how and an intersectional approach to legal and
policy advocacy.

35. Jack Nelson-Dow Jones Foundation Legal Fellowship ( />The Jack Nelson-Dow Jones Foundation Legal Fellowship for a recent law school graduate honors Reporters
Committee founder Jack Nelson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, who for many years was Washington Bureau
Chief of the Los Angeles Times. The Jack Nelson-Dow Jones Foundation Legal Fellow focuses on state and federal
freedom of information law.

36. Juvenile Law Center – Sol and Helen Zubrow Fellowship ()
The Zubrow Fellowship is the only post-graduate fellowship that provides an opportunity to engage in a wide variety
of advocacy efforts on behalf of children in the delinquency and dependency systems. Zubrow Fellows are involved
in training, legislative efforts, and policy work on issues ranging from the rights of dependent youth aging out of the
foster care system to the needs of juveniles reentering the community from delinquent placements.

37. Insight Collaborative Fellowship ()
Insight Collaborative teaches fellows how to develop and implement innovative programs throughout the world in a
series of three-month placements. Incorporating the knowledge and experience of local partners in the field, fellows
provide training, manage teams, coordinate projects, and help organizations address the needs of those affected by
conflict.

38. International Senior Lawyers Project – Kapp-Esaaye Fellowship ()
The International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) provides volunteer legal services by highly skilled and experienced
attorneys to advance democracy and the rule of law, protect human rights, and promote equitable economic
development worldwide.

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39. Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights – Jerry Shestack Fellowship ()
The Shestack Fellow will be engaged in civil rights litigation of national significance, working side-by-side with
leaders of the civil rights bar in the Lawyers’ Committee and in private practice.

40. Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights – George N. Linsday Fellowship ()
The Lindsay Fellowship provides an opportunity for recent law school graduates to become familiar with civil rights
practice by working with many of the nation’s leading civil rights attorneys at the national office of the Lawyers’
Committee in Washington, D.C. Our fellows become involved with substantive legal activities, which involve cocounseled litigation with prominent law firms, including client contact, case investigation, discovery, negotiations,
amicus briefs, appeals, and trial practice.

41. Legal Aid of Northern Carolina – Clifton Everett Fellowship ()
Everett Fellows are responsible for handling a general caseload in the traditional areas of poverty law practice on
behalf of clients who live in rural areas. Types of cases usually involve housing, employment, consumer, domestic ,
and/or public benefits.

42. Legal Aid of Northern Nevada – Melanie Kushnir Access to Justice Fellow ()
To apply for the Memanie Kushnir fellowship, interested law students will be asked to submit a proposal on how to
improve access to justice in civil law in Southern Nevada or increase pro bono participation in the valley. Ideas can
include identifying barriers to accessing to justice and ways to eliminate them and/or targeted initiatives to involve
more volunteer attorneys in pro bono activities.

43. Maine Bar Association – Frank M. Coffin Fellowship ()
The Coffin Family Law Fellowship provides legal representation in family law matters to clients who have qualified
for pro bono assistance through the Volunteer Lawyers Project.

44. McCormick Foundation Legal Fellowship ()

The Robert R. McCormick Foundation funds this fellowship. The McCormick Fellow will be expected to draft
approximately six appellate amicus briefs in significant cases involving First Amendment/media law issues during the
fellowship, primarily concerning access to court records and proceedings. Preferably, a McCormick candidate will
have three years of post-graduate legal experience in a law firm, public interest group, government agency, or
judicial clerkship, with substantial experience in appellate brief writing.

45. NAACP LDF – John Payton Fellowship ()
The prestigious John Payton Fellowship offers attorneys an unparalleled opportunity to engage in civil rights
litigation and advocacy with the nation’s leading civil rights and racial justice law firm. The John Payton Fellowship
provides a mid-level lawyer with the opportunity to spend one year as a staff attorney with LDF.

46. National Endowment for Democracy – Hurford Youth Fellowship ()
For a period of four months, each fellow will have the opportunity to build his or her leadership and organizational
skills and benefit from and contribute to the development of the World Youth Movement. Youth leaders up to the

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