Post-Graduate Fellowship Guide 2019

Young LGBTQ Legal Fellowship ▪ New York Leaders Initiative, Empire State Fellows Program ▪ New York University School of Law – Global Fellows Program ▪ New York University School of Law

Guide to Post-Graduate Fellowships

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS

I Note 3

II Introduction 4

III Alphabetical Listing of Fellowships in This Guide 5

IV Overview of Fellowships and Examples 12

a Project-Based Fellowships 13

b Entrepreneurial Fellowships 16

c Organizational Fellowships 18

d Academic Fellowships 30

e Clinical Fellowships 33

f Government Fellowships 39

g Law Firm Fellowships 43

V Elements of Successful Fellowship Applications 46

VI Drafting Tips for Project-Based Fellowships 46

VII Conclusion 49

I N OTE

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

II I NTRODUCTION

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 two-year 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

III A LPHABETICAL L ISTING OF F ELLOWSHIPS IN T HIS G UIDE

A

▪ 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

▪ American Academy in Berlin – Berlin Prize Fellowship

▪ American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Fellowship Program

▪ Americans for Separation of Church and State – Church-State Litigation Fellowship

▪ Americans for Separation of Church and State – Constitutional Litigation Fellowship

▪ Animal Legal Defense Fund Litigation Fellowship

▪ Ashoka Fellowship

▪ Asian Americans Advancing Justice Fellowship

B

▪ Bay Area Legal Aid – Project Link Fellowship

▪ Berkeley Law Foundation

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

▪ Bernabei and Katz – Civil Rights Litigation Fellowship

▪ Borchard Foundation on Law and Aging

▪ Brown Goldstein and Levy – Disability Fellowship

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

C

▪ Cardozo Law School – Kathryn O Greenberg Clinical Immigration Fellowship

▪ Catalyst Fellowship

▪ Center for Children’s Advocacy Fellowship

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

▪ Center on Budget Priorities – State Policy Fellowship

▪ Cohen Milstein Sellers and Toll Fellowship

▪ Columbia Law School Associates in Law Program

▪ Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto – Immigrant Rights Fellowship

D

▪ Disability Rights Advocate – Sidney M Wolinsky Fellowship

▪ Draper Richards Kaplan

E

▪ Earthjustice Fellowship

▪ EarthRights International – Bertha Fellowship

▪ Echoing Green

▪ Echoing Green Black Male Achievement Fellowship

▪ Echoing Green Climate Fellowship

▪ Echoing Green Global 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 Justice Works AmeriCorps Fellowships

▪ Equal Justice Works Fellowship

▪ Equal Rights Advocate Fellowship

▪ Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Legal Fellowship

F

▪ Fair Labor Association – Accountability Associate

▪ FairVote Democracy Fellowship Program

▪ Families USA – Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice

▪ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Honors Attorney Program

▪ Fried Frank – MALDEF & LDF Fellowship Programs

▪ Future of Privacy Forum – Elise Berkower Memorial Fellowship

G

▪ Georgetown Law Center for the Constitution Fellowship

▪ Georgetown University Law Center Research Fellowship

▪ Georgetown University Law Center – Street Law Graduate Teaching Fellowship

▪ Georgetown University Law – Domestic Violence Clinic Graduate Teaching Fellowship

▪ Georgetown University Law – Institute for Public Representation Teaching Fellowship

▪ Gibbons & Gibbons Fellowship

▪ Gideon’s Promise Law School Partnership Program

▪ Gupta Wessler PLLC – Fellowship in Appellate & Constitutional Litigation

H

▪ Harvard Law School – Albert M Sacks Clinical Law Fellowship

▪ Harvard Law School – Privacy Initiative Fellowship

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

▪ Herbert Scoville Jr Peace Fellowship

▪ Holland & Knight Chesterfield Smith Fellowship

▪ Human Rights Watch & ACLU: Aryeh Neier Fellowship

▪ Human Rights Watch – Alan R and Barbara Finberg Fellowships

▪ Hunton & Williams – Atlanta Office Pro Bono Fellowship

▪ Hunton & Williams – Richmond Office Pro Bono Fellowship

I

▪ If/When/How – Reproductive Justice Fellowship Program

▪ Immigrant Justice Corps

▪ Independence Foundation

▪ Initiative for Public Interest Law at Yale

▪ Insight Collaborative Fellowship

▪ International Senior Lawyers Project – Kapp-Esaaye Fellowship

J

▪ Jack Nelson-Dow Jones Foundation Legal Fellowship

▪ Juvenile Law Center – Sol and Helen Zubrow Fellowship

K

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

L

▪ 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 Everett Fellowship

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

▪ Loevy & Loevy – The Justice Fellowship

▪ Loyola Law School – Center for Juvenile Law and Policy

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

M

▪ Maida Fellowship Program – only for Rutgers law students

▪ Maine Bar Association – Frank M Coffin Fellowship

▪ McCormick Foundation Legal Fellowship

N

▪ 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 Institutes of Health – Department of Bioethics Fellowship

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

▪ Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem Fellowship

▪ Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP – Cochran Fellowship

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

▪ New Jersey Institute for Social Justice – Trustee Social Justice Fellowship

▪ New Voices

▪ New York Civil Liberties Union – Immigrant Rights Fellowship

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

▪ New York Leaders Initiative, Empire State Fellows Program

▪ New York University School of Law – Global Fellows Program

▪ New York University School of Law – Law & Economics Fellowship

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

▪ NYC Housing Preservation & Development, Housing Fellows Program

▪ NYU Law School – Law & Business Entrepreneurship Fellowship

▪ NYU School of Law – Furman Center for Real Estate Fellowships

O

▪ Oceana Fellowship

▪ Open Society Presidential Fellowship

P

▪ Pace Law School – Environmental Law Fellowship

▪ Physicians for Human Rights – Senior Researcher

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

▪ Prison Law Office – Legal Fellowship

▪ Public Citizen’s Alan Morrison Supreme Court Assistance Project

▪ Public International & Policy Group – Pro Bono Law Fellowship

▪ Public Justice Center – Murnaghan Fellowship

▪ Public Justice Foundation Fellowship

R

▪ Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship Program

▪ Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program

S

▪ Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP Fellowship

▪ Sikh Coalition – Legal Fellowship

▪ Skadden

▪ Social Science Research Council Abe Fellowship

▪ Soros Advocacy Fellowship

▪ Stanton Foundation Legal Fellowship

▪ Stoneleigh Foundation, Emerging Leaders Fellowship

T

▪ Tycko & Zavareei LLP – Public Interest Fellowship

U

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

▪ University of Baltimore – Clinical Fellow for Immigrant Rights Fellowship

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

▪ University of Chicago Law School – International Human Rights Clinic Fellowship

▪ University of Georgia – Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Fellowship

▪ University of Oregon – Domestic Violence Clinic Fellowship

▪ University of Pennsylvania – George Sharswood Fellowship

▪ University of Pittsburgh – Immigration Fellowship

▪ University of Texas Law School – Community Economic Development and Environment Fellowship

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

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

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

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

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

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

V

▪ Vera Institute for Justice – Clifford Chance Fellowship

▪ Vermont Poverty Law Fellowship, Vermont Legal Aid

W

▪ White House Fellows Program, The

▪ Wilson Center Fellowship Program

▪ Winston & Strawn LLP Fellowship Program

▪ Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program, The

Y

▪ Yale Law School – Abrams Clinical Fellowship

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

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

▪ Yale Law School – San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project

IV O VERVIEW OF F ELLOWSHIPS AND E XAMPLES

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

▪ 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 (https://berkeleylawfoundation.org)

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 (https://borchardcla.org)

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

4 Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Fellowship (http://www.equaljusticeworks.org)

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

5 Independence Foundation (http://independencefoundation.org)

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 (http://justicecorps.org)

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 (https://law.rutgers.edu)

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 (http://newvoicesfellows.aspeninstitute.org)

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

12 Stoneleigh Foundation, Emerging Leaders Fellowship (https://stoneleighfoundation.org)

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 (http://www.pridelawfund.org/fellowships/tom-steel/)

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 fellowship/)

(https://vtbarfoundation.org/programs/poverty-law-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

▪ Draper Richards Kaplan

▪ Echoing Green Black Male Achievement Fellowship

▪ Echoing Green Climate Fellowship

▪ Echoing Green Global Fellowship

1 Ashoka Fellowship (https://www.ashoka.org)

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

2 Catalyst (http://justicecatalyst.org)

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

3 Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Fellowship (https://www.drkfoundation.org)

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

4 Echoing Green Black Male Achievement Fellowship (https://www.echoinggreen.org)

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

5 Echoing Green Climate Fellowship (https://www.echoinggreen.org/fellowship/apply)

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

6 Echoing Green Global Fellowship (https://www.echoinggreen.org/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

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

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:

▪ 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

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

▪ 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 (https://www.aclu.org)

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 (https://www.aclu.org/national-security)

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 (https://www.aclu.org)

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

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 (https://www.aclu.org)

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 (http://www.ablelaw.org) Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc (ABLE), a nonprofit regional law firm that provides legal assistance to low-income 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 (http://www.alfafellowship.org)

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 (http://www.au.org) 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

(https://www.au.org)

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 (https://aldf.org)

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 (https://advancingjustice-atlanta.org)

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

(https://www.bpichicago.org)

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 (https://baylegal.org

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 (http://www.cbpp.org)

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 (https://cca-ct.org/employment-opportunities/)

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 (http://www.ciel.org)

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 (https://www.reproductiverights.org)

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 (http://clsepa.org) CLSEPA provides legal assistance to low-income individuals and families in East Palo Alto and the surrounding

18 Disability Rights Advocates – Sidney M Wolinsky Fellowship (http://dralegal.org/sid-wolinsky)

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 (http://earthjustice.org)

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 (https://www.earthrights.org)

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 (http://www.empirejustice.org)

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 (https://www.eli.org)

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 (https://eji.org/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 (https://equaljusticesociety.org)

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

25 Equal Rights Advocates Fellowship (http://www.equalrights.org)

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 (https://www.rcfp.org)

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

(http://www.fairlabor.org/sites/default/files/accountability_associate.pdf)

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 (http://www.fairvote.org/democracy_fellowship)

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 (http://familiesusa.org)

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 berkower-memorial-fellowship/)

(https://fpf.org/2018/03/26/the-elise-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 (http://scoville.org)

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

32 Human Rights Watch & ACLU – Aryeh Neier Fellowship (https://www.hrw.org/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 (https://careers.hrw.org)

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 (http://www.ifwhenhow.org)

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 (https://www.rcfp.org/)

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 (http://jlc.org)

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 (http://www.insightcollaborative.org)

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 (http://islp.org)

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