Call for Applicants: Public Interest Fellowships for Law Students of Color

By On January 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Announcements, Fellowships, Law, United States

If you’re a first year law student of color who is interested in working in a public interest law position during the summer then applying for the Goodwin Procter Public Interest Fellowship should be on the top of your list of things to do.

Three Goodwin Procter Public Interest Fellowships are awarded annually, providing fellows with a $7,500 USD award to help cover expenses from working in a public interest law position, attorney advisors to help fellows succeed in their public interest law position, and introductions to Goodwin Procter. A fourth fellowship, the MassMutual/Goodwin Public Interest Fellowship, is also awarded. In addition to the aforementioned benefits, Mass Mutual/Goodwin fellows also receive opportunities to interact with members of MassMutual’s Legal Department as a way to learn about their business and gain a greater understanding of an in-house legal department.

To qualify for these fellowships, applicants must be full-time, currently-enrolled first year student of color who are pursuing a Juris Doctor degree at an ABA-accredited law school. To be awarded a 2012 Fellowship, candidates may not be the recipient of a similar scholarship award from another law firm for the Summer of 2012.

To learn more about these fellowships click here and to apply click here. The application deadline for the 2012 Goodwin Procter Public Interest Fellowships for Law Students of Color has been extended to March 15, 2012.

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Skadden Fellowships for Public Interest Lawyers

By On August 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Fellowships, Justice / Legal Studies, Law

Described as “a legal Peace Corps” by The Los Angeles Times, the Skadden Fellowship was established in 1988 to provide greater funding for graduating law students who wish to devote their professional lives to providing legal services to the poor, the elderly, the homeless and the disabled, as well as those deprived of their civil or human rights. Since the inception of the program, almost 90 percent of the Fellows have remained in public interest or public sector work.

Nisha Agarwal began her legal career as a Skadden Fellow and is now Director of the Health Justice Program at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. Nisha advocates for racial justice and immigrant rights perspective in issues concerning language rights in pharmacies, racial discrimination in hospitals, medical deportation, and the closure of community hospitals and clinics in medically under-served areas.

As an Skadden alum, Nisha also just received a $10,000 Flom Incubator Grant to establish the Center for Popular Democracy, a new national organization to promote equity, opportunity and democracy through grassroots capacity building and strategic policy work for new immigrants.

The Skadden Fellowship is a 2-year fellowship that provides a salary and fringe benefits. Candidates must create their own projects at public interest organizations with at least two lawyers on staff before they apply. Read more here.

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