EXTERNAL PUBLIC SERVICE FELLOWSHIPS

Summer Fellowships Available Outside of Suffolk:

The following list is a representative, but not exhaustive, list of summer fellowships for public service work. For additional information regarding other possible funding sources, visit our Resources page.

Peggy Browning Fund Summer Internship

Deadline: See website for further details

In 2009, the Fund supported 40 summer fellowships in labor-related organizations throughout the United States. The stipends are for a minimum of $4,000 per student for a 10-week employment period. Applications are made available in early December and are due in January.

Massachusetts Bar Foundation Legal Intern Fellowship Program

Deadline: March 12, 2010 - see website for further updates

Through the LIFP, the MBF awards up to six $6,000 stipends to law students who have secured a volunteer, full-time, 10-week summer internship at a nonprofit organization providing civil legal services to low-income clients in Massachusetts. Please note that criminal law-related internships are not eligible. Preference will be given to second and third year students, as well as to permanent/future residents of Massachusetts. Stipends may be combined with other awards. Note: stipend cannot be combined with a SPILG fellowship.

George Napolitano Internship at MCAD

Deadline: March 15, 2010 - see website for details

The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination awards this paid summer internship to a student interested in discrimination and employment law.

Equal Justice America Fellowships

Expected Deadline: March 2010 - see website for further details

Equal Justice America offers fellowships of up to $4,000 to students who work full-time during the summer for organizations anywhere in the United States providing direct civil legal assistance for the poor.

Equal Justice Works Summer Corps

Expected Deadline: April 2010 - see website for further updates

The Summer Corps is an AmeriCorps-funded program that provides 200 law students with the opportunity to earn a $1,000 education award voucher for spending the summer in a qualifying internship at a nonprofit, public interest organization. Placements that qualify include nonprofit organizations serving low-income or underserved communities, legal services organizations, state public defender offices, and civil rights organizations.

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Post-Graduate Fellowships Available Outside of Suffolk:

The following list provides examples of post-graduate fellowships for public service work. For additional information regarding other possible funding sources, visit our Resources page.

Students specifically interested in fellowships related to federal government opportunities should visit the Government Honors & Internship Handbook. Please contact the Rappaport Center for login information.

Berkeley Law Foundation Public Interest Grants
Provides seed money for two to three lawyers who have created projects designed to serve the legally disadvantaged or under- represented groups. Check website for details.

Echoing Green Fellowships
Awards two-year fellowships to emerging social innovators with ideas for creating new models for tackling seemingly unsolvable social challenges. These fellowships offer individuals the opportunity to develop and test their ideas. Fellows work in the community to launch, manage, and grow organizations that implement and continually expand ideas for creating lasting social change. Echoing Green provides both financial and technical support.

Equal Justice Works Fellowships
As of Fall 2007, Equal Justice Works Fellowships funded 54 two-year fellowships supporting all aspects of public interest law. Fellows also receive leadership training, fringe benefits, and are eligible for loan assistance. EJW provides up to $39,000 toward the fellows' salaries and any additional amount is determined by the organization.

The Initiative for Public Interest Law
Provides start-up money for projects that protect the legal rights or interests of under- represented groups. The Initiative seeks to fund individuals who are launching new, innovative projects, not to provide funding for existing organizations. The Initiative funds projects that may have difficulty obtaining money from other sources due to the content of the project or the project's focus.

New Voices Fellowships
Funds law school graduates to work with nonprofit organizations for up to two years in the areas of international human rights, migrant and refugee rights, racial justice, reproductive rights, HIV/AIDS issues, women's rights, peace and security, foreign policy, and international economic cooperation. Also provides loan assistance.

Albert M. Sacks Clinical Law Fellowship
The goal of the Sacks Fellowship, sponsored by the Harvard Law School Office of Clinical Programs, is to provide the opportunity for a promising law school graduate to increase his or her skills and knowledge in law and to engage in research and investigative projects through experience gained at their placement. The fellow's placement will last for two years. The next placement will be available for the 2009-2011 period.

Skadden Fellowships
Awards 25 fellowships to graduating law students and outgoing judicial clerks who will work on innovative projects in conjunction with public service organizations to provide legal services to the poor, elderly, disabled, and those deprived of their civil or human rights. Fellowships are awarded for two years and Fellows are provided debt service on law school tuition loans for the duration of the fellowship.

Soros Justice Fellowships
As part of the U.S. Justice Fund of the Open Society Institute, these two-year fellowships support projects focused on reforming the nation's policies of punishment and incarceration and restoring discretion and fairness to the U.S. criminal justice system, with a particular focus on the needs and rights of one or more of the following constituencies: communities of color; immigrants; gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities; and women and children. Fellowship applications are especially encouraged from individuals directly affected by, or with significant direct personal experience with, the issues their projects seek to address.

Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program
Fellowships are for one year and are within different organizations, including women's rights groups, civil rights groups, Congressional offices, governmental agencies, and the Georgetown University Law Center's Clinical Programs on domestic violence and international women's human rights, the National Partnership for Women and Families, and the National Women's Law Center.

The FJE Project Fellows Program-For Recent Law School Graduates

During these challenging economic times, the ABA Commission on the Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Profession and Legal Needs and the ABA Fund for Justice and Education (FJE) have collaborated to create the FJE Project Fellows. The FJE Project Fellows program will provide meaningful volunteer experience for recent law school graduates who may be unemployed, underemployed or deferred and who would like to engage in substantive law-related activities. The experience of volunteering for these public service programs will allow Fellows to build their resumes, work with well-known lawyers and make professional connections, and produce substantive work for the public good. Substantive tasks may include editing newsletters and magazines, conducting research, assisting in planning conferences and panels, and outreach to direct beneficiaries of programs, among others. Fellows will be supervised by the staff director of the project for which they are volunteering. It is anticipated that Fellows will work remotely using their own computers, although it may be possible for Fellows located in Chicago or Washington, D.C. to volunteer in the ABA offices on occasion if space is available. Prospective Fellows are asked to complete an application at http://www.abanet.org/abanet/fje/fellows/fjeprojectfellows.cfm

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