Upcoming Fellowship Opportunities & Deadlines
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Berkeley Law Foundation Public Interest Law Grants
- Georgetown University Law Center Clinical Programs & Graduate Teaching Fellowships
The Berkeley Law Foundation is now soliciting proposals for public interest law grants for the 2009-2010 year. BLF traditionally awards two to three grants per year to individual lawyers undertaking public interest projects that serve legally disadvantaged or underrepresented groups. Click here for more information.
Unique in American legal education, Georgetown Clinical Graduate Teaching Fellowships offer new and experienced attorneys alike the opportunity to combine study with practice in the fields of clinical legal education and public interest advocacy. Each fellowship is associated with one of the Law Center clinical programs, and varies considerably from the others in purpose, requirements, and duties. All of the clinical fellowships, however, share a common goal: to provide highly motivated lawyers the chance to develop skills as teachers and legal advocates within an exciting and supportive educational environment.
Typically, fellows enroll in a two-year program during which they are in residence at a specific Georgetown clinic. In at least one of their years in residence, fellows directly supervise J.D. students enrolled in the clinics, assist in teaching clinical seminars, and perform work on their own cases or other legal matters in representing their clinic’s clients. Fellowships usually begin in the late summer with an intensive orientation designed to introduce fellows to clinical teaching methods. The orientation is part of a year-long teacher training course entitled Elements of Clinical Pedagogy. Upon completing the requirements for graduation, a fellow is awarded an LLM Degree in Advocacy.
More information and applications are available here.
- The Supreme Court Fellows Program
The Spreme Court Fellows Program offers mid-career professionals the opportunity to enrich their respective careers by spending one year contributing to and observing the operation of the federal judiciary. Founded by Chief Justice Warren Burger in 1973, the Fellows Program has provided more than 100 talented individuals from a variety of professional backgrounds the unique opportunity to contribute to the administrative body of the federal judiciary. Each year, four Fellows are selected and placed at one of the following sponsoring agencies: the Supreme Court, the Federal Judicial Center, the Administrative Office of the US Courts, and the US Sentencing Commission. Fellowship projects, which combine the needs of the judiciary and the interests and capabilities of the Fellow, provide insight into the contemporary policy issues facing the judiciary and generate an appreciation for judicial administration.
