Post-Graduate Fellowships

What is a post-graduate fellowship?

A fellowship is a specified sum of money awarded after law school graduation, normally for one to two years. Most fellowships are to fulfill a specified purpose or project. Because many public interest organizations do not hire entry-level attorneys, fellowships provide entreé for new attorneys into public interest organizations.

For more information, including the different types of fellowships available, check out our Fellowship Informational Brochure.  Additionally, PILCS and LCS have many resources available on ClaraNet (search for "Law Career Services").  You may need to obtain the current password from LCS, as it changes every semester.

If you are interested, you may also review our PowerPoint presentation on Fellowship preparation.

Calendar of Deadlines

Among the many useful services it provides, PSLawnet.org has created a calendar of fellowship and internship application deadlines. 

General Deadlines for Select Fellowships

Please use the links to determine the deadlines for the current application cycle.

Project-based Fellowships

Echoing Green Foundation Fellowship – September

Equal Justice Works Fellowship - September

Skadden Fellowship – October

Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowship – November

Organization-based Fellowships

Center for Constitutional Rights - March 2, 2012

Social Justice Institute Fellowship in Government Misconduct/Racial Justice

Social Justice Institute Fellowship in International Human Rights

Social Justice Institute Fellowship in Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative

ACLU Fellowships – Varies

Alliance for Justice Fellowships – Varies

Business & Professional People for the Public Interest Fellowship – October

Fellowship in Nonprofit Law (Nat'l Center for Philanthropy and the Law) – December

Loyola Juvenile Justice Fellowship – November

Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Fellowship (Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights) – May

International Fellowships

Human Rights Watch Fellowships – Varies

Policy Fellowships

Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship – Varies with fellowship availability

Firm-sponsored Fellowships

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Fellowship – November

Relman Civil Rights Fellowship – October