Fellowship Project Enters Fourth Year

The Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project provides law students the extraordinary opportunity to work the consumer protection and antitrust departments of state and territorial Offices of Attorneys General throughout the United States, as well as the Georgia Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs. The eight-week paid Fellowships were initiated in 2004 by the ABA Section of Antitrust Law, in cooperation with the National Association of Attorneys General (“NAAG”), as a consumer protection outreach initiative to introduce law students to the rewards of legal careers in public service.

The first and second year law students who have served as Steiger Fellows have characterized their experiences as truly rewarding, often well beyond their expectations. A number of students have said that for the first time they are considering law careers in public service.

Each of the highly-motivated Steiger Fellows provides tangible, meaningful assistance to states and territories that are in substantial need of additional resources to fulfill their consumer protection mission. Attorneys General Offices that have hosted Steiger Fellows in the past have characterized the Fellows’ work as exemplary, and have often described the students as some of the most talented interns the offices have ever attracted.

The Council of the Section recently approved twenty-four states to participate in the 2008 Steiger Fellowship Project. This Project continues to be a tribute to the memory of the late Janet D. Steiger, one of America’s great public servants who, during her remarkable tenure as FTC Chairman, dramatically improved cooperation, communication and coordination between state and federal consumer protection and antitrust enforcement agencies.

The twenty-four states that will receive Steiger Fellows during the summer of 2008 are listed below:

Alaska	Arkansas	Delaware
Georgia	Illinois	Iowa
Kansas	Maryland	Mississippi
Montana	Nevada	New Hampshire
New Jersey	Ohio	Oregon
Pennsylvania	South Dakota	Texas
Utah	Vermont	Virginia
Washington	West Virginia	Wisconsin

Download an application here. Applications must be received by February 11, 2008 (CLOSED).