The Florida Bar's Environmental and Land Use Law Section is partnering with the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources to fund the Fellowships in Environmental Law Program in Florida. The program is designed to encourage students from underprivileged and disadvantaged backgrounds to study and pursue careers in environmental and/or land use law. The program is open to first and second year law students (and third year night students).

The program will fund two summer internships at a government agency or public interest organization in Florida with a stipend of $5,000.00 each. The Fellowship guidelines require an 8-10 week internship (40 hours per week) commitment wherein the recipient will work on legal matters for a government agency or a public interest organization in the fields of environment, energy, natural resources and/or land use law.

In addition, each recipient will be expected to attend the Annual Update meeting of the ELULS and will be assigned a mentor from the Section to aid in the pursuit of a career in environmental and/or land use law.

If you know of students that may be interested, please tell them about this program and direct them to the application materials (DOC | PDF).

Applications need to be postmarked by March 5, 2008. If you have any questions please contact Francine Ffolkes at Francine.Ffolkes@dep.state.fl.us.

Selection Criteria: ABA fellowships will be awarded primarily upon the applicant’s essay, transcript, resume and application. Members of the selection committee will personally conduct a phone interview the most competitive candidates, to determine who will ultimately be selected to participate in the Fellowship.

Deadline: Completed applications and related documents must be postmarked by March 5, 2008.

For More Information Contact:

Francine Ffolkes at Francine.Ffolkes@dep.state.fl.us.