Law School Public Interest Programs - Post-Graduate Fellowships and Awards
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American University Washington College of Law
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American University, Washington College of Law students have earned nearly a dozen post-graduate fellowships in the past five years. Students have been awarded Skadden Fellowships, Equal Justice Works (formerly NAPIL) Fellowships, and Independence Foundation Fellowships, among others. The school works closely with fellowship applicants to enhance their chances to win these
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Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
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Barry University School of Law
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Boston University School of Law
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Boston University School of Law counsels students regarding, and offers resources
Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School
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California Western School of Law
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Alec L. Cory Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service. The law firm of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch funds a generous annual scholarship for the graduating student who best demonstrates the pro bono ethic.
Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
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Case Western Reserve University Law School
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Catholic University of America School of Law
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Chapman University School of Law
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City University of New York Law at Queens College
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20th Anniversary Scholarships - We awarded 7 scholarships ($10,000 each) to 6th semester 3L law students who have demonstrated through their work at the law school that they will be public interest practitioners. These scholarships are intended to reduce their debt load so that they are free to take public interest jobs.
Theodore Kupferman Student Achievement Award - Pursuant to the donor's request, this award is given to a graduating student who "best exemplifies good government and civic conscience."
Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
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College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law
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William & Mary's Post-Graduate Public Service Fellowships provide funding for members of the most recent graduating class to work full-time in public interest positions between the time they take the bar in July and the time bar results are announced in the fall. The program is designed to provide a "bridge" for recent graduates who want to obtain public interest jobs which typically are not filled until the bar results are announced.
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Columbia University School of Law
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Three Human Rights Fellowships at $40,000 per year; anonymous donation.
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- Sandler Fellowship at Human Rights Watch (1yr)
- Henkin-Stoffel Human Rights Fellowship (2yrs)
- Leebron Human Rights Fellowship (1yr)
- Civil Rights Fellowship at Cochran Neufeld & Scheck (2yrs)
- Civil Rights Fellowship at Goldstein Demchek Baller Brogen & Dardarian (2yrs)
- Third Millenium Fellowship in Human Rights (1yr)
- Kirkland & Ellis New York City Public Service Fellowship (1yr)
For details of these fellowships, see www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/public_interest/fellowships
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of a former law school professor and social justice activist, provides post-graduate loan repayment assistance grants to alumni doing social justice work.
Creighton University School of Law
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DePaul University College of Law
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Drake University School of Law
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The Law School is committed to 6 full-tuition Public Service scholarships each year (2 for students in each class, 1L, 2L, and 3L) and to 4 three-quarter tuition Public Service scholarship each year (2 for students in each of the 2L and 3L classes).
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Drexel University College of Law
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Duquesne University School of Law
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Emory University School of Law
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The Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic offers a two-year post-graduate public interest fellowship to a law school graduate who is one to three years out of law school.
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Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
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Florida A&M University College of Law
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Florida International University College of Law
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Florida State University College of Law
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Fordham University School of Law
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Crowley Program in International Human Rights Fellowship http://www.crowleyprogram.org/fellowship.htm
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George Mason University School of Law
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George Washington University Law School
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Georgetown University Law Center
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The Georgetown clinical graduate teaching fellowship program is unique in American legal education. Each fellowship is associated with one of the Law Center's clinics, and each offers the opportunity to combine study with practice in the fields of clinical legal education and public interest advocacy. While the fellowships vary considerably in purpose, requirements and duties, they all share a common goal: to provide highly motivated new and experienced lawyers alike the opportunity to develop skills as teachers and public interest advocates within an exciting and supportive educational environment.
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- Georgetown/Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) Fellowship in Asylum & Refugee Law; two-year fellowship awarded annually to a graduating Georgetown law student; fellows represent non-citizen adults and unaccompanied minors seeking political asylum and other immigration relief in Immigration Court removal proceedings. Fellows are placed in one of CLINIC's offices across the country.
- Georgetown and Howrey LLP offer a two-year pro bono fellowship every two years to a graduating Georgetown law student. The Fellow works at Howrey on the firm's pro bono program, representing his or her own caseload and helping administer the program firm-wide.
- The Kroll Family Human Rights Fellowships are awarded to 2-3 graduating Georgetown Law students each year. Fellows work for one year with a domestic or international organization that focuses on human rights law and advocacy.
Georgia State University College of Law
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Golden Gate University School of Law
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Golden Gate has four post-graduate fellowships funded by an endowment fund (Alumni contribution) and Equal Justice Works.
- Environmental Law & Justice Clinic Fellowships - Beginning 9/1/02, two year Equal Justice Works fellowship funded by EJW and donations, focusing on the Clean Air Accountability Project.
- A one to two year fellowship funded by the law school and outside donations with the ELJC fellow working on all clinic projects.
- Women's Employment Rights Clinic Fellowship - One year fellowship funded through individual donations, grants and attorneys fees. The WERC fellow handles cases, oversees the client intake process, and assists with student supervision.
- Baxter Fellowship in Trial Advocacy - One semester fellowship, which is funded by an endowment fund established by an alumna.
Gonzaga University School of Law
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Hamline University School of Law
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The following Post-Graduation Fellowships/Awards are all funded by the law school through designated gifts:
- Kaufman Fellowships: provide supplemental funding to 3Ls and recent graduates entering public service. Four kinds of fellowships are offered: Two salary fellowships provide up to $40,000 each; two large supplemental grants of $10,000-$15,000 for those who are able to secure other funding; $1,000 supplemental grants for those making under $60,000 for help with bar and moving costs; and extra supplemental grants for those who need money for bar or moving costs or have other extraordinary circumstances.
- Skirnick Fellowships: provides $6000 to $8000 to one or two 3Ls or recent graduates entering public service
- Fine Fellowship: provides $1000 stipend to a 3L woman entering public service
- Henigson Fellowships: provides $22,000 to a 3L or judicial clerk to support nine to twelve months of work with an NGO in a developing country
- Heyman Fellowships: provides 20 honoraria to 3Ls or recent graduates entering federal government work. Ten of those 20 graduates are also selected, on the basis of financial need, to receive $20,000 of loan forgiveness in addition to the loan forgiveness provided by the Law School's Low Income Protection Plan
- Sacks Clinical Law Fellowships: funds the salary of at least one recent graduate to work for one or two years in one of the HLS clinics
- Bellow Awards: a consortium of student groups provides awards to one 3L and one alum (who has graduated within the last decade) who have shown a strong commitment to social justice.
- Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Service Award: provides $500 to graduating student who has performed the most hours of pro bono work
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The Beagle-NRDC Fellowship funds one 3L or judicial clerk each year to work for two years at one of the Natural Resources Defense Council offices.
The Henigson Human Rights Fellowships fund 3 HLS graduates each year to do grass roots human rights work in a developing country for nine months to a year.
There are postgraduate fellowships to support work in our clinical programs; at least one Sacks Fellowship is offered each year in one of the HLS clinics.
Finally, there is also a new fellowship to support work on global health and human rights.
For more information, see http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/fellowships/index.php#public_interest
These fellows are mostly funded by special endowments from Harvard Law School graduates.
Hofstra University School of Law
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Howard University School of Law
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Howard Law has no in-house post-graduate fellowships or awards.
Illinois Institute of Technology: Chicago-Kent College of Law
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A grant of $3500 is given to two or three Chicago-Kent alums working in public interest law every year.
The Institute for Science, Law and Technology, as well as the Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future, both have fellows.
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Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington
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Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis
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Inter American University of Puerto Rico: Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law
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Lucy Sprague Public Service Scholarship – Awarded at May graduation to a student that has made a demonstrated commitment to public service work while in law school and obtains post-graduate employment in furtherance of such public service commitment.
Elmer C. Kissane Public Service Award - Awarded each December and May to one graduate that is starting a career with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. The award is presented to each recipient upon the completion of one year of post-graduate work with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.
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John Marshall Law School – Atlanta
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Lewis & Clark College School of Law
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Liberty University School of Law
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Students are encouraged to apply for fellowships through organizations such as Equal Justice Works and Equal Justice America.
Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
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Loyola Law School: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Loyola Post-Graduate Fellowships in Public Interest Law -- www.lls.edu (click on Public Interest Law Department/Post-Graduate Fellowship Opportunities).
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Loyola University Chicago: Loyola University Chicago School of Law
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The Salisbury Post – graduate Clinical fellow will work closely with the child-law clinic faculty, assisting in the representation of clients, the supervision of students, and the development of course curriculum. The fellow will be expected to assist with all levels of client representation, including pretrial, trial, and appellate proceedings. The fellow will also participate in the development of the course curriculum in the teaching of a weekly seminar, focused on ethical and substantive issues arising in the representation of child clients, skills training, and the discussion of current clinic cases.
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Loyola University New Orleans: Loyola University New Orleans School of Law
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Marquette University Law School
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Michigan State University College of Law
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Rental Housing Fellow, Tax Clinic Fellow and Indigenous Law & Policy Center Fellow
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Equal Justice Works
Mississippi College: Mississippi College School of Law
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New England School of Law: New England School of Law
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Academic Center Fellowship. The fellow assists faculty of the Center for Law and Social Responsibility, the Center for Business Law, and the Center for International Law and Policy with administrative tasks, as well as developing and completing a project on a substantive legal issue in coordination with one or more centers.
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New York Law School: New York Law School
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The Law School's Center for New York City Law offers a City Law Fellowship for graduates committed to city government. The fellowship is a one year post-graduate opportunity. Information about the Center and the Fellowship can be found at www.citylaw.org.
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New York Law School Joseph Solomon Post-Graduate Fellowships are available through the Joseph Solomon Public Service Endowment Fund. Dr. Solomon's endowment fund was established to encourage NYLS students to pursue careers in public interest work by lessening the financial sacrifices often associated with such work. Five such post-graduate awards have been made; this endowment fund also is used to provide support for summer public interest fellowships.
At least four New York Law School graduates have been awarded post-graduate fellowships from outside sources. These include: the Equal Justice Works Fellowship (two NYLS graduates awarded), the Soros Fellowship (one NYLS graduate awarded) and the Georgetown University Teaching Fellowship (one NYLS graduate awarded).
New York University: New York University School of Law
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Arthur Helton Global Human Rights Fellowship, New York, NY – one award
Brennan Center for Justice, Katz Fellowship, New York, NY – one award every other year
Equal Justice Initiative Fellowship, Montgomery, AL – two awards
Kirkland & Ellis Fellowship, New York, NY – one award
NYU School of Law Human Rights Watch Fellowship, New York, NY – one award
Robert L. Bernstein Fellowship at Human Rights in China, New York, NY – one award
Sincheimer Children’s Rights Fellowship at Partnership for Children’s Rights, New York, NY – one award
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Kirkland and Ellis New York City Public Service Fellowship: one at $40,000
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Northeastern University: Northeastern University School of Law
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The Wendy Parmet Fellowship is awarded annually to one or more graduates of Northeastern University School of Law who demonstrate a strong commitment to public interest law. The Fellowship is named in honor of Wendy Parmet, a professor at NUSL and a leading health law scholar, as well as a founding member of HLA's Board. Parmet Fellows spend a year as staff attorneys at HLA, representing clients and advocating in the broader legal and policy arena for expanded and equitable health care access. http://www.hla-inc.org/
The Domestic Violence Institute Fellow organizes and oversees law students from area schools in an interviewing project at the Boston Medical Center seeking to understand the impact of violence in women's lives and where appropriate to refer them for services. The Fellow also participates in the education and supervision of students working at the Dorchester DV Court.
Northern Illinois University: Northern Illinois University College of Law
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Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law
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Northwestern University: Northwestern University School of Law
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The Zenner Grants are awarded each year to graduating students who plan to work in a public interest position. The grants are intended to assist students with payment of fees for bar review courses, bar applications, and other expenses in the summer after graduation. The number and amounts vary from year to year.
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The Len Rubinowitz Public Interest Fellowships are awarded both to students working in public interest positions during the summer and to graduating students entering public interest to assist with bar expenses and summer living expenses. Full grants are generally $4,500, and partial grants may also be awarded. The number of fellowships varies from year to year. The fellowships are funded by a combination of donations from students, faculty, administrators, and alumni, law school funds, and a number of fundraising events.
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The Zenner Grants are awarded each year to graduating students who plan to work in a public interest position. The grants are intended to assist students with payment of fees for bar review courses, bar applications, and other expenses in the summer after graduation. The number of awards and amounts vary from year to year. The grants are funded by alumna Teri Zenner, founder of Zenner Consulting Group.
Notre Dame: Notre Dame Law School
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While not a fellowship paid in cash by the Law School, a Pace graduate occupies the staff attorney position at the Hudson Valley Poverty Law Center, which is supported in kind by the Law School as a component of our John Jay Legal Services Clinic. This position was conceived of and deliberately created for a Pace graduate as a path for Pace graduates to become accomplished leaders in public interest practice and gradually open doors for other Pace Law graduates in public interest work.
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Pennsylvania State University The Dickinson School of Law
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Pepperdine University: Odell McConnell Law Center
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Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
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Regent University: School of Law
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Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Center for Law and Justice (Newark)
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Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden
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Saint Louis University: Saint Louis University School of Law
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Saint Mary’s University of San Antonio: St. Mary’s University of San Antonio School of Law
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Saint Thomas University: St. Thomas University School of Law (FL)
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Samford University: Cumberland School of Law
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Santa Clara University: Santa Clara University School of Law
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Seattle University: Seattle University School of Law
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Seton Hall University: Seton Hall University School of Law
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South Texas College: South Texas College of Law
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Southwestern University: Southwestern Law School
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Deborah L. Rhode, the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, has endowed the Rhode Public Interest award, which is presented annually to a graduating student (or a team of graduating students) who has made outstanding contributions in work with underrepresented groups, in public interest causes outside the Law School, or in public service at the Law School. To be considered for the $3,000 award, the student must be nominated by faculty or other students.
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The Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation (SPILF) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt foundation established in 1978 by Stanford Law School students and alumni to provide funding for public interest law projects serving groups that have traditionally been denied adequate access to legal representation.
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Stanford students and alumni traditionally have received several post-graduate fellowships each year from national fellowship programs including Skadden, Equal Justice Works, and Echoing Green fellowships as well as the U.S. Department of Justice, Attorney General's Honors Program appointments.
Stetson University: Stetson University College of Law
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Fenton Awards - The John E. Fenton, Jr. Public Service Awards were created to honor Judge Fenton's 45 year legacy of teaching and leadership at Suffolk University Law School. The award is given annually to students pursuing public interest careers. Awards are given to graduating students contingent upon the recipient obtaining employment with a qualifying public service employer within one year of graduation. A separate application for this award is required during the academic year.
http://www.law.suffolk.edu/rappaport/fellowships/fenton/
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Syracuse University: College of Law
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Lampe Scholarship (private donor)
Syracuse awards $3,000 for a graduate working in public interest law.
Public Service Award
Syracuse awards $3,000 for a recent graduate working in public interest law.
Temple University: James E. Beasley School of Law
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The Lynne M Abraham ('65)Award
Established by the Temple Law Alumni/ae Association, this award honors Lynne M. Abraham ('65), a former Court of Common Pleas judge, who was sworn in as the first woman district attorney of Philadelphia in May, 1991. It is awarded to the graduating student with the highest grades in Criminal Law and Professional Responsibility who plans to work in a public service position.
The Beth Cross ('90) Award
Established in memory of Beth Cross ('90), former executive Director of the Legal Clinic for the Disabled, by her husband Mark Flood ('90), this award is given to the graduate who is planning a career in public interest law and who demonstrates Ms Cross's commitment and dedication to providing legal assistance to under served populations.
The Gideon Award
Named for the landmark case Gideon v. Wainwright, this award is given to a graduating student who will be working for the Defender Association of Philadelphia and who exhibits overall academic achievement.
The Lena Hale Award
To the graduate(s) chosen by the faculty for outstanding extracurricular contributions.
Henry J Richardson III Award
Established to honor Henry J. Richardson III, for his personal contribution to critical thinking in the areas of international law, development and human rights, and his dedication to fostering thoughtful scholarship, this award is given to the student who wrote the best paper in the area of international human rights.
The Sender and Janina Szwalbenest Memorial Award
Established by Ben J. Szwalbenest ('81) to honor his parents, this award is given to a graduate who immigrated to the United States and rendered outstanding service to the law school and the community.
Greg R Wiegand ('98) Memorial Fund Award
Awarded to the graduating student who has overcome adversity and demonstrated perseverance and excellence while participating in the John S. Bradway Mock Trial Program.
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Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
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A 2005 grant from the United Way expanded our Law Clinic to include Children's Rights for the fall 2005 and spring 2006. Our Law Clinic provides students the opportunity to earn class credit while representing indigent clients in domestic violence and social security disability cases under the direction of lawyers. With the grant, we were able to offer a clinical fellowship to two graduates.
Thomas Jefferson School of Law: Thomas Jefferson School of Law
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Cooley’s Center for Ethics and Responsibility maintains a Senior Ethics Fellowship funded by the law school.
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Touro College: Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
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Tulane University: Tulane University School of Law
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Tulane students compete for a number of national fellowships and graduates have received the following:
Equal Justice Works Fellowships (three graduates)
Prettyman/Stiller Fellowship (one graduate)
Skadden Fellowship (one graduate)
University at Buffalo Law School, SUNY
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The School's graduates have received:
Skadden Arps Fellowship, (one in 1996), $35,000.
Equal Justice Works Fellowships, one each year, $28,000.
Soros Foundation Fellowship, (one in 1999), $32,500.
University of Akron: C. Blake McDowell Law Center
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University of Alabama: University of Alabama School of Law
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University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
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Public Service Award - Awarded to one graduating student each year, based on a demonstrated commitment to public service.
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S. Thomas Chandler Public Service Award - The S. Thomas Chandler Public Service Award was established to assist graduating law students who will be entering public sector or public interest work upon graduation. The idea for an award was initially conceived by the Student Bar Association in 1999, and funded with donations from students, alumni and friends of Thomas Chandler.
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University of Arkansas at Little Rock: William H. Bowen School of Law
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University of California at Davis: University of California at Davis School of Law
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University of California, Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall)
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The Berkeley Law Foundation, Boalt Hall’s student-run public interest law foundation, sponsors 2-3 post-graduation fellowships each year. For more details, visit: http://boalt.org/BLF/
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Each year Boalt students typically receive national public interest fellowships, including Skadden, Equal Justice Works, Soros, and New Voices.
University of California-Hastings
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Ralph Santiago Abascal Fellowship
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Hastings students have received state and national public interest fellowships including Equal Justice Works, Skadden, Fulbright, echoing green and others.
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University of Chicago: University of Chicago Law School
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The Law School offers a Clinical Teaching Fellowship.
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The Chicago Law Foundation (CLF) is a student-directed, not-for-profit group that awards grants to law students who devote their summers to working in the public interest (see below). In addition, CLF awards bar grants to graduating 3Ls who will be entering the public sector to assist with their expenses connected to the bar exam.
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Post-graduate funding also comes from various fellowship and grant sources. In recent years our graduates have obtained fellowships for post-graduate public interest work, including Equal Justice Works, the International Justice Mission, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI).
University of Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati College of Law
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of Colorado: School of Law
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of Connecticut: University of Connecticut School of Law
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
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The Law School, through programs hosted and resources maintained by the Office of Career Services, encourages students to apply for public interest fellowships. In recent years, Law School graduates have secured one and two year fellowships from organizations such as the Skadden Foundation and Equal Justice Works.
University of Dayton: University of Dayton School of Law
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of Denver: Sturm College of Law
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The University of Denver College of Law has established a post-graduate judicial and public interest fellowship in support of its graduates, Colorado Legal Services, and the state district courts. The Fellowship Program provides the opportunity for graduates to familiarize themselves with the structure and functioning of Colorado Legal Services or the state court system, hone their legal research, analytical, writing, and client counseling skills, develop hands-on experience, and gain an appreciation for public service.
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University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
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University of Florida: Fredric G. Levin College of Law
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of Georgia School of Law
Law School Funded:
None
Graduate Student Funded:
None
Other Funding Source:
Equal Justice Works has selected many UGA School of Law graduates to receive summer and post-graduate fellowships.
University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law
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University of Houston Law Center
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University of Idaho: College of Law
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University of Illinois College of Law
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None
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None
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Students have applied for a number of outside-funded fellowships, including the Skadden Fellowship, Fulbright Grant and George N. Lindsay Civil Rights Legal Fellowship by the Lawyers' Committee of Civil Rights Under Law.
University of Iowa College of Law
Law School Funded:
Public Interest Law Award
Intent: To honor and support law school graduates who choose to enter the field of public interest law.
Description: The recipient must have more than $5,000 in student loan debt and demonstrate the procurement of employment in public interest law. The recipients starting and projected average annual salary derived from the employment described above must have a salary less than 125% of the “standard maintenance allowance (SMA).” Recipients are selected by a committee comprised of a member of the establishing class, faculty and staff.
Recipients: During 2006-07, two graduates received $10,000 in awards.
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University of Kansas: School of Law
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
The Office of Career Services assists students in identifying and applying for various post-graduate fellowships and awards, including the Equal Justice Works fellowships, Public Citizen and others.
University of Kentucky College of Law
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University of La Verne College of Law
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University of Louisville: Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of Maine School of Law
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University of Maryland: University of Maryland School of Law
Law School Funded:
The Public Service Award is given to several graduating law students from the University of Maryland School of Law who, during their law school careers, have engaged in service and legal work that significantly advance the public interest.
Law Fellows, University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security. These full-time positions involve legal and policy development, as well as administrative and coordinating functions. The Center for Health and Homeland Security is charged with coordinating and expanding the University’s scientific research, health programs, policy and legal development, and government consulting in areas related to homeland security that are carried out by each of the University’s professional schools and by the Center itself.
http://www.umaryland.edu/healthsecurity/
Dean’s Fellow
Library Research Fellow
Legal Resource Center for Tobacco Regulation, Litigation & Advocacy Fellow
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
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University of Miami School of Law
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Post-Graduate Fellowship in the HOPE Public Interest Resource Center
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University of Michigan: University of Michigan Law School
Law School Funded:
Robert B. Fiske Fellowships - The program, founded and funded by alumnus Robert B. Fiske recognizes three graduates annually who decide to enter government service at the federal, state or local level. Fiske Fellows receive debt repayment assistance on all of their educational loans with no salary limit considerations for the three-year duration of each fellowship. In addition, each fellow receives a $5000 first-year cash stipend.
Bates Overseas Fellowships– An endowment for assisting recent University of Michigan law school graduates travel abroad for study or work experience. http://www.law.umich.edu/CentersAndPrograms/cicl/programs/BatesTravelFellowships.htm
International Court of Justice’s University Traineeship Program http://www.law.umich.edu/CentersAndPrograms/cicl/programs/ICJUnivTraineeshipProgram.htm An opportunity is available to graduates of the University of Michigan Law School to apply for the International Court of Justice's University Traineeship Program beginning September of each year for a period of nine months. Michigan Law pays for the graduate(s) accepted into the Program.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
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Michigan Law graduates regularly receive post-graduate fellowships such as Fulbrights, Skadden Fellowships, Equal Justice Works Fellowships, Supreme Court Assistance Fellowship at Public Citizen, Southern Poverty Law Center, etc.
University of Minnesota: University of Minnesota Law School
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of Mississippi School of Law
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University of Missouri - Columbia: School of Law
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of Missouri Kansas City University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law
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University of Montana: University of Montana School of Law
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of Nebraska: University of Nebraska College of Law
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas: William S. Boyd School of Law
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of New Mexico School of Law
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University of North Carolina: University of North Carolina School of Law
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
The UNC Center for Civil Rights selects one legal Fellow each year to serve as an attorney at the Center.
University of North Dakota School of Law
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University of Oklahoma College of Law
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University of Oregon: University of Oregon School of Law
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Law School
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of Pittsburgh: School of Law
Law School Funded:
Each year a graduating student receives the Distinguished Public Interest Scholar Award
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Equal Justice Works Fellowships along with fellowships offered by other organizations.
University of Puerto Rico School of Law
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University of Richmond T. C. Williams School of Law
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University of Saint Thomas: School of Law (MN)
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The Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services provides an opportunity for UST School of Law graduates to further careers in public service by serving as postgraduate fellows. Fellows work as staff attorneys and supervise student work in collaboration with the faculty and staff of the center.
The fellowship positions are designed for recent graduates of the University of St. Thomas School of Law who have shown a demonstrated commitment to public service and social justice. Appointments are for one year, with the expectation that appointments will be renewed for a second year. Successful candidates should have previous experience in public interest law, strong communication and interpersonal skills, and excellent oral advocacy and writing skills. Prior participation in the Interprofessional Center is not required. Fellows will receive a salary competitive with entry level legal aid attorneys in Minnesota, an excellent benefits package, and substantial loan repayment.
University of St. Thomas Law graduates who are awarded fellowships will have an opportunity to gain significant legal practice experience, develop ties to other public interest lawyers and organizations serving the Twin Cities, and assist in the supervision of law students participating in the Legal Services Clinic. Fellowship recipients are expected to work closely with faculty and students in all three practice areas. Fellowship applicants must be eligible to practice law in the state of Minnesota and are expected to sit for the July bar exam following acceptance into the program.
http://www.stthomas.edu/law/financing/centerfellowships.asp
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University of San Diego School of Law
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University of San Francisco School of Law
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University of South Carolina: University of South Carolina School of Law
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University of South Dakota School of Law
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University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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The Law School's full-time, one-year public interest fellowship is called the Irmas Fellowship and is funded in part by a Law School-created endowment, student fundraising and graduate donations made through the School's Annual Fund.
Graduate Student Funded:
The Law School's full-time, one-year public interest fellowship is called the Irmas Fellowship and is funded in part by a Law School-created endowment, student fundraising and graduate donations made through the School's Annual Fund.
Other Funding Source:
Sydney M. and Audrey Irmas Fellowship provides a year's salary to a graduate working full-time in public interest.
University of Tennessee College of Law
Law School Funded:
None
Graduate Student Funded:
None
Other Funding Source:
None
University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Law School Funded:
The UT Law Faculty Fellowship in Public Interest Law provides a $37,000 stipend, annually, for one outstanding graduating law student to work with a public interest legal organization. The Fellowship was created through contributions from members of the law faculty and the law school.
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University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
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University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
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University of Toledo: College of Law
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
Graduates of The University of Toledo College of Law have been successful in earning fellowships from both Equal Justice Works and Americorps, among others.
University of Tulsa: College of Law
Law School Funded:
The College of Law funds a one-year Clinical Fellow.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of Utah College of Law
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University of Virginia School of Law
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University of Washington: University of Washington School of Law
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of Wisconsin: Law School
Law School Funded:
None.
Graduate Student Funded:
None.
Other Funding Source:
None.
University of Wyoming School of Law
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Valparaiso University: Valparaiso University School of Law
Law School Funded:
The Loan Repayment Assistance Program is also available to those who have graduated within three years from the law school.
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Vanderbilt University Law School
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Villanova University: Villanova University School of Law
Law School Funded:
Villanova offers two full-time fellowships to provide a platform for individuals to assist in the teaching of our CARES and Farmworker Clinics. For our Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, we also offer a part-time fellowship to assist in the delivery of legal services and student supervision. The positions provide opportunities for the fellows to receive training in teaching and support for scholarly activities, and is intended to provide a platform for individuals wishing to enter the clinical teaching community.
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The Career Strategy Office connects students and alumni with hundreds of fellowship opportunities through its own database, as well as through PSLawNet. Fellowships are often publicized in the weekly law school newspaper, the Gavel Gazette. The Director of Public Service Careers and Pro Bono Programs also conducts educational programs to assist students with the fellowship application process. Recent Villanova graduates have competed successfully for several fellowships, including the Equal Justice Works and the Independence Foundations fellowships.
Wake Forest University School of Law
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Washburn University School of Law
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Washington and Lee University: School of Law
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Washington University: Washington University School of Law
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Wayne State University Law School
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West Virginia University College of Law
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Western New England College: School of Law
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Western State University College of Law
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Whittier Law School: Whittier Law School
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Widener University School of Law--Delaware Campus
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Several public interest awards are given to graduating students who demonstrate a commitment to public interest law. These are funded by private donors, including area corporations, law firms, and alumni.
Willamette University: Willamette University College of Law
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William Mitchell College of Law: William Mitchell College of Law
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Yale University: Yale Law School
Law School Funded:
Yale Law School Fellowships provide funding to help students pursue their public service goals after graduation. Bernstein fellowships of approximately $42,250 each will be awarded for international human rights work in the 2008-2009 academic year.
The Bernstein Fellowship is intended to foster innovative approaches to human rights advocacy or to promote work on important human rights issues that have received relatively little attention. Seven Liman fellowships were awarded to support Yale graduates in work in the United States for the poor and underrepresented in the 2005-2006 year.
The Liman Fellowship supports one year of full-time work in the U.S. in a law-related endeavor designed to further public interest, generally under the sponsorship of an existing organization or possibly through a start-up project (funding is up to $42,250).
The Heyman Federal Public Service Fellowship supports recent Yale Law graduates who wish to work closely with high-level leaders in the federal government for one year, either through an existing position or through a "special assistantship." Two to three fellowships of $42,250 will be awarded each year for fellows to work in the executive or possibly legislative branch of the U.S. Federal Government.
Graduate Student Funded:
The Initiative for Public Interest Law at Yale (the Initiative) is a student-run nonprofit organization that distributes grants to innovative public interest law projects around the country. This year, students involved in the Initiative raised $33,500 through an auction, a book sale, and the Yale Law School Prom and alumni solicitations. The grant selection process, which takes place in the spring, allowed student Initiative members to work with board members who are faculty, alumni, community members and local attorneys. Together, the student and board members annually select one to three projects to be funded. Grant recipients do not have to be Yale Law School graduates, although YLS graduates receive some preference in the grant selection process. In spring 2006, the Initiative chose two grant recipients.
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TRI PI - Travel Reimbursement for Interviews in the Public Interest - The Law School will now cover reasonable travel expenses, up to $400, for travel to a post-graduate public interest fellowship interview. Students need to speak with the Career Development Office for guidelines.
Yeshiva University: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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The school offers one or more Alumni Scholarships for post-graduate public interest employment.
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