Public Interest Fellowships
Post-graduate public interest fellowships are an excellent way to begin your career in public interest law. Many fellowships are project-based, where applicants partner with a non-profit organization and apply for external funding based on a specific proposed project. Others are funded directly by the organization with which the fellow will work. The fellowship application process primarily takes place during the 2L summer and 3L year but it is important to foster relationships with potential sponsors as early as your 1L year.
For more general information about potential fellowship opportunities visit:
- Post Graduate Public Interest Fellowships Introduction - this is a PDF of powerpoint slides from our information session with information on types of fellowships, timelines, and resources at King Hall and beyond.
- Post Graduate Public Interest Fellowships 101 Primer
- PSJD
- Fellowship Application Timeline - this word document was created and shared by a King Hall Alum (and Skadden Fellow). These were her steps and timeline during the project based fellowship application process and you can download it to use it as a template for your own process.
Links to specific public interest fellowship funding opportunities:
California ChangeLawyers 3L Next Gen Scholarship - 2023 application due February 28, 2023 - bar prep scholarship
2023 Post-Bar Organizational Fellowship Opportunities
- 2023 Maryland Law and Policy Fellowship - Maryland Sea Grant - Maryland - March 27, 2023
- Student Defense Legal Fellow - National Student Legal Defense Network - Washington, DC - April 15, 2023
- Legal Fellow, Inflation Reduction Act & Climate Risk - EDF - Washington, DC - Rolling
- Postgraduate Employment Civil Rights Fellowship - Bloom Law PLLC - Seattle, WA - March 24, 2023
- UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy Fellowship - Los Angeles, CA - March 30, 2023
- Justice Fellowship - Loevy & Loevy - Chicago, IL - rolling
- Federal Legal Fellow - Regulatory Advocacy - Everytown for Gun Safety - Washington, DC - Rolling
- Leslie J. Winner Public Interest and Civil Rights Fellowship - North Carolina Justice Center - Raleigh, NC - Rolling
- Immigration Legal Fellowship - California ChangeLawyers - available Fall 2023
2023 Fellowship Funding
- SABA-NC Public Interest Post-Bar Fellowship - South Asian Bar Association of Northern California Foundation - up to $5,000 - rolling
- The Borchard Fellowship in Law & Aging - 2023 application due April 1, 2023
- LSFN Public Interest Law Bar Fellowship Program - 2023 application April 10 through April 28, 2023
- Information Session - April 13, 2023, 3 - 4:30. Register Here
- Columbia Law School Postgraduate J.D. Public Interest and Government Fellowship - 2023 application due May 2, 2023
- Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association - Scholarship Application - 2023 application TBA (2022 application was September 9, 2022)
- Skadden Fellowships - 2023 application closed on September 9, 2022
- Equal Justice Works Fellowships - 2023 application closed on September 13, 2022
- The Justice Catalyst Fellowship - 2023 application closed on December 1, 2022
- Berkeley Law Foundation - 2023 application closed on January 20, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.
- Soros Equality Fellowship - 2023 application closed on January 31, 2023
- Soros Justice Fellowship -2023 application closed on January 31, 2023
Project Based Public Interest Fellowships
Below is a partial list of some organizations who have hosted project based fellowships (eg. Skadden, EJW, Justice Catalyst, etc.) in the past. Some have a two step process - first you apply to the organization to be selected as a fellowship partner, then you apply to fellowships for funding. 2024 deadlines are bolded, you can use last year's deadlines as a guide. NOTE: Please check with the organization's website to confirm deadlines and application requirements.
List of California Host Organizations (alphabetical by organization name)
For hosts in other states click here or scroll down
Organization | Location (CA) | Deadline | Fellowships | Issue Area(s) Funded or Seeking |
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A New Way of Life Reentry Project | Los Angeles | EJW | Re-entry; Criminal Law | |
Accountability Counsel |
San Francisco or Washington, DC or Asia |
Rolling | EJW, Skadden, etc. | Location determines issue area, see organization's webpage |
ACLU Disability Rights Project | San Francisco | Rolling, priority consideration June 15, 2022 | EJW, Skadden, etc. | Guardianship, policing and mental health, voting |
ACLU Immigrant Rights Project | San Francisco | Rolling, priority consideration June 15, 2022 | EJW; Skadden | While we will work with the applicant to adapt and tailor the project proposal as appropriate, we are particularly interested in advancing work that will advance farmworkers’ and domestic workers’ rights, including access to minimum wage, overtime, and workers’ compensation, and collective bargaining protections. |
ACLU of Northern California | San Francisco | Rolling | EJW | Civil Rights/Liberties |
ACLU of Southern California | Los Angeles | on or before July 2, 2021 (for Skadden, EJW, Justice Catalyst or Soros); Rolling for other fellowships | EJW; Skadden, Soros, others |
The ACLU SoCal will be pursuing fellowships to address some, or all, of the following areas:
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ACLU Foundation of San Diego and Imperial Counties | San Diego | Rolling, preferred before June 15, 2021 | Skadden, EJW, Soros Other | Seeking a Legal Fellow to protect and advance immigrants' rights in San Diego and Imperial Counties |
AIDS Legal Referral Panel | San Francisco | Rolling | Skadden, EJW, Other | Various |
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Los Angeles | Rolling | Skadden | Policy, Immigration |
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project | Remote, location flexible | Rolling | EJW, Skadden, Justice Catalyst | Immigration, Asylum |
The Bail Project | Los Angeles | Rolling until filled | Any | Legal Support for Bail Operations, Advocacy Support to End Cash Bail |
Bay Area Legal Aid | Richmond | On or before June 30, 2021 | EJW, Skadden, others | Homelessness intervention and prevention in the Bay Area |
Bet Tzedek Legal Services | Los Angeles | July 15, 2022 | EJW; Skadden |
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California Rural Legal Assistance | Salinas | July 19, 2019 | EJW | Environmental; Farmworkers; Immigration |
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation | Sacramento; Santa Rosa | EJW; Skadden | Farmworkers | |
CARECEN | Los Angeles | EJW | Immigrant Populations | |
Center for Gender & Refugee Studies | San Francisco | EJW | Immigration | |
Centro Legal de La Raza | Oakland | ASAP - Rolling | EJW; Skadden | While Centro Legal seeks project proposals in any of our issue areas, we especially welcome proposals that seek to establish innovative partnerships with community-based organizations that are already serving our clients in other capacities. For example, we are interested in building medical-legal and school-based partnerships. We welcome proposals that would involve more than one of our program areas, and are happy to work in collaboration with the fellow applicant to develop a proposal. |
Children’s Defense Fund | Los Angeles | N/A | Skadden | Youth/Children |
Communities for a Better Environment | Huntington Park, Richmond or remote | September 25, 2022 | EJW; Skadden; Other | Environmental Justice |
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto | Palo Alto | EJW | Children/Youth | |
Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) | Los Angeles | August 3, 2020 | Skadden, EJW, Soros, other | Civil Rights or Immigrant Rights |
Court Watch Los Angeles (National Lawyers Guild - LA) | Culver City | August 1, 2021 | EJW; Skadden; Other | Specifically, NLG-LA seeks a fellow to lead Court Watch Los Angeles, a volunteer-driven court observation program that monitors the region’s criminal court system and pursue their own related project |
Disability Rights Advocates | Berkeley or New York |
Rolling/ July 6, 2022, Priority |
EJW; Skadden | Disability Rights |
Disability Rights California |
Sacramento San Diego Los Angeles or Oakland |
July 19, 2021 | EJW; Skadden; Other |
DRC invites proposals related to the work of our Advocacy and Community Engagement Practice Group, which provides direct legal services to individuals with disabilities and conducts outreach, community organizing, and collaborates with other agencies on statewide projects. The Advocacy and Community Engagement Practice Group is specifically looking for a fellow to help build a disaster response and emergency preparedness practice. |
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund | Berkeley | August 1, 2022 | EJW or Skadden | DREDF works intensively with prospective fellows to develop projects that address critical disability civil rights law issues. We are interested in candidates who will collaborate on simultaneous applications to more than one funder. Fellowship proposals should connect to DREDF’s areas of engagement and expertise. Advocacy priorities include defending and advancing the rights of disabled people in: education; access to government programs and services; housing; health care including long-term services and supports; transportation; technology; parenting and the dependency system; and self-determination and decision-making. |
Earthjustice | San Francisco | Rolling until August 1, 2020 | EJW; Skadden; Other | Fossil Fuels Program |
East Bay Community Law Center | Berkeley | Currently not hosting | Children; Youth | |
Equal Rights Advocates | San Francisco | Rolling until August 2, 2021, 5pm PST | EJW; Skadden; other |
The fellowship’s goals are to address one or more of the following major categories impacting essential women workers:
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Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project | Los Angeles | Rolling | EJW; Skadden; Other | Depending on the fellow interest, the project may focus on immigrant advocacy, community education legal services, detained or released representation of immigrants in removal proceedings. Esperanza will prefer projects that address issues affecting immigrants in removal proceedings due to the current immigration policies. |
Family Violence Appellate Project | Oakland | Reviewed on rolling basis until filled | EJW, Skadden, others | Domestic Violence Survivors |
Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles | Skadden | Re-Entry; Expungement; Consumer Rights; Social Services | |
Human Rights First (Legal Fellow) | Los Angeles or New York | ASAP | EJW, Skadden, others |
Human Rights First is primarily interested in projects that will support our efforts in Los Angeles and New York to advance due process and address systemic impediments to access to counsel and fair proceedings in the legal representation and treatment of asylum-seekers during border processes, asylum office interviews, and immigration court hearings. We will also consider innovative, impactful asylum-related projects outside the delineated areas. |
Immigrant Defenders Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | Rolling | EJW; Skadden; Others | Immigrant Defenders Law Center happily considers requests to host individuals for fellowships, where the projects align with our areas of expertise and the fellow is able to identify their own outside source of funding. |
Impact Fund | Berkeley, CA | June 18, 2021 | EJW; Skadden; Others | Civil Rights-Focused Projects that can be addressed through impact litigation |
Inland Counties Legal Services | Riverside, CA | July 15, 2021 | EJW; Skadden; Others | |
Inner City Law Center | Los Angeles | April through July, reviewed on a rolling basis | Skadden; EJW; AmeriCorps | Homelessness |
Justice Action Center | Remote | Rolling | Justice Catalyst, EJW, Skadden, other | Applicants do not need to submit a final project proposal with this application but are encouraged to share project ideas and particular interests related to JAC’s work. JAC is particularly interested in candidates who are committed to JAC’s efforts to fill gaps in litigation for immigrant communities and take creative approaches to combining storytelling and litigation. JAC is willing to work collaboratively with selected candidates to develop a final fellowship proposal. |
Kids in Need of Defense | Los Angeles | EJW | Immigrant Populations | |
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco | Rolling until July 20,22 | EJW | We particularly have a need for fellows who want to work with our economic justice program, but will be reviewing candidates for all three areas (racial justice, immigrant justice, economic justice). |
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability | Fresno, Bakersfield, or Coachella | Rolling | EJW, Skadden, other | We welcome applications from qualified individuals who are interested in working with us to develop a fellowship proposal relating to any of Leadership Counsel’s topical practice areas, including but not limited to:
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Learning Rights Law Center | Los Angeles | Skadden | Youth; Special Education; Disability Rights | |
Legal Aid Association of California | Oakland | Spring 2021 | Skadden | Legal Aid at Work seeks to protect and expand the rights of low-wage workers, utilizing an array of strategies including impact litigation, direct services, legislative advocacy, and policy work. |
Legal Aid at Work | San Francisco | Accepting applications during Spring 2021 | Skadden | Workers’ Rights |
Legal Aid of Sonoma County | Santa Rosa | July 26, 2021 | Skadden, EJW, Other | We seek a candidate willing to take on a project aimed at providing legal assistance to rural, hard to reach veterans. |
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Rolling submit early as possible | EJW; Skadden; Other | Will consider proposals in any of their practice areas and looks favorably on proposals with a strong pro bono component |
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County | Redwood City | Rolling | EJW; Skadden; Other | Projects should focus on one of Legal Aid’s existing program areas: health, housing, public benefits, domestic violence, immigration, or education. |
Legal Services for Children | San Francisco | July 19, 2021 | EJW; Skadden | Children/Youth, Issues arising from dependency practice |
Legal Services of Northern California | Auburn, Chico, Eureka, Redding, Sacramento, Woodland, Ukiah or Vallejo | July 15, 2019 | EJW: Skadden; Other | Service to low-income clients, particularly underserved populations |
Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice | Los Angeles | No later than 2 months prior to fellowship application deadline | EJW | interested in developing fellowship projects that enhance and complement LACLJ’s existing practice areas |
Los Angeles LGBT Center | Los Angeles | EJW | Immigrant Populations | |
MALDEF | Los Angeles; Sacramento | Civil Rights | ||
Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc. | Los Angeles | No Date/ASAP | EJW; Skadden; Others | Since MHAS practice areas cross a broad spectrum of disability rights, MHAS has had success working with graduates who seek to find a home for their disability rights fellowship projects. This year, MHAS is particularly interested in proposals that would provide civil legal services to individuals with serious mental health disabilities who are referred to MHAS through an existing partnership with the Mental Health Court of the Los Angeles Superior Court |
National Center for Lesbian Rights | San Francisco | EJW | LGBTQ Rights | |
National Center for Youth Law | Oakland | June 24, 2022 | EJW; Skadden; Soros; Other | Education, Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, Health, Mental Health, Commercial Sexual Exploitation, and Immigration |
National Day Laborer Organizing Network | Los Angeles | EJW | Labor; Employment; Immigration | |
National Health Law Program | Los Angeles (or DC) | August 1, 2020 | EJW | Health |
National Housing Law Project | San Francisco | July 16, 2021 | EJW; Skadden; Other | Housing Issues |
National Immigrant Justice Center | San Diego (or Chicago) | Rolling, August 10, 2022 Priority | EJW; Skadden; Other | NIJC will work with candidates to develop proposals for submission, helping tailor proposals to address important immigration rights issues. |
National Immigration Law Center | Los Angeles | Late Spring/Early Summer of the year prior to the fellowship start | EJW; Skadden; etc. | Immigrant Populations |
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County | Pacoima/Los Angeles | Rolling | EJW | Practice areas we support include housing, immigration, family law, health, clean slate/re-entry, school discipline, public benefits, and Self-Help Legal Access Centers co-located in courthouses across LA County. |
Pangea | San Francisco or San Jose | July 20, 2020 | Skadden; EJW; others | Immigrant representation, habeas litigation for immigrants |
Partnership for Working Families | San Francisco & Oakland | August 14, 2020 | Skadden; EJW; others | Policy & Litigation for low-wage workers |
Public Advocates | San Francisco or Sacramento | ASAP, no later than August 2, 2021 | EJW; Skadden | Metropolitan Equity Team |
Public Counsel | Los Angeles | July 1, 2022 | EJW; Skadden; others |
This year Public Counsel will consider fellowship proposals limited to those which fall in the following areas:
We do not have an application form separate from those used by the organizations that fund the fellowships. Students who are interested in a fellowship at Public Counsel should send their resume and a brief description of their proposed project directly to the Directing Attorney of the Public Counsel project you wish to work with. If you have a problem reaching the directing attorney or other questions, contact Executive Assistant Uzoamaka Ogbodo EMAIL HERE. |
Public Interest Law Project | Oakland | July 27, 2018 | EJW; Skadden, Soros; Other | Poverty law, affordable housing, public benefits |
Public Justice Foundation | Oakland & Washington,DC | July 6, 2021 | EJW; Skadden; Others |
Our Debtors’ Prison Project invites rising third-year law students and recent law graduates to apply for an opportunity to work with us as a legal Fellow.
Our Students’ Civil Rights Project (SCRP) invites rising third-year law students and recent law graduates to apply for an opportunity to work with us as a legal fellow on cutting-edge litigation and advocacy related to discrimination in schools. (Strong preference for this project to be based in the DC office) |
Public Rights Project | Oakland, New York, & Boston | ASAP | Justice Catalyst, Skadden, EJW, other | High-impact affirmative litigation by state and local governments |
Root & Rebound | Oakland, Fresno, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Greenville South Carolina | Rolling by August 15, 2021 | EJW; Skadden; Soros; others | Support and legal advocacy to people with arrest and conviction histories |
The San Francisco Wraparound Project |
San Francisco, CA |
August 31, 2019 | EJW | In-House medical/legal needs: civil & criminal |
Social Justice Collaborative |
Berkeley, CA |
Rolling | EJW, Skadden | See website |
Start Small Think Big, Inc. |
Oakland, work may be performed remotely |
August 12, 2021 |
EJW; Skadden; Others | Open to discussing a range of possible project topics based on the candidate’s interests within the scope of Start Small’s areas of legal assistance and in alignment with our organizational values, especially equity and inclusion. Potential areas of project topics include increasing access to opening and maintaining small businesses in the cannabis space throughout the State of California (with the potential to partner with leading Bay Area cities); establishing a self-education module and portal for small business owners in the areas of online and social media presence or employment and labor for micro businesses; and research on the equity impact of AB 5 on under-resourced small business owners, with the goal of impacting policy and legislation. Notwithstanding these suggested areas, candidates are welcomed to approach Start Small with any topic of their own choosing, especially any topic focusing on addressing disproportionate racial impacts regarding access and outcomes in the legal arena. |
Swords to Plowshares | San Francisco, CA (can be in-person, hybrid, or fully remote) | July 11, 2022 | Skadden; EJW; Justice Catalyst; etc | Veterans; Applicants are encouraged to propose project ideas, though one is not required to apply. |
Transgender Law Center | Oakland | Rolling | EJW | Trans Issues; LGBTQ Rights |
UCLA Voting Rights Project | Los Angeles | July 30, 2021 | EJW, other | Proposed projects can focus either on impact-litigation, public policy changes, and/or an integrated litigation and advocacy campaign. |
UnCommon Law | Oakland | July 1, 2020 | EJW; Skadden; Other | Prisoner rights |
Wage Justice Center | Los Angeles | Rolling | Skadden; EJW | Workers’ Rights |
Western Center on Law & Poverty | Los Angeles, Sacramento, Oakland | June 15 reviewed on rolling basis | Skadden, EJW, other | Children and Youth access to Mental Health Services |
Youth Law Center | San Francisco | June 21, 2021 | EJW; Skadden; other | Child welfare, juvenile justice advocacy |
List of Host Organizations outside California (Listed by State)
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Organization | Location | Deadline | Fellowships | Issue Area(s) Funded |
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A Better Balance |
New York, NY Nashville, TN Washington, DC |
Rolling basis | EJW; Skadden; others |
NYC: Pregnancy accommodation laws, lactation laws, paid sick time laws, NYC Fair Workweek Law, caregiver discrimination laws; and/or paid and unpaid family and medical leave laws. The NYC fellow could also focus on expanding laws and policies in: Paid family and medical leave or paid sick time campaigns around the country; Pregnancy accommodation campaigns around the country; LGBTQ work-family issues; Quality, affordable, accessible child care; Defending local, progressive laws from state and federal interference (preemption); and/or Other issues related to expanding work/family laws and policies in New York State and/or nationally. Nashville: Increasing the power and influence of Black women in the South, enforcing new pregnant workers fairness laws in the South, providing direct services to low-wage workers, developing a mobile clinic, public education and enforcement of existing federal legal protections, such as pregnancy discrimination, family and medical leave, and breastfeeding protections for working families in the South; and/or addressing the needs of working parents who lack quality, affordable, and accessible child care. DC: Pregnancy accommodations, paid family and medical leave, lactation accommodations, paid sick time, caregiver discrimination laws; and/or fair and predictable scheduling. |
ACLU | Various States | Priority deadline varies by state
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EJW; Skadden; others | Various |
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) | Various | Rolling |
EJW; Skadden |
Efforts to fill gaps in legal representation for asylum-seeking families |
Earthjustice | Alaska; New York, NY; Chicago, IL; New Orleans, LA; Washington,DC; Philadelphia,PA | Rolling until August 1, 2020 |
EJW; Skadden |
Alaska Regional Office (Anchorage or Juneau); Coal Program (Philly, Chicago or NY); Fossil Fuels Program (SF or New Orleans); Midwest Regional Office (Chicago); Sustainable Food & Farming Program (NY); Toxic Exposure & Health Program (NY or DC); Tribal Partnerships (TBD); Washington DC Regional Office |
LatinoJutice PRLDEF | New York, NY Central Islip,NY Orlando, FL | Rolling | EJW; Skadden; Other | Criminal Justice Reform, Rights Restoration, Economic Justice Worker's Rights, School to Prison Pipeline |
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund |
New York, NY Washington, DC |
July 2, 2021 | EJW, Skadden, Other | Education, Economic Justice, Criminal Justice, Voting Rights |
National Association of Counsel for Children (Scroll to bottom of the staff page for listing) | Denver, CO Washington,DC Atlanta, GA | July 15, 2020 |
EJW; Skadden; Other |
Children's rights |
Native American Rights Fund | Anchorage, AK Washington DC Boulder, CO | June 29, 2020 |
Skadden; others NO EJW |
Indian Law |
Arizona |
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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project | Various cities, AZ | June 25, 2021, 5pm pst |
EJW, Skadden, Justice Catalyst, others |
Seeking to collaborate with up to two rising 3L or LLM students and/or recent law graduates. This year the Florence Project will consider fellowship proposals to fill critical community needs into the following areas: Border Advocacy, Children's Rights, Crimmigration, Detained Migrant Women (Cis & Transgender), Detained LGBTQ+ Migrants, Due Process Issues, Mental Health Advocacy |
Colorado |
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Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC) | Denver, CO | Preferred deadline is June 1, 2021 - hard deadline is July 15, 2021 |
EJW, Skadden, Justice Catalyst, others |
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The Powell Project | Denver, CO | ASAP | Any funding | Our excessive sentencing project focuses primarily on clients serving death-by-incarceration sentences for felony murder, elderly clients, clients who were youthful when incarcerated, and criminalized survivors of gender-based violence. The Fellow will help expand the scope and scale of this initiative. |
Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center | Denver, CO | August 1, 2022 | Skadden, EJW, other | A successful candidate will be able to create a fellowship proposal rooted in their passion and experience, while also seeking to expand or enhance the Children’s Law Center’s existing work and mission. |
Connecticut |
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Center for Children's Advocacy | Hartford, CT | August 1, 2020 |
EJW, Skadden, others |
Immigrant Youth or LGBTQ+ Youth Advocacy |
Delaware |
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Delaware Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. | Wilmington, DE | July 5, 2020 |
Skadden, EJW, Others |
Public interest |
Florida |
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LATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF | Orlando, FL | Rolling | Any | Proposals must fit within LJP's mission and current litigation priorities, and ideally should incorporate potential law reform litigation or international human rights advocacy and litigation as part of the project. We are particularly interested in projects that address Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican diaspora; reproductive rights and/or gender justice, including LGBTQ rights; economic justice, including education and housing justice; and the intersection of the immigration and criminal legal systems. |
Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. | Miami, FL | August 5, 2022 | EJW; Skadden |
Possible fellowship topic areas could include, but are not limited to: Protecting the rights of low-income taxpayers; Ensuring access to quality healthcare and public benefits; Protecting the rights of consumers and low-wage workers; Preserving and creating affordable housing; Protecting the rights of tenants and homeowners; Advocating for the rights of mobile home park residents; Reentry Justice; Advocating for the LGBTQ+ community; Racial Justice Projects |
Georgia |
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Georgia Resource Center | Atlanta, GA | Rolling/ August 8, 2022 Priority | EJW; Justice Catalyst; others | GRC is particularly interested in a project that focuses on providing post-conviction representation to people serving life-without-parole sentences (“LWOP”) in Georgia, which would expand the current work of GRC. |
Southern Center for Human Rights | Atlanta, GA | July 10, 2020 | EJW; Skadden | criminal justice |
Illinois |
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ACLU of Illinois | Chicago, IL | August 1 Priority | EJW; Skadden; others | We are currently accepting fellowship applications to support the development of litigation to combat constitutionally inadequate indigent defense in Illinois. |
Ascend Justice | Chicago, IL | July 16, 2021 | EJW; Skadden | |
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless | Chicago, IL | October 30, 2020 | EJW; Skadden; others | Homeless advocacy |
The Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. | Chicago, IL | June 15, 2021 | EJW; Skadden; others | Hate crime, Housing Opportunity, education equity |
Corporate Accountability Lab | Chicago, IL | Rolling | Justice Catalyst, others | Corporate accountability: Iinternational supply chain transparency, human rights and environmental accountability |
Erie Neighborhood House | Chicago, IL | July 31, 2019 | EJW; Skadden; Others | Immigration |
Illinois Prison Project | Chicago, IL | July 30, 2021 | EJW | Prison reform, criminal defense, human rights |
Legal Action Chicago | Chicago, IL | July 28, 2021 | Skadden | Not required to have a proposed project to apply. Use class actions and pursuing legislative initiatives, and other forms of community-based policy advocacy to effect systemic changes that help many people as opposed to a single individual. We work closely with community groups to identify the most pressing issues affecting low-income families, with a special focus on racial equity. |
Legal Aid Chicago | Chicago, IL | July 11, 2022 | EJW or Skadden |
Legal Aid Chicago particularly welcomes applications from candidates with interest and/or experience in the areas of reentry services and environmental justice, but applications in any of the areas where Legal Aid Chicago practices will be very strongly considered. Legal Action Chicago welcomes applications in any of the areas where Legal Action Chicago practices. |
Life Span | Chicago, IL | Rolling | EJW or Skadden | Life Span is seeking post-graduate law fellows based at either our Chicago or Des Plaines offices. Life Span empowers survivors of domestic and sexual violence to demand safety as a human right through client-centered services and leads social change through accountability, community engagement, and systemic advocacy. |
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic | Highland Park, IL | ASAP, no later than July 14, 2022 | EJW; Skadden; Others | NSLAC expects fellowship candidates and organizations with which they wish to serve (such as NSLAC) to jointly write and submit a 2023 Fellowship application. The first step is for NSLAC to identify potential candidates. If we decide to move forward with a fellowship candidate, we will work hand-in-hand to design the potential two-year Fellowship role, and subsequent job responsibilities. |
Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center - Trial Litigation Program | Chicago, IL | June 30, 2021 | EJW, Open Society Foundations, Skadden, Other | We welcome inquiries from individuals interested in pursuing projects across any of our Chicago trial program’s priority areas, which include issues of police misconduct, mass imprisonment, racial injustice, and the criminalization of poverty. |
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law | Chicago, IL | June 14, 2019 | EJW; Skadden; Others | Immigrant access, Criminal Justice reform, Economic Justice |
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ACLU Kansas | Mission, KS | Rolling, priority before July 5, 2021 | Skadden, EJW, Soros, Justice Catalyst, others | We welcome project applications relating to any of the ACLU of Kansas’s civil rights or civil liberties issue areas. Applicants should review our website for a better understanding of our work. |
Louisiana |
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Louisiana Capital Assistance Center | New Orleans, LA | Rolling | Skadden, EJW, Soros | capital defense |
Maryland |
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Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. | Baltimore, MD | Rolling until August 2, 2020 | Skadden, Justice Catalyst | worker rights, immigrant rights |
Homeless Persons Representation Project | Baltimore, MD | Rolling until July 18, 2018 | EJW; Skadden; others | medical legal partnership, homelessness |
Tahirih Justice Center | Baltimore, MD | August 1, 2018 | EJW; Skadden; others | immigrant women, humanitarian immigration for women |
Massachusetts |
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ACLU of Massachusetts | Boston, MA | Rolling no later than July 15, 2022 | EJW; Skadden; others | ACLUM welcomes applications on any significant issue involving civil rights or liberties. |
Committee for Public Counsel Services | Somerville, MA | August 31, 2018 | EJW; Skadden; others | Criminal Justice, Public Defense, innocence litigation |
Community Legal Aid | Worcester, MA | Rolling | EJW; Skadden; others | Civil rights, civil liberties |
Conservation Law Foundation | Boston, MA (or Montpelier, VT; Concord, NH; Portland, ME; or Providence, RI) | Rolling until July 1 | EJW: Skadden; others | Environmental Advocacy |
Greater Boston Legal Services | Various, MA |
ASAP, no later than July 31, 2022 - Earlier applicants will have an advantage |
EJW; Skadden | Various poverty law issues |
Just Futures Law | Canton, MA | Rolling | EJW, Skadden, others | disrupting the role of surveillance tech in immigration policing, challenging activist retaliation, gang policy accountability, combating ICE & local police collaboration |
New England Innocence Project | Boston, MA | July 25, 2018 | EJW; Skadden; others | Wrongful convictions |
Project Citizenship |
Boston, MA | No Date, ASAP | EJW; Skadden | Skadden project: Medical-Legal Partnership for immigrant population EJW project: Income fee waivers for naturalization |
Boston, MA | June 18, 2021 | EJW; Skadden; others | The fellowship project will aim to address the unmet needs of Rian’s client population. The substantive nature of the fellowship project is open for discussion. Rian hopes to work collaboratively with the fellow to propose a project that meets a demonstrated need, fits within the parameters of our immigration legal program and also appeals to the preferred interest area(s) of the fellow. | |
Michigan |
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ACLU of Michigan | Detroit, MI | July 18, 2022 | Skadden, Sorros, EJW, Justic Catalyst, other | We welcome applications with project proposals relating to any civil rights or civil liberties area. Proposals related to three current priority areas—reproductive freedom, voting rights, and immigrants’ rights—may be most likely to align with our current organizational priorities. |
Center for Community-Based Enterprise | Detriot, MI | July 20, 2022 | EJW; Skadden; Soros, others | We work in two main areas: (1) providing technical assistance to community-based entrepreneurs who want to start or have an existing businesses and who wish to develop the business as a cooperative, worker-owned enterprise; and (2) working with owners of existing businesses who wish to sell their businesses to their employees. |
Mississippi |
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ACLU of Mississippi | Jackson, MS | Rolling | EJW; Skadden; others | We welcome project applications relating to any of the ACLU of Mississippi’s civil rights or civil liberties issue areas. Applicants should review our website for a better understanding of our work. Proposals related to criminal legal reform, LGBTQ rights, voting rights, freedom of speech and immigration align with our current organizational priorities. |
Missouri |
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Legal Services of Eastern Missouri | St. Louis, MO | August 11, 2018 | EJW; Skadden | Veterans, civil legal services |
New Jersey |
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ACLU of New Jersey | Newark, NJ | Rolling | EJW; Skadden; others | We prefer to develop proposed projects that combine legal advocacy and impact litigation, policy advocacy, community outreach, and public education. ACLU-NJ legal staff will collaborate with the selected fellowship candidate to develop a proposal that builds on the candidate’s interests and skills, ensures appropriate supervision and mentorship, fits with the ACLU-NJ’s priorities, and employs strategies most likely to be effective in advancing the project’s goals. The ACLU-NJ will work closely with candidates to craft their pitch to external funders and prepare for interviews. |
New York |
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A Better Childhood | New York, NY | August 29, 2018 | EJW; Skadden; others | Children's rights, juvenile issues |
Advocates for Children of New York, Inc. | New York, NY | Rolling until March 15, 2018 | Skadden; EJW | Education Advocacy |
ACLU, Center for Liberty | New York, NY | Rolling/July 1, 2022 Priority | EJW; Skadden; Justice Catalyst; others | The Center for Liberty seeks a fellow to address novel and complex legal questions relevant to defending and advancing the rights encompassed by the Center— reproductive freedom, LGBT rights and the rights of people living with HIV, the rights of people with disabilities, women’s rights, and freedom of religion and belief. We are particularly interested in sponsoring a candidate interested in looking at these issues from the lens of systemic equality. Projects will include litigation and research addressing emerging religious refusals issues; state constitutional and statutory research into alternate sources of rights; and litigation responding to the needs of various attorneys in the Center. |
ACLU, Criminal Law Reform Project | New York, NY | Rolling | EJW; Skadden; Justice Catalyst; others | CLRP seeks to sponsor a fellow in the New York office to undertake a project combatting policing harm through state constitutions and creative litigation to support investments in alternatives to police responses. |
ACLU Immigrant Rights Project | New York, NY | Rolling | EJW; Skadden | protect the civil rights and civil liberties of immigrants |
ACLU, Legal Department | New York, NY | Rolling/July 31, 2022 Priority | EJW; Skadden; others | the Fellow will be focused on litigating state constitutional rights claims in state supreme courts. |
ACLU, LGBTQ & HIV Project | New York, NY | Rolling/June 24, 2022 Priority |
EJW; Skadden; others |
LGBTQ+ HIV advocacy |
ACLU, Reproductive Freedom Project | New York, NY | Rolling /June 24, 2022 Priority |
EJW; Skadden; others |
Reproductive rights |
ACLU, Racial Justice Program | New York, NY | Rolling/July 24,2020 (priority) | EJW; Skadden; others | Project to fight the over criminalization of people of color |
ACLU, Voting Rights Project | New York, NY | Rolling/June 15, 2022 Priority | EJW; Skadden; others | Our staff will provide guidance to the selected fellowship candidate to develop their proposal for submission, helping tailor the proposal to address an important voting rights issue. Proposed projects for the Voting Rights Project should have an impact-litigation focus, but successful projects also frequently include an integrated advocacy approach (weaving in policy advocacy, public education, etc.) |
ACLU, Women's Rights Project | New York, NY | Rolling/June 20, 2022 priority | EJW; Skadden; others | Legal Fellow to challenge restrictions on women’s economic and social opportunities caused by forms of blacklisting and other procedures that categorically penalize individuals for prior contact with the housing or family regulation systems, such as having an eviction record or appearing on a state child abuse registry. The proposal may build on WRP’s work identifying and challenging practices and policies that deny women, in particular Black women, access to safe and stable housing.
We also remain open to proposals on any gender justice topic about which candidates are passionate, particularly those focused on low-income women and girls and issues that disproportionately affect Black women and other women of color.
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Brooklyn Defender Services | New York, NY | Rolling/July 31, 2020 (priority) | EJW; Skadden; others | Intersection of criminal law and public housing; trafficking and sex work; and post-conviction collateral consequences |
The Center for HIV Law & Policy | New York, NY | Rolling | Skadden, EJW, Soros, others | HIV Law & Policy |
Catholic Migration Services | Brooklyn, NY | Rolling through July 23, 2018 | EJW; Skadden; others | civil rights, immigration and refugee, policy |
Center for Popular Democracy | Brooklyn, NY | Rolling through July 31, 2018 | EJW; Skadden; others | civil rights, education, environment, immigration, policy |
Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | Rolling until filled | Skadden, EJW, Soros, others | Reproductive rights, international human rights |
The Door | Manhattan | Rolling until July 31, 2022 | Equal Justice Works, Skadden, Justice Catalyst, other | We are open to discussing any strong proposal, but are particularly interested in fellowships focusing on the following areas: 1) legal issues facing foster-care involved youth 2) expanded provision of immigration services to underserved communities (e.g. indigenous language speakers, LGBTQ youth, homeless youth, etc.) 3) family law, public benefits, reproductive health, and/or educational advocacy |
Human Rights First | New York, NY | ASAP for 2021 | EJW; Skadden; others | Asylum and Immigration |
International Refugee Assistance Project | New York, NY | Rolling, beginning July 6, 2021 | EJW; Skadden; others | Litigation, direct services, class action, civil rights, immigration, refugee |
LATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF | New York, NY | Rolling | Any | Proposals must fit within LJP's mission and current litigation priorities, and ideally should incorporate potential law reform litigation or international human rights advocacy and litigation as part of the project. We are particularly interested in projects that address Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican diaspora; reproductive rights and/or gender justice, including LGBTQ rights; economic justice, including education and housing justice; and the intersection of the immigration and criminal legal systems. |
Legal Services NYC | Bronx Branch | Rolling | Skadden | Specifically, we are seeking fellowship applicants for a Skadden Fellowship for our Community Neighborhood Stabilization, Education, and LGBTQ Advocacy Projects. |
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House | New York | August 30, 2019 | Skadden, EJW, Soros, others | Eviction Prevention and Tenants' Rights |
Make the Road New York | White Plains, NY | July 15, 2020 | Skadden, EJW, Kirkland & Ellis, others | workplace justice |
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. | New York, NY | July 1, 2022 | Skadden, EJW, others | While candidates may suggest any fellowship project, for 2023 we are especially interested in projects that focus on issues pertaining to the intersection of First Amendment rights and racial discrimination, including governmental censorship and viewpoint discrimination about historic and present-day racial discrimination and governmental infringement on the right to protest, especially protests against racial injustices. |
National Advocates for Pregnant Women | New York, NY | August 15, 2019 | Skadden; EJW; Soros; other | Women's rights, civil rights, policy |
National Center for Law and Economic Justice | New York, NY | June 27, 2022 | Skadden; EJW; Justice Catalyst, others |
NCLEJ will work closely with selected applicants to develop project proposals and will provide support throughout the fellowship funding application cycle. Although NCLEJ welcomes new proposals for fellowship projects that fit within NCLEJ’s mission and areas of work, a project proposal is not required to apply for sponsorship. Some potential fellowship project areas may include:
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National Employment Law Project | New York, NY | Rolling no later than August 15, 2021 | Skadden; EJW; Other | NELP would consider a project that advances NELP’s worker health and safety agenda, supports the burgeoning movements for “just cause” employment protections, or one that promotes the inclusion of historically-excluded groups of workers due to racism, including home care workers, tipped workers, those misclassified as “independent contractors,” and workers currently working for zero-to-subminimum-pay due to their incarceration or detention, participation in a rehabilitation or homelessness assistance program. |
New York Civil Liberties Union | New York, NY | before June 25, 2021 given priority, deadline August 16, 2021 | Skadden, EJW, Soros, others | project proposal relating to civil liberties and civil rights in New York. Proposed projects often combine legal advocacy and impact litigation, policy advocacy, community outreach, and public education. We encourage projects that are new and innovative, allowing the NYCLU to serve unmet legal needs or expand our reach to other populations. |
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest | New York, NY | Rolling, no later than July 26 | Skadden; EJW; Other | Health Justice, Disability Justice, and Environmental Justice |
New York Legal Assistance Group | New York, NY | July 2, 2019 | Skadden; EJW; Other | Variety of areas of civil legal services law |
TakeRoot Justice | New York, NY | Considered on a rolling basis until August 23, 2021 | Skadden; EJW; Other | TakeRoot Justice specifically seeks a fellow to work on a project developed by our Immigrants’ Rights practice. Any proposal must consider TakeRoot Justice’s model of partnering with community-based organizations. |
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc | New York, NY | Rolling | Skadden; EJW; Other | Trans Health or Transgender discrimination impact litigation |
Unlocal, Inc. | New York, NY | August 21, 2020 | Skadden; EJW | Immigration cases working with youth, families, LGBTQ+ immigrants |
North Carolina |
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Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy | Charlotte, NC | Rolling | EJW, Skadden, others | Government benefits, Health Care Access, Consumer Protection, Immigration Law, Veterans' Benefits, Tax, other |
Ohio |
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Advocates for Basic Equality (ABLE) |
Defiance, OH Dayton, OH Toledo, OH |
July 22, 2022 | Skadden, EJW, Others | Candidates for fellowships are encouraged to develop and bring forward proposals for work in an area of poverty law in one of the following areas (development of a full proposal will be in collaboration with ABLE attorneys): · Access to Meaningful and Appropriate Education · Agricultural Worker and Immigrant Rights · Healthcare and Public Benefits · Housing and Community Economic Development · Stability and Independence for Survivors · Meaningful Access to Justice · Medical-Legal Partnership · Reentering Citizens |
CAIR - Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | July 15, 2021 | Skadden, EJW, Others | The sponsored fellow will collaborate with the CAIR-Ohio Legal Director and legal team to develop a fellowship project that will expand CAIR-Ohio’s work. CAIR-Ohio is seeking to develop projects related to immigration and racial justice |
The Immigrant and Refugee Law Center (IRLC) | Cincinnati, OH | July 23, 2021 | Skadden, EJW, Others | seeking candidates that would be interested in putting forth proposals that advance our mission, with an emphasis on advocacy for Special Immigrant Juveniles and Victims of Human Trafficking. |
Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc. | Toledo, OH | ASAP, no later than July 22, 2022 | Any | Candidates for fellowships are encouraged to develop and bring forward proposals for work in an area of poverty law in one of the following areas (development of a full proposal will be in collaboration with LAWO attorneys): · Access to Meaningful and Appropriate Education · Agricultural Worker and Immigrant Rights · Healthcare and Public Benefits · Housing and Community Economic Development · Stability and Independence for Survivors · Meaningful Access to Justice · Medical-Legal Partnership · Reentering Citizens |
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati, Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, LLC | Cincinnati, OH | July 15, 2021 | Skadden, etc | Poverty law |
Oregon |
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Innovation Law Lab | Portland, OR | August 2, 2019 | Skadden, EJW, Others | Immigration system issues: prolonged detention, constitutional violations, other |
Pennsylvania |
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ACLU-PA | Philadelphia, PA | July 31, 2021 | Skadden, EJW, Others | Immigrant Rights |
Community Legal Services, Inc. | Philadelphia, PA | June 21, 2021 | Skadden, EJW, Others | Depending on the nature of the project, fellows will be placed in one of our 10 legal units: Employment (including wage theft and criminal records expungement), Energy, Family Advocacy, Health and Independence, Home Ownership and Consumer Rights, Housing, Language Access Project, Medical-Legal Partnership, SSI Disability, or the Youth Justice Project. |
Education Law Center | Philadelphia, PA | July 1, 2022 | Skadden, EJW, Others |
Potential projects under consideration include the following: • Challenge racialized and exclusionary discipline in public schools, including virtual exclusion, failure to provide due process, failure to consider qualifying disabilities, and racist grooming policies, through direct representation and systemic advocacy • Dismantle the policies and practices that lead to push out of Black and brown families, including parental exclusion, discriminatory fines and fees, and criminalization through truancy referrals • Reduce education barriers and promote effective models for students who need mental health and behavioral health supports in schools, with a focus on Black girls • Promote affirmative and safe schools for all students through direct representation and systemic advocacy on behalf of students experiencing bullying and harassment • Promote inclusive early learning opportunities through direct representation and policy advocacy on behalf of young children with disabilities, children experiencing homelessness, and children in foster care experiencing push out • Engage older youth, including youth who are unaccompanied homeless, undocumented, or pregnant/parenting, in meaningful educational opportunities that prepare them for college or career |
Juvenile Law Center | Philadelphia, PA | July 22, 2020 | Skadden, EJW, Others | decarceration |
Philadelphia Legal Assistance | Philadelphia, PA | July 14, 2022 | Skadden, EJW, Others | We welcome any project that would enhance the current work of any of our substantive units, especially with an emphasis on racial equity. Additionally, if you have areas of particular interest or project ideas, we encourage you to state them in your letter. |
The Public Interest Law Center | Philadelphia, PA | July 9, 2021 | Skaden, EJW, Others | The Law Center will consider a strong proposal in any of our six areas: Education (including Special Education), Employment, Environmental Justice, Health Care, Housing, and Voting. While candidates are welcomed to provide ideas for a project, a candidate need not have a developed proposal to be considered. Under any circumstance, the Law Center will work with the fellow to finalize a project. |
South Carolina |
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Charleston Legal Access | Charleston, SC | No date listed | Skadden, EJW, Others | Wage theft |
Tennessee |
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A Better Balance | Nashville, TN | No date listed | EJW; Skadden; others | workers rights, family rights |
Texas |
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ACLU of Texas | Houston, TX | Rolling until filled | EJW; Skadden; others | Civil Liberties, Civil Rights |
Catholic Diocese of El Paso - Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services, Inc. | El Paso, TX | August 24, 2018 | EJW | Immigration Law |
Lawyers for Good Government | Texas or DC (but location not required) | Rolling | Skadden; EJW; Other |
L4GG will consider well-researched and impactful projects touching on any areas of L4GG’s focus, including rapid response delivery of legal services, immigrants rights, climate justice, racial justice, and supporting small businesses. We are open to both local, regional, or national projects. We are especially interested in the following types of projects:
One of L4GG’s key strategies is mobilizing remote pro bono attorneys from our network of more than 100 law firms and corporate legal departments and 125,000+ interested attorneys. As such, successful projects will include pro bono mobilization as a strategy. |
Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) | Multiple Locations, TX | no date listed | EJW; Skadden; Other | Immigration Law |
Texas Advocacy Project | Austin, TX | ASAP | EJW; Skadden; Other |
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Texas Fair Defense Project | Austin, TX | July 15, 2022 | EJW, Skadden, other | Project focused on the criminalization of homelessness in Texas |
Vermont |
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ACLU Vermont | Charlottesville, Richmond, or Falls Church, VA | Apps reviewed starting July 4, 2021 and considered until filled | EJW; Skadden; Other | immigrant advocacy, public benefits, affordable housing, consumer protection, employment, health, education or juvenile justice |
Virginia |
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Legal Aid Justice Center | Charlottesville, Richmond, or Falls Church, VA | June 30, 2020 | EJW; Skadden; Other | immigrant advocacy, public benefits, affordable housing, consumer protection, employment, health, education or juvenile justice |
National Housing Law Project | Richmond, VA | July 18, 2018 | Skadden; EJW | Various |
The Human Trafficking Institute | Merrifield, VA (or remote) | Rolling but encouraged to apply early | Skadden; EJW; Justice Catalyst; Other |
HTI will work with the fellow to develop a project that will make them a competitive candidate for post-graduate fellowship funding. The project will further one or more areas of HTI’s operations, including:
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Fair Work Center | Seattle, WA | July 15, 2022 |
Skadden: EJW; Others |
Fair Work Center staff will work closely with candidates to explore project proposals that align with their interest as well as advance unmet needs of low-wage and vulnerable workers. |
Legal Voice | Seattle, WA | August 10, 2018 |
Skadden; EJW; Others |
Advancing economic justice - esp. rights of women & LGBTQ |
Washington, DC |
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Washington, DC | Rolling/June 15, 2022 (priority) | EJW; Skadden; others | Our staff will work with candidates to develop their proposals to external funders for submission, helping tailor the proposal to address an important civil liberties issue for incarcerated people. Proposed projects often combine litigation and advocacy with community outreach and public education. | |
Advancement Project | Washington, DC | August 1, 2021 |
EJW; Skadden, others |
Fellows would work on Rights Restoration, Mass Incarceration + Policing Issues, Immigrant Justice or Education Justice and should state their area of interest and preferred fellowship in the cover letter when applying. |
Ayuda | Washington, DC | Rolling |
EJW; Skadden, others |
Ayuda has multiple areas of expertise and need. These include, but are not limited to, representing vulnerable youth, representing LGBTQ clients, representing survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, and representing survivors of human trafficking. |
Bread for the City | Washington, DC | July 31, 2021 |
Skadden; EJW |
Bread for the City is seeking a fellowship applicant to expand its provision of legal services by providing immigration services for domestic violence, family violence, and sexual violence survivors. Looking to develop an immigration-specific outreach and legal representation project focused on establishing a stronger relationship between Bread’s Legal Clinic and faith-based communities throughout Washington, D.C. An immigration fellowship candidate should also be interested in immigration-related policy advocacy. |
The Campaign Legal Center | Washington, DC | July 7, 2021 |
Skadden; EJW |
CLC is seeking applicants interested in all of our issue areas: campaign finance, voting rights, redistricting, and ethics. |
Children's Law Center | Washington, DC | June 28, 2022 | Skadden; EJW | The project proposal should be focused on one of Children’s Law Center’s practice areas within the medical-legal partnership—education/special education, housing, and health care access. Children’s Law Center is particularly interested in proposals that have a focus on education/special education, children’s mental health care access, trauma-informed service delivery, and parent and family engagement. |
D.C. Law Students in Court Program, Inc | Washington, DC | Rolling until position is filled | Skadden, EJW, Soros, other | Landlord-tenant, housing, other justice reform |
DC Volunteer Lawyers Project | Washington, DC | June 18, 2021, but applications considered on a rolling basis | EJW or Skadden |
DCVLP is specifically interested in candidates for the following potential projects:
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Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) | Washington, DC | Apply early | Skadden, EJW, Soros, Other | Civil Rights Civil Liberties, Intellectual Property |
Fair Elections Center | Washington, DC | Rolling | Skadden, EJW, Other | Litigation against barriers to voter registration and voting |
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Washington, DC | June 15, 2022 | Skadden; EJW; Soros; Justice Catalyst; others | One or more of the following project groups: Voting Rights, Economic Justice, Criminal Justice, Educational Opportunities, Public Policy, Fair Housing and Community Development, or Digital Justice. |
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia | Washington, DC | Rolling basis, apply early (Closed for 2022) | EJW; Skadden | seeking proposals for projects based in one of our four existing practice areas or a proposal seeking innovative ways to address client needs across all of our issue areas. If the candidate does not have a proposal, they should indicate which unit(s) they would like to work with in developing a proposal. Successful proposals will address the continuing racially disparate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the District’s Black and Brown communities as well as underlying racial disparities in income, wealth, and/or access to health care. |
Legal Counsel for the Elderly | Washington, DC | June 28, 2021 | EJW or Skadden | We intend to select two applicants for sponsorship. Third year law students interested in housing preservation and/or protections for homeowners may wish to pursue these fellowship opportunities. |
Muslim Advocates | Washington, DC | Rolling | EJW, Skadden, other | Civil rights, civil liberties, litigation, policy |
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund | Washington, DC | Rolling | EJW, Skadden, Other | Education, Economic Justice, Criminal Justice, Voting Rights |
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum | Washington, DC | No date listed | Skadden; EJW | Reproductive rights & health; economic justice; immigrant rights |
National Center for Transgender Equality | Washington, DC | Rolling | Any outside funding | transgender; LGBT, Health Care, privacy, Civil Rights |
National Health Law Program | Washington, DC | August 1, 2020 | EJW | Health Law |
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty | Washington, DC | August 1, 2020 | Skadden, EJW, Other | Homeless advocacy |
National Student Legal Defense Network | Washington, DC | ASAP but no later than July 1, 2018 | EJW, Skadden, other | Projects focused on student loan borrowers |
National Veterans Legal Services Program | Washington, DC | ASAP | EJW or Skadden | Veterans issues |
National Women's Law Center | Washington, DC | Rolling until August 15, 2018 - priority based on time of application | EJW, Skadden, other | Workplace justice, education, income security and child care, reproductive rights & health |
Neighborhood Legal Services Program | Washington, DC | July 12, 2021 | EJW, Skadden | Family law, family law, public housing rights and preservation, barriers to pandemic recovery for DC renters, public benefits, predatory lending or credit repair, impact of fines and fees on low-income |
Open City Advocates | Washington, DC | July 27, 2020 | EJW, Skadden, Other | Juvenile justice |
Poverty and Race Research Action Council | Washington, DC | None specified | EJW, Skadden, Other | Fair housing, environmental justice, education |
Reprieve U.S. | Washington, DC or Remote | Rolling until filled | EJW, Skadden, Other | Death Penalty, Secret Prisons, Extrajudicial Executions |
Rights Behind Bars | Washington, DC | Rolling | EJW, Skadden, Soros, Other | We have two main practice areas. We track pro se conditions of confinement litigation and offer representation or other aid to incarcerated pro se plaintiffs on appeal. We identify particularly troubling carceral facilities or practices and use litigation to end them. We are open to project proposals for which an applicant has expertise or a particular passion but we are also happy to work with our applicant to develop a project. |
Second Look Project | Washington, DC | September 1, 2020 | EJW, Skadden, Justice Catalyst, Soros, Other | Projects directed at helping fight the effects of mass incarceration in Washington, DC |
School Justice Project | Washington, DC | August 27, 2021 | EJW or Skadden | Candidates may apply for this position with or without a specific project in mind. SJP will work with its selected candidate to apply for a fellowship that will further SJP’s work to increase educational equity and decrease mass incarceration. The project, which will be intentional in how it addresses systemic racism, will center around special education for court-involved students with disabilities, therefore involving work at the intersection of special education law and the juvenile/criminal legal systems. Potential projects may include COVID-19 recovery initiatives, innovative approaches to serving SJP’s current client population, integrating access to other services into SJP’s current model, or other ideas that will expand on or offer a new approach to SJP’s current programming. Fellows will primarily represent clients, though they will also engage in systemic advocacy and legal training activities. |
Tzedek DC | Washington, DC | Rolling | Skadden, EJW, others | Tzedek DC seeks a Fellow to partner with on a proposal to address the medical debt issue through three different means—direct legal services, policy reform, and community education. |
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs | Washington, DC | Rolling, priority by July 11, 2021 | Skadden; EJW; Soros | We are particularly interested in fellowship projects that center racial justice, have a systemic or broad-based dimension, and incorporate litigation into the theory of change. |
Veterans Education Success | Washington, DC | July 31, 2018 | Skadden, EJW, others | Economic Justice, Veterans, education, public policy |