Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program
The Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program provides grants to enable law students at participating law schools to work in unpaid public interest summer law positions.
The Foundation partners with law schools to operate and fund the program.* Participating law schools locally administer the selection process.
To be eligible for the Fellowship, applicants must be currently enrolled students at a participating law school. Each applicant must arrange a full-time unpaid summer public interest law internship – typically with a governmental agency or a nonprofit organization. In general, law schools require a written application and select Stevens Fellows based on a strong interest in public interest and social justice law, academic achievement, and financial need. The application deadline and selection process take place in the spring at most participating law schools.
The Foundation partners with law schools to operate and fund the program.* Participating law schools locally administer the selection process.
To be eligible for the Fellowship, applicants must be currently enrolled students at a participating law school. Each applicant must arrange a full-time unpaid summer public interest law internship – typically with a governmental agency or a nonprofit organization. In general, law schools require a written application and select Stevens Fellows based on a strong interest in public interest and social justice law, academic achievement, and financial need. The application deadline and selection process take place in the spring at most participating law schools.
Applying for a Stevens Fellowship
Law students interested in applying for a Stevens Fellowship should contact the public interest or career services centers at one of the participating law schools directly:
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Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology
Columbia Law School Emory University School of Law Florida A&M University College of Law Fordham University School of Law Georgetown Law Georgia State University School of Law Harvard Law School Howard University School of Law Northern Carolina Central University School of Law Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Santa Clara University School of Law Southern University Law Center Stanford Law School Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
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University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
University of California, Davis, School of Law (King Hall) University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law University of Chicago Law School University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law University of Florida Levin College of Law University of Georgia School of Law University of Michigan Law School University of Minnesota Law School University of Oklahoma Law School University of Southern California Gould School of Law University of Virginia School of Law University of Washington Law School Yale Law School |
Law schools interested in participating in the Stevens Fellowship Program should contact Julia Wilson, Executive Director, at julia@jpstevensfoundation.org.
* At Northwestern University School of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, and Yale Law School, gifts primarily from former law clerks of Justice Stevens to those law schools fund the Stevens Fellowships. At all other participating law schools, the Foundation and the law schools jointly fund the Stevens Fellowships.
* At Northwestern University School of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, and Yale Law School, gifts primarily from former law clerks of Justice Stevens to those law schools fund the Stevens Fellowships. At all other participating law schools, the Foundation and the law schools jointly fund the Stevens Fellowships.
