Justice John Paul Stevens Fellowship Program
The Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program provides $5,000 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
To learn how to apply for a Stevens Fellowship, contact one of the participating law schools directly:
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Columbia Law School
Contact: Heather Moore, Associate Director of Social Justice Initiatives heather.moore@law.columbia.edu 212-854-3247 Website Emory University School of Law Contact: April Castro, Development Services Manager april.castro@emory.edu 404-712-2411 Website Fordham University School of Law Contact: Thomas J. Schoenherr, Assistant Dean, Public Interest Resource Center tschoenherr@fordham.edu 212-636-6920 Harvard Law School Contact: Natasha Onken, Assistant Director for the Low Income Protection Plan and Public Interest Funding nonken@law.harvard.edu 617-495-0643 Website Howard University School of Law Contact: Howard Clinical Law Center 202-806-8082 IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Contact: Professor Nancy Marder, Director, Justice John Paul Stevens Jury Center nmarder@kentlaw.iit.edu 312-906-5136 Northwestern University School of Law Contact: Prof. Cindy Wilson, Director, Center for Externships, Bluhm Legal Clinic c-wilson1@law.northwestern.edu 312-503-2924 Website Santa Clara University School of Law Contact: Center for Social Justice and Public Service socialjustice@scu.edu Website Stanford Law School Contact: John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law public.interest@law.stanford.edu 650-723-8974 Website |
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Contact: Alexander L. Lee, Associate Director Public Interest Programs, Career Development Office alee@law.berkeley.edu 510-643-4779 University of California, Davis, School of Law (King Hall) Contact: Uyen P. Le, Free Speech & Technology Fellow, California International Law Center uple@ucdavis.edu 530-752-4028 Website University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law Contact: Jamie Libonate, Administrative Programs Coordinator Office of Public Interest Programs & David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy libonate@law.ucla.edu 310-794-4062 University of Chicago Law School Contact: Susan J. Curry, Director of Public Interest Law and Policy currys@uchicago.edu 773-702-4558 Website University of Florida Levin College of Law Contact: Center for Career Development careers@law.ufl.edu 352-273-0860 University of Georgia School of Law Contact: Kathleen A. Doty, Associate Director for Global Practice Preparation at the Dean Rusk International Law Center doty@uga.edu (706) 542-9739 University of Michigan Law School Contact: Alyson Robbins, Public Interest Director alyr@umich.edu 734-763-4404 University of Minnesota Law School Contact: Amanda Furst, Public Interest Coordinator amfurst@umn.edu 612-626-7517 University of Oklahoma Law School Contact: Professor Joseph Thai thai@ou.edu University of Washington Law School Contact: Gates Public Service Law Program gatespsl@uw.edu 206-616-3753 Website Yale Law School Contact: Office of Financial Aid financialaid.law@yale.edu Nancy Marder nmarder@kentlaw.iit.edu |
Participating in the Stevens Fellowship Program
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.
