Victoria A. Roden ’21, recipient of a Family Violence Clinic Summer Fellowship Award, outside of Erie County Family Court.
Summer Public Interest Funding & Fellowship Program
Delivering access to justice while preparing students to become excellent, ethical, and engaged lawyers.
Our Summer Public Interest Funding & Fellowship Program provides financial support for students immersed in an invaluable internship experience while providing access to justice to those that need it the most, in a broad range of emerging issues. Each summer, generous donor support allows a number of students to be selected for our fellowship program; these students have strong academic backgrounds, a dedicated heart for serving in the public interest, and a proven commitment to the providing access to justice.
Currently, our Summer Public Interest Funding & Fellowship Program provides $1,500-$4,500 stipends to students with financial need who intern at a nonprofit organization, governmental agency, or in a law-related position designed to further the public interest. Funding is for students who work a minimum of 8 weeks, full-time work schedule (280 hours total). Students who work fewer weeks will receive a pro-rated stipend.
Non-UB Hosted Fellowships
Below are just a few national fellowship opportunities available to law students. Visit the Career Services Office’s LOCK to search for even more fellowship opportunities.
American Civil Liberties Union Legal Fellowships
- For more information, and application materials, visit ACLU Careers.
Echoing Green Fellowship
- For more information, and application materials, visit Echoing Green.
Equal Justice Works Fellowships
- Applications are due in September of your third year and are available starting in July.
- For more detailed information, and application materials, please visit www.equaljusticeworks.org
Greenlining Institute Fellowship
- For more information, and application materials, visit Greenlining.
Juvenile Law Center Zubrow Fellowship
- For more information, and application materials, visit Apply to the Zubrow Fellowship.
Presidential Management Fellows Program
- For more information, visit Presidential Management Fellows.
Skadden Fellowship Foundation
- For more information, visit skaddenfellowships.org and OCPD's Skadden Fellowship page.
Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowship
- For more information and application materials, visit the Open Society Foundations page: Grants, Scholars, and Fellowships.
U.S. Department of Justice Attorney General's Honors Program
- For more information about the Honors Program, visit the Attorney General's Honors Program.
Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program
- For more information, visit the Women's Law & Public Policy Fellowship Program.