I return from my FASPE experience much enriched by the discussions that I shared with my fellow FASPE colleagues over our seminars, walking tours, meals and group activities. FASPE has shaped the way that I view my role as a law student and future member of the legal profession by showing me what it means to balance ethical lawyering with commitments to clients, colleagues, supervisors and society as a whole. These last two weeks in Germany and Poland marked just the beginning of my relationship with a strong interdisciplinary community of fellows that I will collaborate with often in the future.
Catherine Yuh, FASPE Law Fellow 2018
FASPE is now accepting applications for its 2019 Law Fellowship Program
FASPE is an intensive, two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership taking place in Berlin, Krakow, and Oswiecim (the location of the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz). FASPE begins by examining the actions and choices of German lawyers in enabling and executing Nazi policies. It then draws on this historical example to help Law Fellows both grasp their role as influencers in their field and in their communities as well as identify and confront the ethical issues currently facing lawyers and the legal system. By studying professional ethics at the sites of Nazi actions, our Fellows experience the importance of professional ethics in an immersive, powerful, and personal way.
The Fellowship is fully funded, and will be awarding the 2019 FASPE Law Fellowship to 12 to 18 law students and early-career lawyers.
To read more about this opportunity click HERE