This call for fellowship applicants applies to THREE different areas of opportunity and is open to all currently enrolled J.D. students at Washington University Law. The Dagen-Legomsky Hague Fellowship, the Dagen-Legomsky Xiamen Fellowship, and the Dagen-Legomsky International Public Interest Fellowship provide recipients with financial support to engage in exciting and meaningful summer work or study in international public interest law. These fellowships are made possible through the Harris World Law Institute by a generous gift from the late Margaret and Irvin Dagen in honor of Professor Stephen H. Legomsky. Interested students may apply for all three fellowships, but must submit separate documents for each fellowship.
Please direct questions to Harris Institute Fellow Madaline George by email (madalinegeorge@wustl.edu) or telephone (314-935-3379). Students should submit application materials via email to Harris Institute Office Manager Bethel Mandefro at bmandefro@wustl.edu by Friday, January 18, 2019.
Dagen-Legomsky Hague Fellowship Award:
The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute invites students to apply for the Dagen-Legomsky Hague Fellowship, which provides financial support for one student to attend The Hague Academy of International Law’s Public International Law course during the summer of 2019 in The Hague, the Netherlands.
The Hague Academy’s intensive three-week summer course in public international law is indisputably the world’s premier summer program in public international law. It is sponsored by the International Court of Justice, and its faculty includes the finest and most famous international law scholars in the world. More information is available at the Academy’s website: https://www.hagueacademy.nl/programmes/summer-courses/application-guidelines/.
This fellowship award covers the registration fee for the summer program and provides the selected student an award amount to cover an economy class airfare, private accommodation, books and materials, and an allowance for meals and incidental expenses for the duration of the program. Funding is conditional upon the recipient’s acceptance for admission by The Hague Academy.
To apply, please submit a resume, transcript, and a statement of interest describing how you think this three-week summer session will benefit your interests and future goals in the field of international law. The selection committee will assess all relevant factors, including law school performance and demonstrated interest in international or comparative law and make a decision in January 2019.
Once the selected student has been notified, he or she must submit an on-line application for the summer program before The Hague Academy’s application deadline of January 31, 2019 at: http://www.hagueacademy.nl/?admission/registration.
Dagen-Legomsky Xiamen Fellowship Award:
The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute invites students to apply for the Dagen-Legomsky Xiamen Fellowship, which provides financial support for one student to attend the Xiamen Academy of International Law’s Public International Law course during the summer of 2019 in Xiamen, China. For more information, visit the Academy’s website: http://www.xiamenacademy.org/summer.aspx.
This fellowship award covers the registration fee for the summer program and provides the selected student an award amount to cover an economy class airfare, private accommodation, books and materials, and an allowance for meals and incidental expenses for the duration of the program. Funding is conditional upon the recipient’s acceptance for admission by the Xiamen Academy.
To apply, please submit a resume, transcript, and a statement of interest describing how you think this three-week summer session will benefit your interests and future goals in the field of international law. The selection committee will assess all relevant factors, including law school performance and demonstrated interest in international or comparative law to make a decision.
Once the selected student has been notified, he or she must submit an application directly to the Xiamen Academy of International Law before the April deadline for the summer program in public international law at: http://www.xiamenacademy.org/summer.aspx.
Dagen-Legomsky International Public Interest Fellowship Award:
The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute invites students to apply for the Dagen-Legomsky International Public Interest Fellowship, which provides financial support for the fellow working during the summer of 2019 for an international public interest organization. The International Public Interest Fellowship for 2019 may be awarded to one to three students and the fellowship amount ranges from $3,000 to $4,500 depending on need.
Past recipients have worked in Bangkok, Thailand with Mekong Region Law Center; in Cape Town, South Africa, with Black Sash; at the Netherlands School of Human Rights in Utrecht, the Netherlands; Centro de Estudios de las Americas in Santiago, Chile; Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. in Zacatecas, Mexico; at the European Council on Refugees and Exiles in Brussels, Belgium; Children’s Rights Centre, HIV/AIDS Treatment Action Campaign, Legal Aid Board in Durban; UNICEF in Cambodia; and the International Foundation for Election Systems in Washington, D.C. For more information about the Dagen-Legomsky International Public Interest Fellowship, please see: http://law.wustl.edu/harris/pages.aspx?ID=7097.
To apply, please submit a resume, transcript, and a statement of interest describing how you believe such an opportunity will benefit your interests and future goals in public international law. If you have identified a particular organization or position, or have already been accepted for a position with a qualifying organization, please include this information in your cover letter. However, students who have not yet identified a qualifying organization or position are also welcome to apply.
The selection committee will assess all relevant factors, including law school performance and demonstrated interest in international or public interest law to make a decision.