WashU Law is one of a select group of law schools who are able to participate in the Justice John Paul Stevens Foundation Nonprofit Fellowship program – take advantage! This year, there are four participating non-profits – Brady Campaign, Capital Appeals Project (New Orleans), Northern California Innocence Project, and Region Public Defender for Capital Cases (TX). If selected as a fellow, students will receive a $6k award and join the prestigious cohort of Justice John Paul Stevens Fellows working in public interest placements across the country.
Applications are open and will close on November 6th. Note that the application does require a targeted essay, so don’t wait to get started!
The John Paul Stevens Foundation is delighted to announce the second year of Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowships to support four law students doing summer internships focused on substantive issues that were of great importance to Justice Stevens. The Foundation is opening an opportunity for law students from 25 law schools to apply for a Stevens Fellowship at the following four organizations:
• Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence (Washington DC)
• Capital Appeals Project (Louisiana)
• Northern California Innocence Project (California)
• Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases (Texas)
There will be one Stevens Fellow selected for each of these organizations. Each Fellow will receive a $6,000 stipend for the summer. The stipend cannot be combined with other funding from the student’s law school; it can be combined with other sources of summer funding external
to the law school. Please see more information about the organizations and internships in the final pages of this announcement. To be eligible to apply for these 2022 Stevens Fellowships, law students must be attending one of the 25 law schools listed on the next page.
These four Fellows will join a national cohort of over 150 Stevens Fellows selected by their law schools and working in public interest placements around the country during the summer of All Stevens Fellows receive access to an online summer public interest “kick-off” event, periodic trainings, and a national cohort of over 700 alumni Stevens Fellows, 74% of whom are working in public interest legal careers.
About the Stevens Foundation: Advancing a Legacy of Justice
Vision: The John Paul Stevens Foundation seeks to build a more just and equitable society.
Mission: As a living tribute to Justice John Paul Stevens, the Foundation works to protect and promote democracy and the rule of law, access to justice, and equality by supporting law students, lawyers, and others working in the public interest. The John Paul Stevens Foundation
is dedicated to promoting public interest and social justice values in the next generation of American lawyers. The Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program reflects Justice Stevens’s deep belief that a dynamic and effective justice system depends on a cadre of trained and committed lawyers doing public interest work. (See www.jpstevensfoundation.org.)
Read more here.
Application Process
The deadline for applications is 11:00 pm Eastern on Sunday, November 6, 2022. Students must submit applications online at this link: https://bit.ly/StevensFellowships2023