The PALS Civil
Rights Fellowship Program is designed to provide
exceptional candidates, who are committed to pursuing a career in public
interest, with a unique summer opportunity to work at one of three
distinguished civil rights organizations. Through its generous donors, PALS
will support law students of color, who are interested in becoming part of the
next generation of civil rights attorneys, with an invaluable summer
professional experience that includes a $5000 stipend.
What is the PALS
Civil Rights Fellowship Program?
The PALS Civil Rights
Fellowship Program will place three deserving law students of color with
leadership potential, a commitment to social justice work, and excellent legal,
written, research and communications skills, in a ten-week summer fellowship at
one of the following civil rights organizations:
Asian American
Legal Defense and Education Fund
LatinoJustice
PRLDEF
NAACP Legal Defense
and Education Fund, Inc.
PALS Fellows will be
supervised by attorneys at the Civil Rights Organization in which they are
placed and will be responsible for legal research, memorandum writing, factual
investigation, development of educational and outreach material, and discovery review.
PALS Fellows may also have the opportunity to participate in client interviews
and accompany lawyers to court hearings. During the summer, the Asian American
Legal Defense and Education Fund, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and the NAACP Legal
Defense and Education Fund, Inc., will jointly host a series of weekly
brown-bag lectures on a range of public interest topics for the benefit of
their summer interns. Each PALS Fellow will also have the benefit of attending
these lectures. Split summers will be considered on a case by case basis, where
students only work as a PALS Fellow for five weeks.
Who should apply?
Full-time matriculated law
students of color considering career paths in civil rights are encouraged to
apply. Although second-year law students are preferred, exceptional first-year
students will also be considered. Additionally, only students attending one of
the thirteen New York City metropolitan area law schools PALS serves are
eligible to apply. These schools are Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law,
Brooklyn Law School, Columbia University School of Law, CUNY School of Law,
Fordham University School of Law, Hofstra University School of Law, New York
Law School, New York University School of Law, Pace University School of Law,
Rutgers University School of Law (Newark), Seton Hall University School of Law,
St. John's University School of Law, and Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law
Center.
How do I apply?
Applicants must fill out
the attached application and provide the additional requested supporting
documents.
What is included in
the fellowship?
Recipients will be granted
a $5,000 stipend. Each PALS Fellow will have a designated PALS Summer Mentor
and will participate in specific required events with the other Fellows and
their Summer Mentors. Training will also be supplemented by PALS networking,
professional development and skills workshops. At the conclusion of the
program, the PALS Fellows will be asked to provide insights and a brief
presentation on their respective experiences to the larger PALS community. The
summer fellowships are not expected to lead to an offer for full-time
employment.
Eligibility and
Qualifications: To apply for the fellowship, you must
- Be a law student of color.
- Be a first- or second-year law student matriculated at any of the above thirteen law schools.
- Have a strong commitment to excellence and personal and professional growth.
- Possess outstanding academic performance and leadership capabilities in extracurricular activities.
- Exhibit superior legal analysis and research and communication skills.
- Be a team player and individual contributor.
- Have a demonstrated passion of advocating for social, racial, economic, or civil rights.
The application
deadline is Friday, January 18, 2013, at 11:59 p.m., EST. However, applications
will be reviewed and decided upon on a rolling basis, and students are
encouraged to apply early. Please see the attached APPLICATION and
full DESCRIPTION.
Should you have any
questions regarding the fellowship, please email the Executive Director of
PALS, Paula Brown Donaldson, Esq. at executivedirector@palsprogram.org
Fellowship Sponsors
The PALS 2013 Summer Civil
Rights Fellowship Program stipends are made possible by the generosity of Paul Weiss Rifkind
Wharton & Garrison LLP, Sidley
Austin LLP,
and PALS.
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