Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowships (SC)

Information Introduction

LAW7816
Section 1, Spring 24

Schedule Information

Enrollment: 5/12
Credits: 1
Days Date Time Room

Mon

1540-1740 WB116

Mon

1540-1740 WB116

Mon

1540-1740 WB116

Mon

1540-1740 WB116

Mon

1540-1740 WB116

Mon

1540-1740 WB116

Course Description

Imagine starting your career at a nonprofit doing a job that you designed. This is what new law graduates do every year when they work as postgraduate fellows. But developing a successful proposal to win a project-based postgraduate fellowship requires deep reflection, creativity, research, and strategic advocacy. In this class, you’ll learn all the basics: how to develop a strong fellowship project; conduct research about potential host organizations and a timely legal problem that motivates you; and design, in collaboration with others, the foundations for a compelling project of your own. Whether you’re just curious about fellowships or you plan to apply for one, this class will provide you a creative and supportive environment to develop your ideas.

Course Requirements

Exam Information

Final Type (if any): None

Description: None

Written Work Product

Students will submit a postgraduate fellowship project paper that may be used as the basis for a project proposal for a Skadden or Equal Justice Works fellowship. This paper will include research regarding a timely legal problem, an assessment of nonprofit legal services providers as potential host organizations, an outline of legal remedies that might be pursued, and a draft personal statement. The paper will be due via EXPO no later than noon on March 12, 2024.

Other Course Details

Prerequisites: 2L or 3L JD status required. Participation in the Law and Public Service Program is not required, but program participants are encouraged to enroll. Concurrencies: None

Exclusive With: None

Laptops Allowed: Yes

First Day Attendance Required: Yes

Course Resources: All readings will be posted in Canvas or provided in a coursepak.

Course Notes:

Graduation Requirements

Satisfies Understanding Bias/Racism/Cross-Cultural Competency requirement: No

Satisfies Writing Requirement: No

Credits For Prof. Skills Requirement: No

Satisfies Professional Ethics: No

Additional Course Information

Schedule No.: 124217884

Modified Type: ABA Seminar

Cross Listed: No

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Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Closes: Wednesday, February 28, 11:59 PM

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