Fellowship Program

The Institute for Educational Equity and Opportunity will provide a 1-year fellowship for a 2008 law school graduate to work with a public interest educational equity project or attorney of their choice in the areas of educational equity and opportunity. This Fellowship will be in the amount of $60,000 dollars for salary plus additional funds for benefits. A similar Summer Associate Award is available for a 2nd year law student in the amount of $1,000 per week for 12 weeks. Applications must be postmarked in accordance with the deadlines below. Download application form.

Applicants will have:
• taken a course in Education Law or be currently enrolled in Education Law;
• be recommended by her/his Education Law Professor.

In addition to the above, applicants will submit:
• a proposal detailing a project to be worked on with a public interest
organization or attorney which will enhance educational opportunities for disadvantaged students, particularly through legal means;
• the Fellowship Application; official Law School Transcript;
• Commitment Letter from project sponsor/attorney;
•Resume.

Project proposals should be attached on separate sheets. Applicants are responsible for securing a potential position with a sponsoring attorney/organization before submitting an application for a Fellowship. Sponsoring attorney/organization must prepare a Commitment Letter for submission to the Institute with Application. The letter must contain a brief description of the organization’s or attorney’s practice, structure, history and education law goals and activities, a brief description of the project on which the applicant will be assigned, and a commitment to employ the applicant in that position on a full-time basis, for a period of one year.

Fellowship completed applications must be postmarked by December 31st, 2007. Finalists will be notified by mid-January, 2008. Interviews will be scheduled in late January. Final selection will be by February 1st, 2008.

Summer Associate Award completed applications must be postmarked by February 8th, 2008. Finalists will be notified by mid-February, 2008. Interviews will be scheduled in late February. Final selection will be by March, 2008.

Application packages should be mailed to: Institute for Educational Equity and Opportunity 1200 G Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005.
Attn: Sheilah Vance, Executive Director, IFEEO

Questions about Fellowships and Summer Associate Award, contact Cheryl Hardy, Esq. at info@ifeeo.org.

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The IFEEO is committed to a policy against discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, race, color, religious creed, national origin, age or handicap.