| Source of Funding | Description | Location | Amount | Duration | Deadline | Application Instructions | Web Site |
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| AFL-CIO Law Student Union Summer | 10 week internship program for law students that combines front-line legal work with grassroots organizing in real, on-going campaigns for AFL-CIO unions in various regions of the country. | Various locations throughout the U.S. | Weekly stipend of $600. Transportation and housing costs are also covered. | 10 weeks | October 25, 2010 for 2Ls; January 24, 2011 for 1Ls. | Submit an application, cover letter [see application for requirements], résumé, writing sample, law school transcript and three references [include current contact information]. | Web Site |
| California Women's Law Center | The Harry A. Blackmun Memorial Public Interest Grant will be awared to a candidate who has demonstrated a commitment to public interest work and, in particular, to legal and policy issues affecting the civil rights of women and girls. | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 10 weeks minimum | TBA, 2010 deadline was March 1 | Applicants must submit an application, resume, personal statement, two letters of recommendation, and an essay. (see application for details) | Web Site |
| Goldmark Equal Access to Justice Summer Internship | An intern will be selected to be an intern at the Seattle Community Law Center. SCLC provides accessible legal advocacy to people with physical and mental disabilities who seek necessary resources toward medical and financial stability.The intern will have significant interaction with both clients and Social Security personnel and will conduct interviews, work with interpreters, build the record for each case, and draft letters and briefs. The intern may also represent clients at formal and informal hearings.The internship is open to law students who have completed their second year prior to the summer of 2011 and to recent law school graduates. | Seattle, WA | $8,000 | 10 weeks | October 15, 2010, 5 p.m. | Resume, unofficial transcript, application letter of 500 words. | Web Site |
| Human Rights Campagin McCleary Law Fellows Program | Law Fellows work with HRC attorneys, outside counsel with major national law firms, lobbyists, and organizational allies and congressional and White House staff members on legislative, regulatory and internal corporate matters. Practice areas include constitutional, contract, criminal, education, employment, disability, family, benefits, tax, health care, immigration, intellectual property, media, military and real estate law. Fellows undertake projects involving sophisticated legal research and writing, analysis and drafting of legislation and administrative regulations, legislative and regulatory advocacy and national coalition work. | Washington, D.C. | Stipends may be avaliable and HRC will cooperate in Law Fellow’s application for additional remuneration, including public interest grants and academic credit. | 11 weeks | 2L-First Tuesday in January; 1L-First Tuesday in February | Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume, brief legal writing sample (five pages or less), the names of two references and a law school transcript to Sarah Warbelow, State Legislative Director, at lawfellowship@hrc.org. Please direct all question to the same email. Hard-copy applications are strongly discouraged. | Web Site |
| New York City Law Department | The Summer Honors Program is a nine-week paid summer associate program for outstanding law students with a strong interest in municipal issues and a desire to work in the public sector. While preference is given to law students who have completed their second year of law school, a limited number of positions are available for first-year law students. | New York | $4,500 (free housing is available) | 9 weeks | Rolling application with most offers being extended by March 31 (1Ls should wait to submit application until after first semester grades are received) | Submit resume and transcript, call back interviews will require writing sample and references | Web Site |
| Political Economy Research Center (PERC) Graduate Fellowship Program | PERC is seeking graduate or law students who are interested in natural resources and environmental issues and who show potential for research and writing in these areas. Preference is given to those who are working on a research paper, thesis, or dissertation on a natural resource or environmental topic. Successful graduate student candidates typically are working on a master's or PhD thesis on their proposed topic; law candidates most often are hoping to transform a paper they wrote for a class into a law review article. | Montana | A monthly stipend of $1,600 + reasonable domestic round trip travel expenses to Montana. | 3 months | Early decision: February 15, 2011
Regular decision: March 15, 2011 | Complete the on-line application, which will require the following:
Cover letter, Resume/Vita, Description of the proposed research project (2-5 pages double-spaced), Writing sample, preferably in the applicant's area of expertise, One letter of reference, Undergraduate and graduate transcripts | Web Site |
| Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) | PERC is seeking graduate or law students who are interested in natural resources and environmental issues and who show potential for research and writing in these areas. Preference is given to those who are working on a research paper, thesis, or dissertation on a natural resource or environmental topic. | Bozeman, MT | $1,600 per monthly + reasonable travel expenses | 3 months | Summer - Feb 15 (Early Decision);
Summer - March 15;
Fall - June 15;
Spring - Oct 15 | Applicants must submit cover letter, resume, writing sample, research proposal, one letter of reference and undergraduate/graduate transcripts. | Web Site |