Summer Funding

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Summer Funding

• Where to find funding when its an unpaid
  internship

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Cautionary Note

• Only general requirements are discussed
• Refer to each fellowships application for a list
  of all requirements

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Fellowships

• What is a summer fellowship?
• Grant money given to fund students summer
  employment

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Public Interest Social Justice Endowment 2007
Grant Application

• DEADLINE
• Friday, March 16 by noon to Center for Social
  Justice and Public Service (Loyola)
• AWARD
• Depends on applicant eligibility and funding
  available
• REQUIREMENTS
• Funds summer 2007 work experiences, primarily
  funds non-profit organizations
• F/T employment for full amount
• Cannot receive school credit
• http//www.scu.edu/law/socialjustice/endowment.htm
  l

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Stevens Fellowship

• DEADLINE
• Thursday, Feb 22 by noon to Center for Social
  Justice and Public Service (Loyola)
• AWARD
• 5K
• REQUIREMENTS
• Public interest and social interest organization
• Qualifying organizations include legal service
  agencies and government offices, but not judicial
  externships.
• Letter from the public interest organization
  confirming that you have arranged a full-time
  summer job of at least 40 hours per week for at
  least 10 weeks
• Strong interest in a public interest and social
  justice career
• http//www.scu.edu/law/socialjustice/stevens_fello
  wship_information.html

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LGBT Legal Issues Summer Grants

• DEADLINE
• Friday, March 16, 2007, by noon to the Center for
  Social Justice and Public Service (Loyola)
• AWARD
• 5K (2 awards)
• REQUIREMENTS
• Full-time legal employment with a LGBT
  organization
• Demonstrated commitment to and interest in the
  rights of the LGBT community and people living
  with HIV
• http//scu.edu/law/socialjustice/support.html

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Equal Justice Works Summer Corps

• DEADLINE
• April 4 by 5 p.m. (applications available March
  21)
• AWARD
• 1K voucher to pay educational expenses or
  qualified student loans
• REQUIREMENTS
• Summer employment with a qualifying legal project
  at a nonprofit public interest organization
• Must primarily provide direct legal services
• 300 hours of service
• http//www.equaljusticeworks.org/summercorpsindex.
  php

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Peggy Browning

• JUST AN FYI - DEADLINE EXPIRED!!!!
• DEADLINE
• January 12, 2007
• AWARD
• 4K for F/T summer employment maximum of 3.3K
  for P/T (15 hrs/week for 11 weeks)
• REQUIREMENTS
• Summer work with a qualifying labor organization
  (this includes the Asian Law Caucus please see
  webpage for complete list of qualifying
  organizations)
• http//www.peggybrowningfund.org/

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LAAC Dan Bradley Fellowship

• DEADLINE
• April 13, 2007
• AWARD
• 3.5K (LAAC to pay 3K and host organization
  500)
• REQUIREMENTS
• Summer employment with a LAAC membership
  organization
• Includes many CA organizations, such as CRLA, Bay
  Area Legal Aid, East Bay Community Law Center,
  Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, and many more
• Cannot be combined with other summer fellowship
  funding, but can be combined with work study
  funds
• Must work F/T for 10 weeks
• http//www.calegaladvocates.org/laacaposs-dan-brad
  ley-fellowship-program.cfm

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Other Ways to Finance

• Scholarships
• Course Credit
• Post-Graduate Fellowships

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Scholarships

• Consider other ways to reduce your debt during
  law school to make the transition into public
  interest work easier
• Scholarship Blog http//www.scu.edu/law/blog/schol
  arship/index.cfm

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Course Credit Civil Practice/High Tech Law
Externship Program

• Non-profit, government, and DA or PD work
  experiences apply
• Requires
• Minimum of 225 hours
• Must attend a seminar class
• Cannot receive any compensation (grants,
  fellowships, etc.). For more information, please
  visit http//www.scu.edu/law/hightech/internship.h
  tml.
• Questions? Contact Sandee Magliozzi
• [phone] or smagliozzi_at_scu.edu.

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Loans

• Federal
• Max per year 18.5K
• Private
• Must be enrolled in at least one course to
  qualify for school loans
• If not enrolled, private loan directly through
  bank
• GradPLUS
• Must be enrolled at least half-time
• Questions? Contact Richard Alfaro
• [phone] ralfaro_at_scu.edu.

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Post-Graduate Fellowships

• 2Ls begin to consider options now
• This summer
• Find an organization to sponsor your project
• PSLawNet has organizations that post
  opportunities late spring/early summer

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Other Fellowship Resources

• www.pslawnet.org
• PILCS Office
• Comprehensive Fellowship Guide
• Serving the Public

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Questions?

• Nicole Clemens Braeden Sullivan
• PILCS coordinators
• Contact Information
• pilcs_at_scu.edu
• 408.554.6930