Fellowships
Student law clerks and new attorneys supported by fellowships continually bring new energy and ideas to the programs of the LAS–ELC. Fellows are welcomed as staff members, mentored as they implement new projects, and their many contributions are highly valued.
Skadden Fellow Sponsorship
Each year the LAS–ELC sponsors a recent law school graduate’s application for a Skadden Fellowship to work at the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center. The two-year fellowship offers training in litigation as well as other aspects of public interest practice. The Skadden Fellowship Foundation awards approximately 25 fellowships each year to graduating law students and outgoing judicial clerks. Fellows develop projects that provide legal services to the poor, elderly, homeless, disabled, and others who are deprived of human or civil rights. The LAS–ELC works closely with the applicant throughout the fellowship application process.
The LAS–ELC has completed sponsorship selection for a 2010–2012 Skadden Fellowship. Watch this space in late spring 2010 for announcement of the application deadline for 2011–2013 fellowships. The LAS–ELC may also sponsor candidates for Equal Justice Works, or other fellowship programs.