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Summer Public Interest/Public Sector Fellowship
Application and Guidelines Now Online!
The Guidelines and Application Form are also to be used to apply for the following student organization summer fellowships:
--Boalt Hall Committee for Human Rights
--Boalt Hall Queer Caucus
--Boalt Hall Women's Association
--Ecology Law Quarterly
Each organization has a slightly different set of eligibility requirements and submission procedures, so please read the Guidelines carefully.
Please note that the Berkeley Law Foundation is coordinating their summer fellowships process separately this year with an application deadline in early March--please contact them directly for more information.
A few important facts to keep in mind:
1. The Berkeley Law Fellowships should be looked at as just one component of your summer funding. By applying for external, student organization, or Federal Work Study funding, which may be used in conjunction with Berkeley Law Summer Fellowships - up to a cap - students can increase the amount of funding available for their summer public service work. You can find information about external funding opportunities on the CDO's Summer Public Interest Fellowships web page and PSLawNet.org's Summer Funding web page. In addition, by securing supplemental sources of funding, students are often able to “bank” unused Berkeley Law Summer Fellowship funds for use during a second summer of public interest/public sector work.
2. The principal requirement for receiving a Berkeley Law Summer Fellowship (but NOT necessarily all student organization fellowships -- check Guidelines for details) is the completion of 25 hours of pro bono work prior to the April 2nd deadline. If you are not already well on your way to satisfying this requirement, you should begin completing your hours right away. Please click here for a detailed description of how the pro bono requirement may be satisfied.
3. The application deadline is 5 p.m. on April 2, 2012. You must submit separate copies of your application materials to each student organization to which you are applying. Details are in the Guidelines.
4. Just a heads up: In addition to your completed application form, you must submit an executed Employer Certification (you can find a link to the Certification in the online Application Form) and an updated resume. Please leave yourself enough time to get the Certification completed by your employer and submitted by the deadline.
5. 2Ls - The Berkeley Law Summer Fellowship Program will provide an additional $2,000 (for a total of $6,000 over two summers) to students who are completing a second summer of public interest/public sector work. So, for example, if a student received the $4,000 maximum in Berkeley Law funds last summer, he or she is entitled to $2,000 ($6,000 minus $4,000) this summer. In addition, he or she is eligible to compete for limited, supplemental "second summer" fellowship funds. Students applying for a second summer of funding need not complete an additional 25 hours of service in order to qualify. Students must request support and meet the qualification requirements to be eligible for this funding. Review the Guidelines for more information about "second summer" funding.
6. If you have not finalized your summer plans by April 2nd, but expect to seek a Berkeley Law Summer Public Interest/Public Sector Fellowship, please still submit a application by the deadline indicating that you are still searching for summer employment. In addition, please make an appointment or drop by to meet with a counselor in the Career Development Office so that we can assist you in your job search efforts.
Please contact Alex Lee in the CDO if you have any questions.
2/23/2012