Fellowships and other forms of financial assistance are offered by the Berkeley Graduate Division and by the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program (J.S.P.).
Fellowships and Financial Aid
All students who enter the JSP Program are awarded multi-year fellowships from the Graduate Division or through JSP’s own Selznick Fellowships to help cover the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses. Additional financial support is offered through the Program in the form of grants and teaching assistantships in the undergraduate Legal Studies Program, which provide fee remission and a salary. Typically, such teaching assistantships are available to all who apply. Those who apply for Graduate Division fellowships will also be considered automatically for all the financial assistance administered by the Program.
Students are also encouraged to apply to private foundations and government agencies that support graduate study at American universities. JSP students have been particularly successful in obtaining Mellon, Javits, Fulbright, and NSF fellowships. See the Graduate Division website for additional information on these and other extramural funding opportunities.
For more information regarding JSP funding, please visit the Multi-Year Funding Package page.