Post Graduate Fellowships - Supplemental Sources of Financial Aid

Each listing has its own criteria but deadline dates, selection conditions, application processes, and other details change more quickly than we can update this page. Please contact each individual source for complete, up-to-date details.

American Association of Law Libraries
See: Miscellaneous Scholarships

Roxana C. Arsht Fellowship
See: Public Service

Robert Bosch Foundation
Fellowship Program for Young American Professional Leadership
CDS International, Inc.
871 United Nations Plaza, 15th Floor
(First Avenue at 49th Street)
New York, NY 10017-1814
Phone: 212.497.3500
Fax: 212.497.3535
bosch@cdsintl.org

This nine-month fellowship program offers 20 U.S. professionals an in-depth understanding of the political, economic, and cultural environment of Germany and Europe. Bosch Fellows are competitively chosen from the fields of business administration, economics, international relations, journalism, law and public policy. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, ages 23-34 at the time of application, with 2+ years of relevant work experience and a graduate degree. No German language skills are required at the time of application.
Deadline: October 15

Capital Fellows Programs
California State University, Sacramento
6000 J. Street
Sacramento, CA 95819-6081
Phone: 916.278.6906
Fax: 916.278.5199
calstudies@csus.edu

The Capital Fellows Programs (Assembly, Executive, Judicial Administration and Senate Fellowship Programs) are nationally recognized public policy fellowships offering college graduates unique experiences in policy-making and development with California state government. Fellows receive a monthly stipend of $1,972 plus full medical, vision and dental benefits. Fellows are typically recent college graduates, mid-career or re-entry individuals with a strong interest in public policy and government who have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, well-developed analytical and organizational abilities, and a superior academic background.
Deadline: February 23

Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law
256 S. Occidental Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90057
213.388.8693 ext. 109

Open to law school graduates and graduates in related fields with special interest in international human rights, social, policy, children's rights and/or civil liberties. Foreign language skills are advantageous but not required. Maximum stipend available is $2,000/month plus health insurance.

Deadline: None

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.
Congressional Fellows Program
1720 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
202.263.2800
educate@CBCFinc.org

CBCF is offering nine-month fellowships for graduates who are interested in political science, public policy and the federal legislative process.  Fellows receive a $25,000 stipend and are responsible for their own housing/travel expenses.
Deadline: April 1

Ford Foundation Fellowships
Graduate Studies Committee
School of Law
University of Washington JB-20
1100 NE Campus Parkway
Seattle, WA 98105

Applicants for the LL.M. program in law and marine affairs may apply for a fellowship which carries an award of $15,000, part of which goes to out-of-state tuition. Successful applicants are expected to complete the course of study in one academic year.
Deadline: May 1

Fulbright Scholar Program for U.S. Faculty and Professionals
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
3007 Tilden Street, NW
Suite 5L
Washington, DC 20008-3009
202.686.7877

The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering various lecturing and research awards in some 150 countries. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators, professionals from business and government, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. While foreign language skills are needed in some countries, most Fulbright Scholar lecturing assignments are in English. Some 80 percent of the awards include a lecturing component.
Deadline: Varies

Georgetown University Tax Scholarship Program
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001-2075
Phone: 202.662.9020

Each year the Law Center designates up to ten incoming Tax LL.M students as Graduate Tax Scholars based on their demonstrated interest in tax policy and their potential to excel in tax scholarship. All scholars receive full or partial tuition awards and participate in an enrichment program with leading tax practitioners and government officials. Applicants must have received a J.D. degree from an approved U.S. law school and must matriculate as full-time students. For more information and applications, please contact the Graduate Admissions Coordinator.
Deadline: Early applications are encouraged

German Academic Exchange Service
Program for International Lawyers
DAAD Scholarships in Germany
871 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Phone 212.758.3223
Fax: 212.755.5780
daadny@daad.org

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers an 8-month scholarship that runs from October to June to study law and receive practical legal training in Germany. Applications are encouraged from North American lawyers who hold a JD or LLB degree and have passed the bar examination. Students currently in their last year of law school who will obtain a JD or LLB and will have passed the bar examination by the beginning of the scholarship period are also encouraged to apply. A good command of the German language is necessary. The scholarship includes tuition, a monthly stipend, a travel subsidy and health insurance.
Deadline: March 1

German Chancellor Scholarship Program
American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
1012 14th Street NW, Suite 1015
Washington, DC 20005
202.783.1907
info@americanfriends-of-avh.org

Ten German Chancellor Scholarships are awarded annually to young professionals in the private, public, not-for-profit, cultural and academic sectors. The program is open to citizens of the United States, the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China. The program sponsors individuals who demonstrate the potential to strengthen ties between Germany and their own country through their profession or studies.

The program begins September 1st and lasts twelve months. Monthly stipends range from 2,000 to 3,000 EUR. Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree and be under 35 years of age at the start of the award. Prior knowledge of German is not a prerequisite.
Deadline: October 31

UCLA Global Fellows Program
 International Institute
 11349 Bunche Hall, UCLA
 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1487
 Phone: 310.825.3902
 globalfellows@international.ucla.edu

The UCLA International Institute will appoint up to eight new Global Fellows each year. Fellows will be drawn from the arts and humanities (including literary studies and philosophy), the natural sciences (including engineering, medicine, and public health), and the social sciences (including law, public policy, and management). There is no citizenship requirement.
Deadline: February 15

Greenwall Fellowship Program in Bioethics and Health Policy
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
100 N. Charles Street, Suite 740
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410.516.8500

Two-year funded fellowships for postgraduates will include academic course work, a hands-on summer internship in health policy, and supervised research. Fellows will have the opportunity to design individualized academic programs. Applicants should have doctoral degrees in medicine (M.D.), nursing, philosophy, law (J.D. or LL.B.), public health, biomedical sciences, social sciences or related field.
Deadline: December 1

The Humphrey Fellowship in Law and Economic Policy
See: www.law.umich.edu/centersandprograms/olin/Pages/fellowships.aspx

Institute of Current World Affairs
ATTN: Executive Director, Peter B. Martin
Four West Wheelock Street
Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: 603.643.5548
Fax: 603.643.9599

An unspecified number of two-year (minimum) fellowships are awarded to lawyers under 36 years of age. Fellowships are for self-designed independent study only. The purpose is to provide opportunity and financial support to persons to enable them to observe and study particular foreign areas and/or problems of contemporary significance.
Deadline: February 1

Institute for Educational Equity & Opportunity
IFEEO Legal Fellowship Program
1200 G Street, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
202.434.8792
info@ifeeo.org

IFEEO is a non-profit organization dedicated to the pursuit of educational equity and opportunity, particularly for disadvantaged United States' public school children through legal means. They have created the IFEEO Legal Fellowship Program to provide funding for a recent law school graduate to work with attorneys or public interest organizations in the areas of school finance and education equity. The one-year Fellowship award will be in the amount of $60,000 for salary, with additional funds for benefits.
Deadline: December 31

Inter-American Bar Foundation
310 Federal Bar Building West
1819 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20006

A fellowship is awarded to young lawyers who wish to obtain law education and training experience in a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the U.S. Award amounts, number awarded and deadlines are unspecified.

The Simon Karas Fellowship
State of Ohio Office of the Attorney General
ATTN: Robert J. Krummen and Benjamin C. Mizer
30 E. Broad Street, 17th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-3428
Phone: 614.466.8980
Fax: 614.466.5087

This Fellowship enables a recent law school graduate or former judicial law clerk to work on interesting and important appellate cases for the Attorney General. The Fellow selected will work in the Ohio Attorney General's Columbus office from September through August. The application should consist of a cover letter, resume, transcript, writing sample and two letters of recommendation, mailed directly by the writers of those letters.
Postmark Deadline: October 9
 
Lewis/Houston Fellowships at Harvard Law School
Reginald F. Lewis Fellowship for Law Teaching
Charles Hamilton Houston Fellowship for Law Teaching
Lewis/Houston Committee
Griswold 200
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA 02138
617.495.4620
eadolph@law.harvard.edu

Harvard Law School is offering two fellowships for law graduates interested in preparing for careers in law teaching. Applications from minority candidates are encouraged to enhance the diversity of the profession. Interested candidates should submit a detailed (three to four page) description of the research project that will be undertaken with a view to publication, a statement of the candidate's interests in teaching, and a statement of the fields in which the candidate expects to teach and pursue scholarship. Applicants should include a resume (including publications and work experience) and a copy of undergraduate and law school transcripts. The applicant should also arrange for two letters of reference to be sent.
Deadline: February 11

Michigan Society of Fellows
The University of Michigan
3572 Rackham Building
915 E. Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070
734.763.1259
society.of.fellows@umich.edu

The Michigan Society of Fellows invites applications from qualified candidates for three-year postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Michigan. Candidates should be near the beginning of their professional careers. Fellows are appointed as Assistant Professors or Research Scientists in appropriate departments and as Postdoctoral Scholars in the Michigan Society of Fellows. They are expected to be in residence in Ann Arbor during the academic years of the fellowship, to teach for the equivalent of one academic year, to participate in the informal intellectual life of the Society, and to devote time to their independent research or artistic projects. Seven Fellows will be selected for three-year terms to begin September 1.
Deadline: October 1

National Institute of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
810 Seventh Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20531
800.421.6770