PUBLIC SERVICE SUMMER FUNDING

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Where are the resources?

• UW Law PSL Quick Reference Guide

• PSJD.org • Common Good Blog

Funding types • Work study

• Employer typically pays 40% of salary. Feds pay 60%. Must be work study eligible. Administered by the financial aid office on UW main campus. This will affect how much you can take out in law school loans but will help reduce your post-grad debt burden

• Education stipend • Americorps JD administered by Equal Justice Works (formerly summer corps)

• Position Linked Grant or Fellowship • Fellowships that are directly linked to positions. Apply for funding and

internship simultaneously • AFL-CIO law student summer, Peggy Browning Fellowship, Laurel Rubin

Farmworker Justice Internship, Steiger Fellowship, Goodwin Proctor Fellowships

• Separate Grant or Fellowship* This is our focus today • Grants or fellowships that are applied for separately from your internship

position. You must first get an internship offer and then you apply for funds. *This is the most common source of summer funding

• PILA, Equal Justice America, Joan Fitzpatrick, UW Center for Human Rights, Qlaw, WSBA & KCBA Labor & Employment grants, more…

Beware of the Four Ds! • Disclaimer: this is not a comprehensive list funding

resources • Do your research: there’s a lot more out there • Do connect with your references to make sure they are

• available to provide a phone or email reference or • have them be prepared to draft a tailored letter of recommendation

• Don’t assume • you or your summer internship

project is not competitive for national fellowship or grant

• your government position is ineligible for any kind of summer funding

Typical Awards & Deadlines

Awards

• Awards range from $1000-$6000

• Some student combine 2 or more small awards

• Most common award is $5000

Deadlines

• As early as December through April.

• Bulk of deadlines are in March/April

• Most UW related grants are synched with the PILA application deadline usually the 1st week of April.

Civil Legal Aid Public interest legal work. Work involving direct civil legal services to low-income client communities

• Domestic violence, child advocacy, education equity, consumer protection, immigrant rights, housing, homelessness, public benefits, family law, disability rights, civil rights, employment, LGBT rights, environmental justice or protection, health care access

• May include some policy work

• PILA • John Paul Stevens Fellowship (administered by PILA)

• Equal Justice America • UW/ WSBA or KCBA Labor & Employment • UW/ QLaw • UW/ LBAW • ABA John J. Curtin • Pride Foundation (org hosts must also apply) • NLG Haywood Burns • Equal Justice Works Americorps JD Grant

Public Defense Work involving the provision of legal representation for indigent clients charged with a crime. May include some policy work. • PILA • John Paul Stevens Fellowship • JW Saxe Fund

Government Public sector/ public service work. This may include (not limited to) working for the Washington AGO, US DOJ or US Dept of Ed (civil rights)

• PILA (occasional) • John Paul Stevens Fellowship • WSBA & KCBA Labor Employment Grants • JW Saxe Fund • Steiger Consumer Protection fellowship

Human Rights Domestic or international human rights work

• PILA • Joan Fitzpatrick Fellowship • John Paul Stevens

Fellowship • UW Law International

Fellowships (Asia and Africa travel stipends)

• UW Center for Human Rights Fellowships

• JW Saxe Fund

What about Judicial Internships? • Judicial internships are

rarely funded by 3rd party funders

• Most students obtain academic credit (externship) and obtain financial aid Exception: Judicial Intern Opportunity Program- $2000 award

Provides opportunities to students who are members of racial and ethnic groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the profession. The program also provides opportunities to students with disabilities, students who are economically disadvantaged, and students who identify themselves as LGBT. Act Fast! Application due Friday, January 9!

Non-Traditional Fundraising Sources

• Crowd funding • Kickstarter • ChipIn • 33needs • ProFounder

Resource Recap

•UW PSL Quick Reference Guide

•PSJD.org •Common Good Blog