Applications for the Ford Foundation Post-Graduate Fellowship in Public Interest Law are due Monday, February 10 by 5pm. A list of Ford grantee organizations that have expressed interest in participating as sponsoring organizations is available at this password-protected website: www.fordlawfellowships.org. (If you do not have the login information, please email Elisabeth Voigt at elisabeth.voigt@nyu.edu.) Students may also apply with Ford Foundation grantee organizations that are not on this list.
This post-graduate fellowship opportunity funds one year of full-time work at a Ford Foundation grantee organizations beginning in fall 2014. Three NYU 3Ls will be selected for the Fellowship. The Fellowship carries a $45,000 stipend. The Ford Foundation will additionally reimburse up to $15,000 of the sponsoring organization’s costs for benefits. Fellows may join an organization in a staff attorney position, or develop a one-year project that supports the organization’s mission.
More information about the application process can be found here. Please contact Elisabeth Voigt at elisabeth.voigt@nyu.edu with questions.