SPIF participants can apply for the Justice Stevens, Sutin, and Vorenberg public interest fellowships to supplement SPIF awards. Please see: http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/sfs/spif/supplemental-funding/suppsources.html for fellowship descriptions and application instructions.

Applications are due 5 p.m. February 24th in the SPIF office (Wasserstein Hall 5027).

Students are also encouraged to consult OPIA’s site for additional sources of supplemental summer funding: http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/careers/opia/fellowships/summer-and-winter-term-funding/landing-page.html.

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The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau is seeking Harvard 1L’s and 2L’s for Summer Counsel Positions

As a Summer Counsel, you will have the opportunity to:
-Litigate cases in Massachusetts courts and at administrative hearings
-Serve clients in need in the Boston and Cambridge communities
-Join a collaborative community of lawyers

HLAB Summer Program: May 21-Aug. 24th, 2012 (Includes 2 weeks of vacation)

Apply Today by sending your Cover Letter, Resume, Unofficial Transcript, Two references and a Writing Sample to Joshua Rovenger, Executive Director at:  HLABrecruitment at gmail.com

Please note that the application process for HLAB summer counsel is different than the process for general Bureau membership. To learn more about the Spring 2012 application process for general membership, go to http://www.harvardlegalaid.org/apply or email questions to  join at harvardlegalaid.org.

Harvard Law School Professor Hal Scott is Seeking a Research Fellow for the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation

Professor Hal S. Scott, Director of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, is seeking to interview candidates for a Research Fellow appointment. 

The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation (“Committee”) is an independent and nonpartisan 501(c)(3) research organization comprised of 32 leaders from the investor community, business, finance, law, accounting and academia and dedicated to improving the regulation of U.S. capital markets. Professor Hal S. Scott, Nomura Professor and Director of the Program on International Financial Systems at Harvard Law School, is Director of the Committee. The Committee is located in Cambridge, MA.

Under the direction and supervision of the Executive Director of Research, the Research Fellow:

- Participates in the economic and legal research and analysis of issues studied by the Committee and assists in outreach to parties in connection with implementation of the Committee’s recommendations.
- Assists the Executive Director of Research in recruiting and supervising Harvard Law School and other research associates who support the Committee’s research.
- Assists the Executive Director of Research in preparing and issuing quarterly updates of the Committee’s competitiveness measures.
- Drafts and edits comment letters, reports, statements, testimony and press releases based on the research and activities of the Committee.

Background for the Research Fellow

The ideal Research Fellow would be a 3L or recent law school graduate with an interest in financial regulation and public policy and with experience in the financial services industry. Familiarity with the Dodd-Frank Act would be a plus. Applicants should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with a capacity to deliver high-quality outputs and results under tight deadlines.

Experience: Law degree. Strong writing skills required.

Work week: The position is a one-year full time position (5 days).

Compensation: $50,000; competitive benefits

The Research Fellow position offers an individual the opportunity to be involved in world class research and engage with high level policy makers to assist in the implementation of the recommendations of the Committee’s 2009 report entitled The Global Financial Crisis: A Plan for Regulatory Reform, as well as to formulate positions on other issues growing out of the financial crisis.

It is contemplated that the Research Fellow would join the Committee upon graduation in June 2012, although arrangements could be made for a recent law graduate with the requisite qualifications to join at an earlier date. Residence in the Cambridge/Boston area is required.

Interested candidates should submit their curriculum vitae to Jennifer Grygiel at the following email address:  jgrygiel at capmktsreg.org

For more information regarding the Committee, please go to www.capmktsreg.org.

Harvard Defenders is now accepting applications for the Litman Summer Fellowship Program. Fellows have the unique opportunity to handle all their own cases and advocate for their clients in the Boston area’s criminal courts. Fellows will also write an academic paper under the supervision of a faculty member. Fellows will be awarded $1000 in addition to SPIF funding. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to dstern@jd13 and jmachlin@jd13. Information about the Fellowship can be found at: http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/defenders/students/join.html.

The deadline for the 2012 Chayes International Public Service Fellowship is coming up soon! All Chayes applications should be turned into Wasserstein Hall, Suite 5005 by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1. All applicants should also contact International Legal Studies to schedule a mandatory interview. More information can be found here: http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/spotlight/ils/fellowships/chayes-fellowship-info-for-students.html#ApplicationProcedures.

Harvard Defenders is now accepting applications for the Litman Summer Fellowship Program. Fellows have the unique opportunity to handle all their own cases and advocate for their clients in the Boston area’s criminal courts. Fellows will also write an academic paper under the supervision of a faculty member. Fellows will be awarded $1000 in addition to SPIF funding. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to dstern@jd13 and jmachlin@jd13. Information about the Fellowship can be found at: http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/defenders/students/join.html.

LOWELL MILKEN INSTITUTE LAW TEACHING FELLOWSHIP

Introduction
The Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law is now accepting applications for the Lowell Milken Institute Law Teaching Fellowship.

This fellowship is a full-time, year-round, one or two academic-year position (approximately July 2012 through June 2013 or June 2014).  The position involves law teaching, legal and policy research and writing, preparing to go on the law teaching market, and assisting with organizing projects such as conferences and workshops, and teaching.  No degree will be offered as part of the Fellowship program.

Eligibility
•Fellowship candidates must hold a JD degree from an ABA accredited law school and be committed to a career of law teaching and scholarship in the field of  business law and policy.  Applicants should have demonstrated an outstanding aptitude for independent legal research, preferably through research and/or writing as a law student or through exceptional legal experience after law school. Law Teaching Fellowship candidates must have strong academic records that will make them highly competitive for law teaching jobs.

Fellowship Requirements
The Fellowship program is year-round, over one or two academic years, during which time the Fellow will:

•complete at least one substantial scholarly publication and present the publication as a work-in-progress to the UCLA School of Law faculty;
•teach at least one class per academic year of the appointment;
•work closely with a faculty mentor in order to observe and participate in teaching, as well as to complete a publishable scholarly piece;
•assist the Institute’s Executive Director with other projects relating to the Institute’s work, including organizing conferences and other events,  research, publications, public education and outreach efforts;
•permit the Institute to publish any article(s) resulting from the Fellowship—as long as such publication will not interfere with the Fellow’s ability to publish such articles in a law journal; and
•acknowledge the Institute’s assistance in any published work that is facilitated by the Fellowship.

Fellowship Benefits
The unique features of this Fellowship include opportunities to:

•develop expertise in business law and public policy;
•work with a faculty mentor;
•develop expertise in business law teaching;
•complete a published piece of research before entering the law teaching market;
•obtain faculty recommendations and support for law teaching jobs;
•participate in the rich mixture of scholarly symposia, invited lectures, and conferences of the Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy; and
•participate in UCLA School of Law’s rich interdisciplinary scholarly symposia, lectures, and conferences.

Application Material and Deadlines
To apply for the 2012-2013 Lowell Milken Institute Law Teaching Fellowship, please submit the following materials by March 1, 2012:

•A cover letter summarizing your qualifications for the fellowship;
•A current resume, including a list of published works;
•An official law school transcript;
•Contact information for three references, including at least one from a law school professor familiar with your scholarly potential;
•A detailed research proposal, no longer than five single-spaced pages in length; and
•A description of teaching interests (course abstract and plan for class or seminar preferred)

Interested candidates should submit materials as a single PDF or Word.doc file to  estrada at law.ucla.edu.

Equal Opportunity Employer
The University of California is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, and seeks candidates committed to the highest standards of scholarship and professional activities and to a campus climate that supports equality and diversity.

The deadline for the 2012 Chayes International Public Service Fellowship is coming up soon! All Chayes applications should be turned into Wasserstein Hall, Suite 5005 by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1. All applicants should also contact International Legal Studies to schedule a mandatory interview. More information can be found here: http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/spotlight/ils/fellowships/chayes-fellowship-info-for-students.html#ApplicationProcedures.

The deadline for the 2012 Chayes International Public Service Fellowship is coming up soon! An informational reception will be held on Wednesday, January 11 at 6:30 p.m. in Milstein East A (2nd floor of Wasserstein Hall). 1Ls and others eligible for the Chayes Fellowship will have the opportunity to learn about the Fellowship and to hear about the experiences of past Chayes Fellows. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served.

All Chayes applications should be turned into Wasserstein Hall, Suite 5005 by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1. All applicants should also contact International Legal Studies to schedule a mandatory interview. More information can be found here:   Posted in Fellowships

Please note the upcoming application deadlines for winter term international travel grants:

Monday, November 7 for JD and LLM students conducting Independent and Continuing Clinicals, and for JD students conducting Winter Term Writing Program projects

Monday, November 21 for LLM students conducting Winter Term Writing Program projects

Grant applications should be submitted to International Legal Studies in Lewis 231.  For more information, see:   Posted in Fellowships

The New York State Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section and the American Bar Association Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources are once again offering minority fellowships for the summer of 2012.

Since 1992, minority environmental fellowships have been awarded each year for summer employment with governmental environmental agencies and private not-for-profit environmental organizations. The primary objective is to encourage and assist promising minority students to enter the field of environmental law, thereby enhancing diversity in the environmental legal community.

Minority law students are eligible for fellowship consideration if they are enrolled in a law school in New York State, or are permanent New York State residents enrolled in a law school in any other state. For purposes of the fellowship, minority is defined to include: African-American, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, Alaskan native, and Native American.

The successful applicant will receive a $6,000 stipend for ten weeks of employment in the summer. Placements are the responsibility of the fellowship winner. In the past, placements have been made with such agencies and organizations as Region II of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (New York City), the Environmental Protection Bureau of the New York State Department of Law (New York City), the Natural Resources Defense Council (New York City), Environmental Defense (New York City), and West Side Environmental Defense (Buffalo).

Each of the fellowship recipients is assigned mentors from the environmental bar, who provide guidance and encouragement throughout the term of the Fellowship. The mentors provide a valuable contact for the recipients during and after their law school studies. Additionally, the fellowship recipients are invited to attend a number of bar association meetings and events.

Please refer to the Association’s website, www.nysba.org for applications. If you have any questions about the fellowship program, please feel free to contact fellowship coordinator Lisa Bataille at  lbataille at nysba.org or 518-487-5681.

“BEAGLE/HLS FELLOWSHIP AT NRDC”

History and Purposes
The Beagle/HLS Fellowship at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) provides graduating HLS students and recent alumni with a two-year funded litigation position at NRDC.  The Fellowship has been established by a generous gift to Harvard Law School by the Beagle Foundation that was created by Joy Covey ’89.  The purposes of the Fellowship are to create a two-year job at NRDC for a recent HLS graduate (the “Fellow”); to provide training and supervision for the Fellow; to enhance the Fellow’s lawyering/litigation skills; and to promote the Fellow’s interest in pursuing a career in nonprofit litigation and environmental law.”

“Beagle/HLS Fellowship at NRDC Guidelines”
Eligibility
The Beagle/HLS Fellowship will be awarded to graduating Harvard Law School students,
judicial clerks or recent alumni (up to three years out of law school).  Barring exceptional circumstances, preference will be given to law clerks and third-year students.  Applicants must be available to start work the fall following their application.

Selection Criteria
The Fellows are selected by NRDC and a HLS Committee appointed by Dean Minow. NRDC and the Committee seek Fellows, who have demonstrated an interest in, and commitment to, nonprofit law, especially environmental law, and who demonstrate promise for an outstanding career in nonprofit law.  This interest and commitment may be demonstrated through their prior public service experience, personal essays, recommendations, extracurricular activities, law school course work, academic achievements, and current work plans.

Placement
Beagle Fellows for 2012-2014 will be placed in the NRDC in Washington, DC or San
Francisco.  NRDC will try to honor the Fellow’s geographic preference.

Fellowship Awards
The Fellowship award will be the starting salary for a new attorney or fellow at NRDC, according to the NRDC scale.  For the year, 2010-2011, the salary was approximately $50-55K.  NRDC will provide medical benefits for each Fellow equivalent to those provided to other NRDC employees, and will cover overhead expenses.

Application Materials and Procedures:
•    A cover letter which should include a statement about which NRDC office the applicant would prefer to work in and which offices the applicant would consider working in.
•    Resume
•    Law school transcript
•    Writing sample
•    References (three)
•    Two letters of recommendation, preferably including one from an HLS faculty member
•    A personal essay

Applications should be received by the Environmental Law Program, addressed to
Kathy Curley, no later than September 30, 2011. Select applicants will be invited to interview with NRDC and must participate in the interview to be further considered for the Fellowship.
Questions may be directed to Kathy Curley, Environmental Law Program, Hauser
406, at (617) 495-3097 or  curley at law.harvard.edu.  Applications and correspondence should be sent to:
Beagle/HLS Fellowship at NRDC
Environmental Law Program
Harvard Law School
1575 Massachusetts Avenue
Hauser 406
Cambridge, MA  02138

Award Decisions
Applicants will be notified about the outcome of the selection process in October. Each Fellow’s salary will be treated as Low Income Protection Program (HLS’s loan
repayment program).  Each Fellow will be eligible, through HLS, for consideration
for Kaufman and Skirnick supplemental funding.

The Petrie-Flom Student Fellowship Call for Applications for the 2011-2012 academic year is now available. The Fellowship program is designed to support students from across Harvard University interested in carrying out independent research in topics at the intersection of health care and the law. Further information on the program, eligibility, and application requirements can be found on the Petrie-Flom website at: www.law.harvard.edu

The deadline for submitting materials is June 10, 2011.

The Project and Student Fellowship: The Project on the Foundations of Private Law is an interdisciplinary research program at Harvard Law School dedicated to the academic investigation of private law. “Private law” embraces the traditionally common law subjects (property, contracts, and torts), as well as related subjects that are more heavily statutory, such as intellectual property and commercial law. It also includes areas of study that are today less familiar to students and scholars, including unjust enrichment, restitution, equity, and remedies. The Project aims to further study of these areas, their relationships to and distinctiveness from each other, and questions about the status and nature of private law as a whole. The Project draws on multiple disciplines outside law, including economics, history, cognitive science, and philosophy. It also encourages comparative work, especially involving Commonwealth and civil-law systems with explicit notions of private law. The Student Fellowship Program is designed to support student research in the areas identified above.

Eligibility:  The student fellowship program is open to Harvard Law School students who are interested in pursuing careers related to the Project’s subject areas and who are committed to undertaking a significant research project during the year of their fellowship.

Writing Requirement:  Student fellows will conduct research projects designed to lead to publishable articles.  Fellows are expected to produce at least one such paper by the end of the academic year. Papers written in connection with the fellowship can be used to satisfy the Law School’s written work requirement or other optional writing credit by prior arrangement with and final approval of a faculty advisor who has agreed to supervise a fellow’s work for this purpose.

Curricular Component:  Student fellows are strongly encouraged to enroll in courses related to private law and theory, and if possible to attend the Workshop on Private Law to be held in the Spring of 2012. In addition, fellows will be expected to take part in monthly roundtable discussions, at which a private law topic will be discussed, sometimes in connection with an outside speaker.  Fellows are also expected to take advantage of opportunities to interact with speakers visiting the Project as well.

Presentations and Events:  Student fellows will be expected to present their research to Project affiliates and faculty in the Spring semester, in connection with the Workshop on Private Law or the monthly roundtable.  Student fellows may be asked to assist with panels and conferences presented by the Project during the academic year of their fellowship.

Resources:  The Project will award each fellow a minimum stipend of $2,000.  It will be paid at the end of the academic year, once all fellowship requirements (including submission of an acceptable paper) are completed.

Application:  Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until Friday, May 27, 2011.

To apply, email the following materials to Brad Conner at conner@law.harvard.edu: 

1. Your curriculum vitae
2. A current transcript (unofficial is fine)
3. A statement of interest and a brief proposal indicating the research topic you would like to pursue (maximum 1,500 words total).

Students wishing to apply for a John M. Olin or Terence M. Considine Fellowship in Law and Economics may obtain an information sheet and application on our website at http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/olin_center/fellowships.php.

Any student at Harvard Law School is eligible to apply for a Fellowship (although it is unusual for students to be Fellows when they are 1Ls). Fellowships, which normally are for a one-year period, involve a stipend of $3,000. Students should submit their applications by May 15, 2011, in order to be considered for a full year fellowship.

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The Environmental Law Program is offering four $7,500 fellowships to Harvard Law School students doing work within the public interest environmental law field during the summer of 2011. Qualifying work could include positions at government entities, NGOs, or other public interest organizations working on issues such as climate change, land acquisition and management, pollution control, energy, carbon trading, environmental justice, or biodiversity conservation. This is not an exclusive list of employers or fields, and students are invited to think broadly about work that might qualify.

Applicants should be students who are returning to HLS in the fall of 2011. Experience with environmental law is not a requirement for the fellowship, and those new to the field are encouraged to apply.

Applicants should first secure their summer position, and then apply for the fellowship; applications by students who have not secured a summer position will not be considered. The Environmental Law Program may be able to assist students in making contact with potential employers with which the Program has a relationship; students interested in soliciting the Environmental Law Program’s assistance in this fashion should contact Kathy Curley at curley@law.harvard.edu

Applications should include: a description of the organization where the student will be employed, a brief description of the summer projects the applicant will undertake, the name of the applicant’s supervisor, a resume, transcript, and a statement of interest conveying the reasons why the applicant was drawn to the job and any background the applicant has in environmental law. Applications should be submitted by March 22, 2011 to Kathy Curley at  curley at law.harvard.edu. Successful applicants will be notified by April 19, 2011.
Questions regarding the Covey Fellowships should be directed to  curley at law.harvard.edu.

The Fellowship is designed for HLS students (including JDs, LLMs, and SJDs) interested in pursuing academic careers in law, particularly as law professors.  It provides students with the opportunity to dedicate time in the summer to academic writing, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.  The application deadline is February 18, 2011.  Information about the Fellowship can be found at: 

http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/fellowships/summer-academic-fellowship-program.html

The Environmental Law Program is offering four $7,500 fellowships to Harvard Law School students doing work within the public interest environmental law field during the summer of 2011.  Qualifying work could include positions at government entities, NGOs, or other public interest organizations working on issues such as climate change, land acquisition and management, pollution control, energy, carbon trading, environmental justice, or biodiversity conservation.  This is not an exclusive list of employers or fields, and students are invited to think broadly about work that might qualify.

Applicants should be students who are returning to HLS in the fall of 2011.  Experience with environmental law is not a requirement for the fellowship, and those new to the field are encouraged to apply.

Applicants should first secure their summer position, and then apply for the fellowship; applications by students who have not secured a summer position will not be considered.  The Environmental Law Program may be able to assist students in making contact with potential employers with which the Program has a relationship; students interested in soliciting the Environmental Law Program’s assistance in this fashion should contact Kathy Curley at  curley at law.harvard.edu.

Applications should include: a description of the organization where the student will be employed, a brief description of the summer projects the applicant will undertake, the name of the applicant’s supervisor, a resume, transcript, and a statement of interest conveying the reasons why the applicant was drawn to the job and any background the applicant has in environmental law.  Applications should be submitted by March 22, 2011 to Kathy Curley at  curley at law.harvard.edu.  Successful applicants will be notified by April 19, 2011.

Questions regarding the Covey Fellowships should be directed to  curley at law.harvard.edu.

The Office of Academic Affairs is now accepting applications for the Summer Academic Fellowship Program.  The Fellowship is designed for HLS students (including JDs, LLMs, and SJDs) interested in pursuing academic careers in law, particularly as law professors.  It provides students with the opportunity to dedicate time in the summer to academic writing, under the guidance of a member of the faculty.  The application deadline is February 18, 2011.  Information about the Fellowship can be found at:  http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/fellowships/summer-academic-fellowship-program.html.