“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.

comments: Please run this ad until June 15, 2011 (or let me know if I will have to re-post it at some point). Thank you.

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.

Chayes International Public Service Fellowship applications are due by 5:00 pm on Tuesday, February 1.  In addition to submitting an application, interested students must contact the Chayes Fellowship Program by January 28 at (617) 384-5284 or  ils at law.harvard.edu to schedule an interview that will occur February 8, 9, 10, or 11. 

The Chayes Fellowships provide HLS students with the opportunity to spend 8 weeks engaged in international public service within governments of developing nations and those making difficult transitions to peace, stability and democracy, as well as the inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations that support these efforts.  The exact nature of the Chayes Fellows’ projects may vary, but could include work in the areas of constitutional and legal issues in emerging democracies, reconstruction of war-torn societies, or development of legal, political, social and economic institutions, among others.  Chayes Fellows become part of a global network of academics and practitioners and are invited to attend periodic meetings at Harvard with prominent international guest speakers.

The Chayes Fellowship program is co-administered by the Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising, and International Legal Studies.  The Fellowship provides a stipend to supplement the amount provided by Summer Public Interest Funding.

For more information about the Chayes Fellowship and application procedures, see:

http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/spotlight/ils/fellowships/chayes-fellowship-info-for-students.html

Questions: contact Sara Zucker at  szucker at law.harvard.edu or 5-9030, or Ben Cook at  bcook at law.harvard.edu or 6-0899.

Friday, November 12 @ 12:00 pm in Pound 102.

Bring your lunch and come learn about opportunities for international public interest work over the summer! This information session will cover Summer Public Interest Funding, the Human Rights Program Summer Internships, and the Chayes International Public Service Fellowship. Students who did public interest work last year will also talk about finding a job and their summer work experience.

The Cleary Gottlieb Fellowship is now being offered for Summer 2011.  The selected Harvard student will work with the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program and Greater Boston Legal Services on cases involving the direct representation of noncitizens applying for U.S. asylum and related protections. In addition, the Program is active in appellate and policy advocacy on local, national and international levels. The fellow will work on appellate and advocacy issues, perform research and represent clients through the clinic. 

To apply, email  hirc at law.harvard.edu with a resume, cover letter (including a description of any prior experience) and your interest, transcript (unofficial ok) along with two references. 
Cleary Gottlieb will select the fellow through their fellowship committee this December.

Deadline: Friday, November 19
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
1L’s may submit applications on December 1 – please email us to let us know that you are interested so we can consider your application.

THE PROJECT ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF PRIVATE LAW
STUDENT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

2010-2011

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 2011. 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 October 1, 2010.

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

1. Your curriculum vitae;

2. A current transcript (unofficial is fine); and

3. A statement of interest and a brief proposal indicating the research topic you would like to pursue (maximum 1,500 words total).

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 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 environmental 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 2011-2013 will be placed in the NRDC in New York, Chicago, or Santa Monica. 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, 2009-2010, 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 24, 2010.
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@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 loan repayment program). Each Fellow will be eligible, through HLS, for consideration for Kaufman and Skirnick supplemental funding.

THE PETRIE-FLOM CENTER STUDENT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

2010-2011

The Petrie-Flom Center is an interdisciplinary research program at Harvard Law School dedicated to the scholarly research of important issues at the intersection of law and health policy, including issues of health care financing and market regulation, biomedical research, and bioethics. The Student Fellowship Program is designed to support student research in those areas.

Eligibility

The student fellowship program is open to Harvard Law School students and students in other Harvard graduate programs who are interested in pursuing careers related to the Center’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 on such paper by the end of the academic year. Papers written in connection with the fellowship can be used to satisfy the third-year written work requirement or other optional writing credit by prior arrangement with and final approval of a faculty adviser who has agreed to supervise a fellow’s work for this purpose.

Curricular Component

Student fellows are required to enroll in the Health Law Policy Workshop. The workshop is intended to provide student fellows with opportunities to interact with leading scholars and academic fellows in the fields of health law and policy, with the expectation that these interactions will further enhance and inform their research and academic development. The Health Law Policy Workshop for 2010 is scheduled to take place on selected Mondays across the fall and spring semester from 5-7pm. Fellowship awardees will have priority enrollment.

Presentations and Events

Student fellows will be expected to present their research to Center affiliates and faculty in the Spring semester. Student fellows may be asked to assist with panels and conferences presented by the Center during the academic year of their fellowship including organizing and reporting on events in the Center’s bi-annual newsletter.

Resources

The Center will award each fellow with a $1500 stipend. The stipend is paid at the end of the academic year, once all fellowship requirements (including submission of an acceptable paper) are completed. Additionally, fellows may be eligible to request additional funding to cover reasonable costs associated with their research projects (e.g., copying, publications, conference fees, travel).

Application

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until May 28, 2010.

To apply, email the following to  petrie-flom at law.harvard.edu:

1. Your curriculum vitae;

2. A proposal summarizing the research and writing you intend to accomplish (1500 words);

3. A copy of your most current transcript to:

Katherine E. Paras
Administrative Director
Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics Harvard Law School
23 Everett Street, Room 303
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-2316
617-384-5001 (fax)

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….

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 Friday, May 14, 2010, in order to be considered for a full year fellowship.

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….

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 Friday, May 14, 2010, in order to be considered for a full year fellowship.

The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports promising early-career researchers from diverse disciplines, who have demonstrated success in conducting high-quality research and are seeking to further develop and broaden their expertise.

Candidates are nominated by a supporting institution and must submit five-year research plans that demonstrate creativity, intellectual rigor, and a commitment to continued professional development. Every year, four to six William T. Grant Scholars are selected and each receives $350,000 distributed over a five-year period.

The application deadline for the 2010-2011 cycle is July 6, 2010. Awards will be announced in March 2011.

For more information, visit the William T. Grant Scholars Program website.

Student Financial Services maintains contact with organizations offering a wide variety of outside resources. We regularly post information about these on our website at http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/sfs/m…. Current outside resources with application deadlines in February and March include the:

Daniel H. Kossow Scholarship
Jewish Federation Scholarship
ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship
Porzio Diversity Scholarship
Black Women Lawyers Assoc. Scholarship
Thomas F. Black Jr. Memorial Scholarship

The Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee  invites applicants for the Chief Justice Edward F. Hennessey Fellowship. This summer Fellowship honors the former Chief Justice and perpetuates the memory of his many contributions to protect the due process rights of all citizens, including those involved with the mental health system.

Law school students in good standing, particularly those with a demonstrated commitment to public interest law and mental health advocacy, are encouraged to apply to serve as an Edward F. Hennessey Fellow. The fellow will receive a stipend of $6,000 to work for ten weeks during the summer with MHLAC or another Massachusetts legal service program to advance the rights of persons with mental illness and their families.

For more information, please see the call for applications.

Chayes International Public Service Fellowship applications are due by 5:00 pm on Monday, February 1.  In addition to submitting an application, interested students must contact the Chayes Fellowship Program by January 29 at (617) 384-5284 or  ils at law.harvard.edu to schedule an interview that will occur February 5, 8 or 9.

The Chayes Fellowships provide HLS students with the opportunity to spend 8 weeks engaged in international public service within governments of developing nations and those making difficult transitions to peace, stability and democracy, as well as the inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations that support these efforts.  The exact nature of the Chayes Fellows’ projects may vary, but could include work in the areas of constitutional and legal issues in emerging democracies, reconstruction of war-torn societies, or development of legal, political, social and economic institutions, among others.  Chayes Fellows become part of a global network of academics and practitioners and are invited to attend periodic meetings at Harvard with prominent international guest speakers.

The Chayes Fellowship program is co-administered by the Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising, and International Legal Studies.  The Fellowship provides a stipend to supplement the amount provided by Summer Public Interest Funding.

For more information about the Chayes Fellowship and application procedures, see:
 http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/spotligh…

Questions: contact Sara Zucker at  szucker at law.harvard.edu or 5-9030, or Ben Cook at  bcook at law.harvard.edu or 6-0899.