Career and Civic Engagement | Liman Fellowship 2022, Yale School of Law

Career and Civic Engagement Center | The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law

Yale School of Law

2022 Summer Fellowship

APPLICATION DEADLINE: EXTENDED to Sunday, March 6, at 11:59PM ET

Why should I apply?  Make connections at a great law school and with peers at other great institutions. Receive fully-funded trip to visit Yale. Engage with incredible thought-leaders at the Public Interest Law Colloquium. Distinguish your summer internship as Liman Summer Fellow on your resume. 

What exactly am I applying for/what is a Liman Fellow?  You are applying to attend the Public Interest Law Colloquium normally held at Yale Law School. This year, the plan is for the event to be held in person at Yale, but this is subject to change. The travel costs associated with this are covered by the Career & Civic Engagement Center. This event will be held Thursday, April 7th-9th and will include a special program for all of this year’s Liman Summer Fellows. You will meet a cohort of undergraduates from Barnard, Brown, Harvard, Princeton, Spelman, Stanford, and Yale (who also attend the Colloquium) interested in public service, and finally, if selected you will be distinguishing your summer internship as a Liman Summer Fellow, which means submitting a final reflection at the end of the summer to Yale’s Liman Center. Last year's topic was Money and Punishment: Five Years after Ferguson. This year's topic is Coping with Unimaginable Challenges and Exploring New Opportunities.

What are the requirements to apply?  You must be planning to do a 8-10 week summer internship at a non-profit organization in the United States that focuses on social justice and public interest, which is defined broadly and may include various advocacy methods. It can also be for a local, state or federal government. Your internship does not need to be secured to apply to be designated as a Liman Fellow.  Please note that sophomores and juniors are eligible to apply.

How do I apply? A complete application includes: your contact information, 1-page resume, 1-2 page personal statement and the names of two references. Please apply by submitting the Career and Civic Engagement | Liman Summer 2022 Fellowship Application Form. Do NOT apply through this Handshake listing.

What are the funding options if the internship I secure is unpaid? Liman Fellows can apply for a $4,000 Summer Funding stipend (minus taxes) through the Career and Civic Engagement Center by April 24th. If you:

1.      Are selected as a Liman Fellow AND

2.      You secure an unpaid internship at a non-profit organization in the U.S. focused on social justice that is 8-10 weeks long AND

3.      The internship fits the criteria for funding offered by the Career & Civic Engagement Center

Then Liman Fellows are guaranteed to receive summer funding from the Career & Civic Engagement Center and become a participant in the Beyond Bryn Mawr Summer Funding Program for Summer 2022 .

Additional details:

The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law supports Yale undergraduates and Yale Law School graduates working in the public interest. Public interest law includes a variety of types of law-related work done in furtherance of the public good. Examples of organizations doing such work include non-profit offices that provide representation for individuals who cannot afford attorneys, organizations that advocate on behalf of underserved communities, and non-profits and government offices that shape public policy.

The Liman Summer Fellowship offers students an opportunity to work at public interest organizations in the United States. Fellows must participate in the annual Liman Center Colloquium held every spring at Yale Law School. Last year's topic is Money and Punishment: Five Years after Ferguson. Past topics included Economic Injustice: Courts, Law Schools, and Institutionalizing Reforms and Who Pays? Fines, Fees, Bail, and the Cost of Courts, Moving Criminal Justice, and Navigating Boundaries: Immigration and Criminal Law. Other Colloquia have addressed many topics, including: the federal funding of legal services, encountering the criminal law, low-wage workers and workfare, the challenges of becoming and staying a public interest lawyer, the role of mass media in public interest advocacy, public interest lawyering, and public interest advocacy at the state and local level in an era of high anxiety.  Through their involvement with the Liman Center, Summer Fellows become part of a large network of public interest advocates and scholars.

For questions, please contact Jennifer Prudencio at jprudencio@brynmawr.edu.

(Note: students do not apply through this Handshake listing. Follow the application link available on this posting to apply)