Career and Civic Engagement | Liman Fellowship 2025, Yale School of Law

The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law, Yale School of Law

2025 Summer Fellowship

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sunday, February 16, 11:55PM

The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law, Yale School of Law
2025 Summer Fellowship

Why should I apply?  Students should be interested in public service and social justice. Make connections at a great law school and with peers at other great institutions. Participate in a Public Interest Law Colloquium with other undergraduates from Barnard, Brown, Harvard, Princeton, Spelman, Stanford, and 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, Safety, Security, and the Harms of Punishment @ Yale from April 3-4th. This event will include a special program for 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.  Finally, if selected you will be distinguishing your summer internship as a Liman Summer Fellow, which means being part of Summer Network that provides opportunities  to connect through virtual meetings, email lists, and more.  Fellows must also submit a final reflection by September 1 to the Career & Civic Engagement Center, which will be shared with Yale’s Liman Center.
 
What are the requirements to apply?  You must be planning to do an 8-10 week in-person summer internship at a publicly funded or non-profit (501c3) social service, cultural, or state or local government organization. The goal is to support organizations and offices most in need of resources.  Thus, for example Fellows do not work as academic research assistants or in any of the many branches within the federal government.  In general, applicants are not required to have a host organization before applying; students should learn about options and when possible secure commitments. Organizations are not limited to organizations in a particular field.  Subject areas of host organizations have included immigration, housing, labor and workers’ rights, indigent criminal defense, death penalty representation, disability rights, children and family services, environmental policy, and mental health advocacy. For-profit institutions do not qualify. 

Your internship does not need to be secured to apply to be designated as a Liman Fellow.  Please note that rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors from all majors 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 2025 Fellowship Application Form. Do NOT apply through the Handshake listing.
 
What are the funding options if the internship I secure is unpaid? 
If you:
1.      Are selected as a Liman Fellow AND
2.      You secure an unpaid internship at a non-profit organization focused on public service and social justice that is in-person and 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 2025.
 

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

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.