ANNOUNCEMENTS
- 2009 Equal Justice Works Fellowships application now available
- AU’s Charlene Gomes joins Equal Justice Works’ Law School Advocacy team
- Corporation for National and Community Service renews Equal Justice Works grant
Examples of Successful Fellowship Applications
Below are links to three successful Equal Justice Works Fellowships proposals submitted in past competitions. These proposals exemplify the clarity, comprehensiveness and dedication that typify a successful application. They are intended to offer guidance to prospective candidates and are in no way fully representative of the wide scope of applications that Equal Justice Works approves every year.
Note: A complete application package contains an online proposal, a completed Certification Form and up to two letters of recommendation. If you are a career counselor advising students, please be sure to include all three components in a sample packet.
Personal information has been redacted.
Applications:
Application 1
Application 2
Application 3
Corresponding letters of recommendation:
Letters of recommendation are optional, but strongly encouraged. Up to, and no more than, two letters per candidate will be considered.
Applicant 1 letters
Applicant 2 letters
Applicant 3 letters
Certification Form:
This is a blank, printable copy of the Certification Form that must be completed for an application to be processed.
IMPORTANT DATES
2009 Equal Justice Works Fellowships Application Deadline
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008
IN THE NEWS
Headed for public interest careers, NYU grads are free of tuition debt
By Thomas Adcock, The New York Law Journal – May 29
Thanks to the resuscitation of a venerable financial aid program at New York University School of Law, 16 graduates filed out of Madison Square Garden following May 21's commencement ceremony with mortarboard tassels shifted, sheepskins in hand, jobs awaiting -- and something more: the comfort of zero tuition, which ordinarily retails for about $120,000. For the first time in more than two decades, the Root-Tilden-Kern Scholarship Program has been able to give a full three-year ride for select NYU Law students committed to public service careers. Last week's new crop of Rooters includes Randi Levine, set to work at Advocates for Children in New York as an Equal Justice Works Fellow.




