Post-Graduate Fellowships

Many graduates embark on their career by obtaining a post-graduate fellowship. Organizations offer fellowships in a national competitive process, and our students and alumni have always done terrifically, as demonstrated by the list of the Recent Fellowship Recipients. Additionally, NYU offers some fellowships that are designated only for its graduates. Please review the information on each of these fellowship programs by following the links below.

Arthur Helton Global Human Rights Fellowship: New York University School of Law is proud to announce the establishment of a new Human Rights fellowship program, which will be offered for the first time in the autumn of 2008.  This new fellowship will support one graduating student annually who has demonstrated a commitment to pursuing a career in international human rights law, and who has designed a sound proposal for work at a host organization that they have chosen.  Applicants are invited to design projects to put their legal education to work on timely issues in countries where their efforts are most needed and where there are insufficient resources for human rights protection. The fellowship will provide a modest salary for one year and will cover health insurance and travel costs for graduates to work closely with their chosen host organization.  For more information, please click here.

Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama: These two fellowships for recent graduates present a terrific opportunity to work at the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama for two years with Professor Bryan Stevenson. The work involves death-penalty appeals, civil rights litigation aimed at reforming the criminal justice system, community based initiatives dealing with juveniles and people with mental disabilities, and other criminal litigation. For more information, please click here.

George A Katz Fellowship at the Brennan Center for Justice: In honor of a great lawyer dedicated to building the next generation of public interest lawyers, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz created the George A. Katz ('54) Fellowship Program at the Law School's Brennan Center for Justice. Every other year, a selection committee awards a recent graduate with a two-year fellowship to work with Brennan Center on litigation, public education, research, and scholarship. The next Katz Fellowship will be offered in Fall 2009.

International Court of Justice Clerkships: New York University School of Law was the first American law school to initiate a clerkship program with the International Court of Justice in 2000. The Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law selects current students or alumni with clerkship experience, familiarity with international law, and fluency in both English and French to work for nine months in The Hague. Clerks work with international judges, conduct legal research, draft memoranda and listen to oral arguments on issues in Public International Law. For more information, please click here.

Kirkland & Ellis Fellowship: Since the 1995-96 academic year, the Kirkland & Ellis New York City Public Service Fellowships have been awarded annually to one NYU School of Law graduate to pursue public service employment for one year in New York City. Fellows are selected for their personal integrity and potential to make a positive contribution to the community. For more information, please see the fellowship website.

NYU School of Law Human Rights Watch Fellowship: This fellowship partners NYU with Human Rights Watch to provide international human rights experience to an NYU student for one year.

Robert L. Bernstein Fellowship in International Human Rights: The Bernstein Fellowship provides an opportunity for a recent graduate to spend one year doing human rights advocacy work at Human Rights in China in its New York or Hong Kong office. For more information click here.

The Sinsheimer Children’s Rights Fellowship: The Sinsheimer Fellowship provides an opportunity for a recent NYU School of Law graduate or a NYU graduate completing a clerkship to serve as an attorney with the Partnership for Children's Rights. The Fellow will represent New York CIty children from low income families with special education needs, social security disability issues and other civil matters. For more information, please click here