Fellowship in Nonprofit Law

Posted by on September 27, 2002

Applications Invited for Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship in Nonprofit Law
Deadline: December 6, 2002

Administered by the National Center on Philanthropy and the Law (http://www.law.nyu.edu/ncpl/) at New York University School of Law, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship in Nonprofit Law is designed to provide a law school graduate with exposure to a wide range of legal and organizational issues encountered by nonprofit organizations.

The fellowship permits one fellow each year to spend one year in residence at the Vera Institute of Justice (http://www.vera.org/) in New York City, a private nonprofit organization dedicated to making government policies and practices more fair, humane, and efficient for all people.

To be eligible, applicant must be a graduate of an accredited U.S. law school. Fellows are selected for their scholarship, leadership, and commitment to practicing in the field of nonprofit law. Fellows will be selected without regard to the applicant’s race, color, religion, gender, political beliefs, national origin, disability, age, or sexual orientation. The 2003 Fellow will receive a salary of $41,600 plus benefits.

Complete program guidelines are available at the National Center on Philanthropy and the Law Web site.

RFP Link: http://www.law.nyu.edu/ncpl/carrframe.html

For additional RFPs in Philanthropy and Voluntarism, visit: http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_philanthropy.jhtml