Law & Government

Anna Sobol Levy Fellowships
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Deadline: early March
The Anna Sobol Levy Fellowship program, created by Captain Jerome E. Levy, USNR (Ret.), to honor his mother, is for U.S. citizens who are graduate students or recent college graduates with leadership potential for the United States in the 21st century. The purpose of the Fellowship is to enhance and strengthen the unique relationship between the United States and Israel by establishing genuine understanding and communication between future leaders of the two countries. The fellowship is for one year of studies in the Division of Graduate Studies.

Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (4)
Deadline: Check website for details

George Aratani/Daniel K. Inouye Fellowship

The George Aratani/Daniel K. Inouye Fellowship was established in honor of Senator Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii, a decorated combat veteran of World War II who has served our nation with distinction in the United States House of Representatives and Senate for nearly 40 years.

The fellowship is designed to provide a unique opportunity to an outstanding graduate student who has a commitment to the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, and who plans to pursue a public policy career. The fellow will spend nine months in Washington, D.C., either in the office of a Congressional member, a Congressional committee or a federal agency.
Anheuser-Busch/Frank Horton Fellowship

The Anheuser-Busch/Frank Horton Fellowship was established in honor of former Congressman Frank Horton who played a leading role in the passage of H.R. 5572 in 1992, which permanently designated the month of May as "Asian Pacific American Heritage Month." The fellowship is designed to provide a unique opportunity to an outstanding graduate student who has a commitment to the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, and who plans to pursue a public policy career. The fellow will spend nine months in Washington , D.C. , either in the office of a Congressional member, a Congressional committee or a federal agency.
Sodexho USA Health and Policy Fellowship

The APAICS 2005-2006 Sodexho USA Health Policy Fellowship Program is designed to provide an opportunity to an individual committed to the Asian Pacific Islander American community and health policy, and who plans to pursue a career in health policy. The Fellowship has been generously funded by Sodexho USA. The Fellow will be assigned to a congressional office or congressional committee to work on issues related to health. The Fellow will also be assigned to the Sodexho USA Government Affairs office for a rotation. The program duration is nine months. The Fellow will work full time on a range of assignments including, but not limited to, conducting research and analysis, attending briefings, and following legislation. While at the Sodexho USA office, the Fellow will be working on public policy issues for the corporation.
California Endowment Health Policy Fellowship

The APAICS 2005-2006 California Endowment Health Policy Fellowship Program is designed to provide an opportunity to an individual committed to the Asian Pacific Islander American community and health policy, and who plans to pursue a career in health policy. The Fellowship has been generously funded by the California Endowment. The Fellow will be assigned to a congressional office or congressional committee to work on issues related to health. The program duration is ten months. The Fellow will work full time on a range of assignments including, but not limited to, conducting research and analysis, attending briefings, and following legislation.

Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Deadline: Mid-December

Under grad/post grad

The Scholars Program brings talented African American, Latino, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander college seniors and recent graduates to Washington, D.C., where they are placed in Congressional offices and learn about health policy. Through the nine-week program (May 21- July 28, 2007), Scholars gain knowledge about federal legislative procedure and health policy issues, while further developing their critical thinking and leadership skills. In addition to gaining experience in a Congressional office, Scholars participate in seminars and site visits to augment their knowledge of health care issues, and write and present a health policy research memo.

Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship
Deadline: Mid-January
Undergrad/post grad
The Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship, a project of the Congressional Hunger Center, is a unique leadership development opportunity for motivated individuals seeking to make a difference in the struggle to eliminate hunger and poverty.

Capitol Fellows Program (4)
Sacramento, CA
Deadline for all fellowship applications: Late February
California Senate Fellows
Minimum 20 years of age and graduate of four-year college by September 2006.
A small group of keenly interested, deeply motivated and talented individuals has the opportunity to work within this environment as California Senate Fellows. Fellows perform the full range of professional staff functions associated with busy legislative offices. Although each Fellow’s placement is unique, there are two main categories—assignments to an individual Senator’s Capitol office and placement with Senate policy committees.
Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship Program
The California State Assembly Fellowship Program, founded in 1957, is one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious legislative fellowship programs. This unique program provides an opportunity for individuals of all ages, ethnic backgrounds and experiences to directly participate in the legislative process. In 1987, the program was renamed the Jesse Marvin Unruh Assembly Fellowship Program to honor California’s former Assembly Speaker and State Treasurer. Each year, 18 individuals are selected to participate in the program. The 11-month fellowship provides an introduction to public policy formation and adoption in the California Legislature through full-time work as a professional legislative staff member.
California Executive Fellowship Program
The Executive Fellowship Program offers a wonderful entrée into public service at the highest levels of state government. Executive Fellows, dedicated to their communalities accept the challenge to make a difference.
Judicial Administration Fellowship Program
The Judicial Administration Fellowship Program is administered by the Center for California Studies at Sacramento State and co-sponsored by the California Judicial Council. It is open to all people with a college degree, including recent graduates and mid-career applicants. It is expected that applicants will demonstrate an interest in the judicial system and issues concerning the administration of justice in California courts.
Ten fellows are accepted into the 11-month program which begins in September. The fellowship program is both academic and professional. Upon acceptance into the program, fellows will be enrolled as graduate students in Public Administration at Sacramento State, and attend regularly scheduled academic seminars.

Carnegie Junior Fellowship
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Deadline: Mid-January
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is an educational organization in Washington, D.C., which conducts programs of research, discussion, publication, and education in international relations and U.S. foreign policy. The Junior Fellows Program at the Carnegie Endowment is designed to provide substantive work experience for graduates of participating universities who have a serious career interest in the area of international affairs.
Eight to ten graduating seniors/recent alumni are hired annually to work at the Endowment on a full-time basis for a period of one year. Junior Fellows are assigned to ongoing projects at the Endowment, examining such topics as nuclear non-proliferation, democracy building, international economics, migration and Russian/Eurasian issues. Carnegie Junior Fellows receive a monthly salary and benefits and are responsible for their own housing. All fellowships begin on August 1st.

Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Fellowships in Social Entrepreneurship
Cambridge, MA
Deadline: Mid-December; Early-January
The Reynolds Foundation Fellowship is designed to prepare talented young people for national leadership positions as social entrepreneurs — real world practitioners, who will develop innovative solutions to our most urgent social problems. The Fellows will gain the skills they need to create solutions that are not only effective, but are also practical and financially sustainable. This new generation of social entrepreneurs will be able to bring vast, untapped reserves of imagination and ingenuity to have a positive impact on the societal problems confronting America and the world.

CHCI Public Policy Fellowship Program
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Summer Internship Program
Deadline: Check website for details
Post grad
Every year, the nine-month Fellowship Program (late August to late May) offers up to 20 talented Latinos from across the country the opportunity to gain hands-on experience at the national level in the public policy area of their choice with the General Public Policy Fellowship. Fellows have the opportunity to work in such areas as international affairs, economic development, education policy, housing, or local government. CHCI also aims to develop leaders in areas of health and corporate America with the Sodexho, Inc. Public Health Fellowship and the Corporate Fellowship (placement must be in a public affairs office of a corporation). In addition, specialized fellowships open only to individuals with a graduate degree include the Edward Roybal Public Health Fellowship for public health administration; the Telecommunications Fellowship; and the Law Fellowship open to recent law school graduates (placement must be in a public interest law organization or in the office of a U.S. federal judge).

Child and Family Advocacy Fellowship
Hofstra University, School of Law, Hempstead, NY
Deadline: early February
There is an urgent need for lawyers trained in an interdisciplinary environment to provide effective representation for children, participate in ongoing education and research, and improve services to families in need. Hofstra University School of Law established its Child and Family Advocacy Fellowship Program in 2002 to train and develop the next generation of leaders in the specialized field of family law. It is one of the most comprehensive fellowship programs of its kind in the country. The program provides the foundation needed for our Fellows to become heads of social service organizations, members of the judiciary, leaders of the bar, and legislators who will work collaboratively with those from related disciplines to improve the family court system in America.

Congressional Fellowships on Women and Public Policy
Women’s Research and Education Institute/ Congressional Fellowship Program
Deadline: Early-Mid May
The Women’s Research & Education Institute (WREI) offers a fellowship program that places current or recent graduate students in the Washington, D.C. offices of Members of Congress and on House and Senate staffs from January through August. WREI Fellows work a minimum of 35 hours per week as legislative aides on policy issues. Fellows meet once a week in issue seminars arranged by WREI with activists, Congressional staff, researchers, and lobbyists. WREI expects to award at least six Fellow-ships for 2007, depending on funding.

Coro Fellows Program
Deadline: January
Post grad
The Fellows Program in Public Affairs is a nine-month, full-time, post-graduate experiential leadership training program which introduces diverse, intelligent and driven young public servants to all aspects of the public affairs arena. Field assignments, site visits, interviews and special individual and group projects and consultancies prepare Coro Fellows to translate their ideals into action for improving their own communities.

Coro Summer Programs/Youth Programs/Community Programs
Undergrad

DAAD/AICGS Research Fellowship Program 2004-2007
The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
Deadline: 2006 deadline has passed. Please check again soon.
The AICGS/DAAD fellowship is funded by a generous grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) and is designed to bring scholars and specialists working on Germany, Europe and/or transatlantic relations to AICGS for stays of one to three months. Fellows work on topics that address one or more of the Institute's research emphases in 2002: transatlantic economic relations; enlargement of the European Union; security issues linking the United States, Germany and Russia; the evolutuion of the "New Economy" in the United States and Germany; migration policy; and cultural or value conflicts between America and Germany/Europe.

Environmental Public Policy & Conflict Resolution Ph.D. Fellowship
The Udall Foundation
Deadline: February
The Udall Foundation awards two one-year fellowships of up to $24,000 to doctoral candidates whose research concerns environmental public policy and/or environmental conflict resolution and who are entering their final year of writing the dissertation. Dissertation Fellowships are intended to cover both academic and living expenses from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
Dissertation fellowships are open to scholars in all fields of study whose dissertation topic has significant relevance to national environmental public policy and/or environmental conflict resolution. Previous fellows' fields of study include political science; economics; government; environmental science, policy and management; ecology; environmental justice; regional planning; geography; natural resource policy; and environmental analysis and design.

Federal-State Relations Fellowship
Washington D. C.
The California Institute for Federal Policy Research is a non-profit, bipartisan organization established in 1991 by the California Congressional Delegation. The Institute studies issues affecting California and advocates positions that will benefit the state.
Since 1992, the California State University and CSUS have funded the Federal-State Relations Fellowship. Administered by the Center, the 10-month paid fellowship allows a fellow to work in the Washington, D.C., offices of the institute. Applications are limited to current Assembly, Executive and Judicial Administration Fellows and Senate Associates.

Fellowships for the Advocacy for the Equality of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered People
Hofstra University School of Law
Post grad

Deadline: February
Each year, Hofstra Law School selects up to three (3) fellows from among students admitted to the entering J.D. class. Fellowships are awarded to students who have demonstrated a commitment to and intend to pursue careers advocating on behalf of the LGBT community. The fellowship is open to persons of all sexual orientations in recognition of the diversity of individuals who may ally themselves with sexual equality, and to underscore the importance of alliances between the LGBT community and the community at large. Scholarship awards include a maximum $20,000 tuition fellowship each year over three years of law school and up to two $5,000 summer stipends to support a summer externship related to LGBT advocacy.

Harry S. Truman Graduate Scholarship

The Truman Scholarship provides up to $30,000 in funding to students pursuing graduate degrees in public service fields. Students must be college juniors at the time of selection. The Foundation also provides assistance with career counseling, internship placement, graduate school admissions, and professional development. Scholars are invited to participate in a number of programs: Truman Scholar Leadership Week, The Summer Institute, The Truman Fellows Program, and the Public Service Law Conference.

Haywood Burns Fellows in Civil Rights and Human Rights
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Each year, up to 10 entering students will be awarded a scholarship equal to the full cost of in-state tuition and a stipend of $10,000 in return for work as faculty research assistants in the field of civil of human rights.

James Madison Graduate Fellowship
Deadline: March 5 annually
The fellowships are intended exclusively for graduate study leading to a master’s degree. James Madison Fellows may attend any accredited institution of higher education in the United States. Each individual entering the James Madison Fellowship Program will be expected to pursue and complete a master’s degree in one of the following (listed in order of the Foundation's preference):
Master of Arts (MA) in American history or in political science (also referred to as "government and politics" or as "government");
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) concentrating on either American Constitutional history (in a history department) or American government, political institutions, and political theory (in a political science department);
Master of Education (MEd) or the Master of Arts or Master of Science in Education with a concentration in American history or American government, political institutions, and political theory.

James Madison Junior Fellowships
Deadline: March 1 annually
The Foundation is seeking applicants with a demonstrated commitment to a career in teaching American history, government, or social studies at the secondary level who are about to complete or have completed their undergraduate course of study and intend to pursue full-time graduate work.

John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships
California Sea Grant National
Deadline: early-mid March
The Knauss fellowship, established in 1979, provides a unique educational experience to students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources. The program matches highly qualified graduate students with "hosts" in the legislative and executive branch of government located in the Washington, D.C. area, for a one year paid fellowship. The program is named in honor of one of Sea Grant's founders, former NOAA Administrator, John A. Knauss.

Kate Sherman Fellowship Program
20/20 Vision
The goal of the fellowship is to provide an educational, challenging and productive experience in public policy work on a wide range of peace and environmental issues, and to learn first-hand the workings of an effective non-profit organization.

Law Fellows Program
Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad/post grad
UCLA School of Law Academic Outreach Resource Center launched the Law Fellows Program in 1997. This program is designed to encourage and prepare high-potential undergraduate and graduated students for a career in law, increase the small number of under-represented law school applicants with highly competitive academic credentials, and demystify the law school experience.

The Mariam K. Chamberlain Fellowship in Women & Public Policy
Washington D. C.
Deadline: February
Post grad
The Mariam K. Chamberlain Fellow works as a general research assistant on a variety of research projects and reports. Research tasks may include reviewing literature; collecting, checking and analyzing data; gathering information; and preparing reports and report graphics. Attending relevant Congressional briefings, policy seminars and meetings is also an integral part of the fellowship program. Applicants should have at least a bachelor's degree in a social science discipline, statistics, or women's studies. Graduate work is not required. Applicants should have strong quantitative and library research skills and knowledge of women's issues; familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel is required. Knowledge of STATA, SPSS, SAS, and graphics software a plus.

Minority Fellows Program
American Political Science Association
Post grad
Deadline: November
The APSA Minority Fellows Program, which was established in 1969 as an effort to increase the number of minority scholars in the discipline, has designated more than 300 fellows and contributed to the successful completion of doctoral political science programs for over 70 individuals. This year, the Association has refocused and increased its efforts to assist minority students in completing their doctorates by concentrating not only on the recruitment of minorities, but also on the retention of these groups within the profession.
The Minority Fellows Program designates six stipend minority fellows each year. Additional applicants who do not receive funds from the Association may also be recognized and recommended for admission and financial support to graduate political science programs. Fellows with stipends receive a $4,000 fellowship that is disbursed in two $2,000 payments--one at the end of their first graduate year and one at the end of their second--provided that they remain in good academic standing. Awards are based on students' undergraduate course work, GPA, extracurricular activities, GRE scores, and recommendations from faculty.

The NALEO Ford Motor Company Fellows Program

National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund

Undergrad/Post Grad

Deadline: 2006 deadline has passed, please check again soon.

Each year, the NALEO Educational Fund, in collaboration with Ford Motor Company, offers up to eight Latino university/college students the opportunity to gain hands-on legislative experience while in the office of an elected or appointed official in addition to providing leadership, professional and diversity training opportunities.
The NALEO Ford Motor Company Fellows Program (click here for program application) is open to rising and current seniors, recent graduates and graduate students, who are residents of (but need not attend college) in the following areas: California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Puerto Rico, Texas, and the Northeast. An additional candidate will be selected from a national pool of applicants. Selected participants will take part in the NALEO 23rd Annual Conference in Dallas, Texas, where they will have the opportunity to meet and network with elected and appointed officials from across the country. Following the NALEO Conference, participants will travel to Washington, D.C., to begin a five-week placement in the office of a Member of Congress or federal department.

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Department of Defense
Deadline: January
The Department of Defense (DoD) is committed to increasing the number and quality of our nation's scientists and engineers. Toward that end, the DoD annually supports approximately 8,000 graduate students in fields important to national defense needs.
The DoD supports graduate students in a number of ways. First and foremost is the support of thousands of graduate students who are members of research teams funded through DoD contracts and grants. The students, selected by the research faculty, engage in fundamental studies under the leadership of a senior researcher and commensurately earn advanced degrees. Usually, these students are supported wholly by the DoD grant or contract.

Polanco Fellows Program
California Latino Caucus Institute- Sacramento, CA
Post grad
The ideal candidate has the drive to become a political and social change agent in the public or private sector. As future leaders, Fellows are expected to create change in their desired fields of interest. The leadership development program provides training in public policy, leadership, strategic management, race, and class and gender issues. The program includes a graduate seminar component offered through the Center for California Studies at the California State University, Sacramento.

Public Policy and International Fellowship
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Summer Internship Program
Deadline: Early Spring (check website)
Post grad
Every year, the nine-month Fellowship Program (late August to late May) offers up to 20 talented Latinos from across the country the opportunity to gain hands-on experience at the national level in the public policy area of their choice with the General Public Policy Fellowship. Fellows have the opportunity to work in such areas as international affairs, economic development, education policy, housing, or local government. CHCI also aims to develop leaders in areas of health and corporate America with the Sodexho, Inc. Public Health Fellowship and the Corporate Fellowship (placement must be in a public affairs office of a corporation).

Sibley Fellowship in French Studies
Phi Beta Kappa
Deadline: January
The annual Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship is awarded alternately in the fields of Greek and French. The award may be used for the study of Greek language, literature, history or archaeology, or the study of French language or literature.

The fellowship has a stipend of $20,000. The stipend will be paid in two installments, the first on July 1 of the award year and the second on the next January 1, unless the Fellowship Committee orders the stipend withheld because the fellow has disregarded the purpose of the award as stated by the donor.

Candidates must be unmarried women 25 to 35 years of age who have demonstrated their ability to carry on original research. They must hold a doctorate or have fulfilled all the requirements for a doctorate except the dissertation, and they must be planning to devote full-time work to research during the fellowship year. The award is not restricted to members of Phi Beta Kappa or to U.S. citizens.

Periodic progress reports from the fellow will be welcomed, and it is the hope of the Fellowship Committee that the results of the year of research will be printed in some form.

Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Deadline: February
The fellowship award includes tuition, room, board, and mandatory fees during the junior and senior years of college and during the first year of graduate study with reimbursement for books and one round-trip travel. The Fellow must commit to pursuing a graduate degree in international studies at one of the graduate schools identified by the WWNFF. Participating graduate schools provide financial support in the second year of graduate study based on need. Fellows meet annually in Washington, DC for a program orientation.

Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Deadline: February
The Graduate FAF Program provides fellowship funding to participants as they are prepared academically and professionally to enter the United States Department of State Foreign Service. Women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need are encouraged to apply.

White House Fellows
White House
Deadline: February
Founded in 1964, the White House Fellows program is America's most prestigious program for leadership and public service. White House Fellowships offer exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government.
White House Fellows typically spend a year working as full-time, paid special assistants to senior White House Staff, the Vice President, Cabinet Secretaries and other top-ranking government officials. Fellows also participate in an education program consisting of roundtable discussions with renowned leaders from the private and public sectors, and trips to study U.S. policy in action both domestically and internationally. Fellowships are awarded on a strictly non-partisan basis.

Villers Fellowship
Families USA
Deadline: February
Post Grad preferred
The Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice was created in 2005 by Philippe Villers, Founder and President of Families USA, to inspire and develop the next generation of health care justice leaders.

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