Fellowships enable outstanding
individuals to combine advanced study with practical training
or teaching experience in areas as diverse as taxation, employee
benefits law,and law teaching. Fellows work closely with mentors
to master skills and theory at a level designed to produce
leaders in legal practice and academia.
This page provides information about
the following fellowship/scholarship programs:
The Law Center also offers numerous graduate fellowships
associated with the Law Center's clinical programs. These
fellowships provide the opportunity to combine study with
practice in the fields of clinical legal education and public
interest advocacy. Applications for each clinical teaching
fellowship must be sent directly to the director of the clinic
in which the fellowship is sought and not to the Office of
Admissions. For more information on the clinical teaching
fellowships, including details regarding the application process,
please view the clinical
programs web site.
Each year the Law Center designates up to ten incoming Tax LL.M. students as Graduate Tax Scholars based on their demonstrated interest in tax policy and their potential to excel in tax scholarship. All Scholars receive full or partial tuition awards and participate in an enrichment program with leading tax practitioners and government officials. The number and size of scholarships awarded each year depends on applicants’ prior academic achievements.
Scholars generally are not permitted to accept paid employment outside the Law Center during the academic year; questions about, or requests for exception from, this policy should be directed to the Director of the Graduate Tax Program. Scholars are free to apply for an academic externship (which involves academic credit rather than compensation) through the Law Center’s Spring academic externship program, although they must first consult with the Director of the Graduate Tax Program. In addition, Tax Scholars must complete a 2-credit Graduate Independent Research Project or a 25-page paper in a regular seminar course.
These Scholarships are limited to applicants who will be matriculating as full-time students. Applications to the Graduate Tax Scholars Program will be considered on a rolling basis, but applicants who wish to be considered for the scholarship must complete the LL.M. application by February 16 at the latest.
Please indicate your interest in applying to the program on your application form, and submit a supplemental essay of no more than 500 words on an issue of tax or policy that is of interest to you. Feel free to include any other information which you feel is relevant in assessing your application.
The Global Health Law Program offers up to five prestigious Global Health Law Fellowships per academic year. Global Health Law Fellows, in addition to the title, will receive full or partial tuition awards. These awards may be sponsored by Georgetown Law and/or major outside organizations in law and health, and may be coupled with internship opportunities. Applicants will be selected by a committee on the basis of their (1) academic qualifications in the fields of law/ethics and public health, health policy, health economics, bioethics, or other relevant disciplines; (2) public or private sector work experience on global or domestic health law issues; and (3) demonstrated potential for excellence within the field of global health law. Students' financial needs may also be considered.
To apply for the Global Health Law Fellowship program, please submit a completed Georgetown University Law Center LL.M application to the Global Health Law program (including all required supplementary materials) and indicate your interest in the Global Health Law Fellowship program on your application form. In addition to your application materials, please provide a speciific supplemental essay of no more than 500 words, briefly discussing an issue of health law or policy that is of interest to you. Applications for the fellowships will be considered on a rolling basis, but applicants who wish to be considered for the fellowship must complete their LL.M. application by February 16 at the latest.
Georgetown University Law Center and the Council on State
Taxation (COST) invite applications for the 2009 Fellowships
in State and Local Taxation. The students chosen for the Fellowships
will receive a $7,500 stipend and an internship at COST in
Washington, D.C. Please note that the COST Fellowship
may affect financial aid packages. Preference is given to
full-time LL.M. (Taxation) students.
COST was formed in 1969 by a handful of companies under the
aegis of the Council of State Chambers of Commerce, an organization
with which COST remains associated. Today, COST
membership has grown to approximately 575 multistate corporations
engaged in interstate and international business. The objective
of COST is to preserve and promote equitable and nondiscriminatory
state and local taxation of multi-jurisdictional business
entities.
The Fellows will enroll as students in the Georgetown LL.M.
program in Taxation and will commit to an internship with
COST for approximately ten hours per week during the school
year. COST's office is located approximately four blocks from
the Law Center. COST Fellows are exposed to state and local
taxation communications with the membership, contribute in
the preparation of amicus briefs at the U.S. Supreme Court
and state supreme courts, assist with planning for educational
conferences and schools, and analyze state legislation.
As a condition of the Fellowship, a COST Fellow must complete
the State and Local Taxation course and the Graduate Honors Seminar entitled Selected Topics in State and Local Taxation.
To apply for a COST Fellowship, please submit a completed Georgetown University Law Center LL.M application to the Taxation program (including all required supplementary materials) and indicate your interest in the COST fellowship on your application form. An unedited, unpublished, and analytical writing sample of at least 10 pages in length must be submitted to the Graduate Admissions Office by July 1, 2009. Program applicants may be interviewed and participants selected at the beginning of the fall semester.
If you have any questions about COST, please visit the organization's website at www.statetax.org or contact:
Mr. Douglas Lindholm
Executive Director, COST
(202) 484-5222
Law teaching has always been one of the most challenging
and highly sought after careers in the legal profession. The
traditional routes for entry into law teaching have been available
only to a select number of graduates. In 1989 Georgetown University
Law Center created a graduate fellowship to expand the avenues
available to talented law school graduates who aspire to become
law professors. We hope to attract candidates who can bring
a variety of perspectives to the development of legal scholarship
and increase the diversity of the law teaching profession.
Foreign-trained lawyers are not eligible to apply to the Future
Law Professors Program.
We are seeking applicants
who have demonstrated an outstanding aptitude for independent
legal research, through prior research as a law student or
legal experience after law school. Applicants must hold a
JD degree from an ABA accredited law school. We expect that
candidates will have widely varied intellectual interests,
and may wish to pursue research ranging across the full spectrum
of legal theory.
Candidates who complete a substantial scholarly publication
while in residence at the Law Center will be eligible for
the LL.M. degree. The program lasts approximately 18 months,
during which time the Law Teaching Fellow works closely with
a single faculty mentor in order to observe and participate
in teaching, as well as complete a publishable scholarly piece.
The Georgetown graduate program for future law teachers is
flexible to take advantage of each candidate's individual
strengths. The unique features of this graduate program include
opportunities to:
- Work with a single faculty mentor.
- Identify an area of scholarly interest and expertise,
providing a head start in the single most difficult task
for any new law teacher.
- Watch faculty mentors teach and discuss teaching techniques
with them.
- With faculty mentor approval, engage in actual classroom
teaching.
- Participate in a rich mixture of scholarly symposia,
lectures, and brown bag seminars for Georgetown faculty.
- Complete a published piece of research before entering
the job market.
- Obtain faculty recommendations for law teaching jobs
that utilize the existing academic network.
For the program academic calendar, Law Teaching Fellows may
choose either of two options:
- January of one year until June of the next in residence,
or
- August of one year until December of the next in residence.
This calendar will permit candidates to complete at least
six months of research and writing before the beginning of
the law school hiring season from October to February. In
addition, 18 months is a realistic period of time to complete
a substantial piece of published scholarship. Candidates entering
the program after law practice or a judicial clerkship will
have a choice of entry dates to ease their transition.
The Fellowship offers a tuition waiver, eligibility for staff
health insurance, and a stipend of approximately $75,000 over
the 18 month period.
To apply, submit a completed Georgetown University Law Center LL.M. application, indicating that you are applying to the Future Law Professors Program. Please include a detailed research proposal 10-15 pages in length and an additional short statement indicating your primary field of interest in teaching; whether you would prefer to matriculate in the fall term (spending from August 2009 until December 2010 in residence) or spring term (spending from January 2010-June 2011 in residence).
Applications to the Future Law Professors Program, along with the completed LL.M. application, should be submitted no later than January 15, 2009. Applications received after this date may not be considered.
In 1999, the Georgetown University Law Center launched the Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL), which is authorized to appoint a number of outstanding students, visiting scholars, or visiting researchers as International Economic Law Fellows (IIEL Fellows). The IIEL Fellows Program encourages scholarly research in the field of international economic law and creates a forum for discussion in these areas. One of the activities of the IIEL Fellows is a regular Luncheon Series, which meets weekly during each semester.
International economic law is extremely broad, covering subjects such as WTO law and policy, national implementation of international economic rules, labor standards, environmental concerns, the impact of globalization on societies, developing country and economic development questions, financial regulations and institutions, and human rights considerations relating to international economic regulation.
The selection of IIEL Fellows is based on academic merit and experience in issues related to IIEL's ongoing research. The IIEL Fellowship Selection Committee will make this selection. Fellows in this program receive no funding assistance. Both LL.M. and S.J.D. students are eligible for appointments as IIEL Fellows, and occasionally senior J.D. students that have background and experience in this area are appointed as well. Preference in selection will be given to full-time students.
To apply to the IIEL Fellows Program, you must submit a completed Georgetown University Law Center LL.M. or S.J.D. application (including all required supplementary materials) by February 16, 2009. In addition, please submit the following materials to the Institute of International Economic Law by February 16, 2009:
- Completed Georgetown University Law Center International Economic Law Fellowship Application form;
- Resume; and
- A detailed statement of no more than one page addressing
- Why you are interested in the IIEL Fellowship Program;
- What you might be able to contribute to IIEL;
- What your professional or career goals might be for the next five to ten years; and
- Anything else that you consider pertinent.
Georgetown Law awards up to five scholarships to foreign-educated lawyers who apply to the LL.M. program. To be eligible for consideration for a scholarship, applicants must submit a completed LL.M. application no later than the February 16, 2009 regular deadline (although awards my be made on a rolling basis). On the basis of students' LL.M. applications, Georgetown Law will select a group of applicants and invite them to apply for the scholarships.
