As part of our continuing mission, PLISF has compiled information to help students and recent graduates find scholarships, internships, post-graduate fellowships, and other resources for those interested in public interest work. These lists are in no way exhaustive, but we hope to provide a starting place for your research.

• General Resources
• Equal Justice Works
• Public Law Service Network

• Find a Scholarship
• Pitt Law Scholarship Opportunity Information
• Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship
• Judge John R. Brown Award for Exellence in Legal Writing
• PA Bar Foundation James W. Stoudt Memorial Scholarship
• PA Bar Foundation Patti Rose Scheimer Bednarik Memorial Scholarship
• Allegheny County Bar Association Oliver L. Johnson Scholarship
• Allegheny County Bar Foundation Scholarships
• PSJD Information on Summer Funding Opportunities

• Find an Internship
• Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN) Martin Luther King, Jr. Summer Internship Program
• Public Interest Legal Initiative Internship Program
• NAACP Summer Fellows Program
• The Constitution Project Public Interest Internship
• Center for Science in the Public Interest Internship
• Southern Poverty Law Center
• Abolitionist Law Center
• Legal Aid Centre of Eldoret, Kenya
(See Pitt Law's Center for International Legal Education for more information)
• Neighborhood Legal Services Association
• DOJ Internship Programs
• Women's Law Project
• Allegheny County Pro Bono Center
• Jewish Family and Children Services - Immigration Legal Services
• Equal Justice Initiative
• Education Law Center
• Brennan Center for Justice
• Pittsburgh Pro Bono Center
• Christian Legal Aid
• United Nations - Office of Legal Affairs
• PSJD Guide to Finding and Funding International Public Interest Opportunities
• KidsVoice

• Find a Fellowship
  • Northeastern Post-Graduate Public Interest Fellowship Handbook
  • PSJD Postgraduate Fellowship Finder
  • PSJD Fellowship Deadline Calendar
  • Public Interest Law Initiative Fellowships
  • Equal Justice Works/AmeriCorps Postgraduate Fellowships
  • Skadden Foundation for Public Interest Fellowships
  • Open Society Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships
  • Georgetown Law Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship
  • Presidential Management Fellows
  • DOJ Honors Program
  • American Society of International Law Helton Fellowship
  • Fairshake Environmental Legal Services
  • PLAN MLK Fellowship Program

• Law School Guides to Public Interest Careers
  • Harvard Law School's Private Public Interest & Plaintiff's Firm Guide
• Fordham Law School's Public Interest Handbook
• University of Michigan Law School Public Service JobNet

 

 

 

30th Annual PLISF Auction
February 18th, 2016
Doors open at 6:30
Barco Law Building
First Floor Lobby