Summer Public Interest Fellowship Program

UHLC has a long history of subsidizing student summer work for local non-profit employers. This highly competitive program was greatly expanded in 1999 with a generous grant from the Houston Endowment. With their support UHLC was able to quadruple the number of annual fellowships and add government employers as a placement option. The public interest fellowships, are currently funded through the UH Law Foundation. Since 1999, the Law Center has financed between 20 and 30 fellowships each year.

The fellowship requires the student work full time for a public interest or governmental agency for a minimum of five and a maximum of ten weeks. Students are responsible for choosing the agency, arranging their placement, and submitting all required applications and forms by an early spring deadline. The Public Interest Law Program assembles a board comprised of public interest attorneys and faculty to review and select the most qualified fellowship candidates.

The fellowship application is available at the right. Students are urged to begin the application process immediately in order to have ample time to apply and arrange their placement.

Please direct questions to Rhonda Beassie.