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	Summer 2009 Funding Sources to Supplement a Volunteer Internship (Summer 2010 information is updated as it becomes available) ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty/John J. Curtin, Jr. Legal Internship Work for a nonprofit organization that provides legal aid to homeless and indigent people. $2,500 stipend Application deadline: Last year's deadline: March 23, 2009 Arthur C. Helton Fellowship Program, American Society for International Law Pursue field work or research on issue involving international law and human rights $1,000 microgrant Application deadline: February 12, 2010 Asian American Law Fund of New York Work for a nonprofit organization that serves New York's Asian American community $3,500 stipend Application deadline: Rolling Basis Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund (AEF) - Washington, DC Work with public interest organization that benefits either the Asian Pacific American community or the metropolitan Washington, D.C. community-at-large $2,500 stipend Application deadline: April 30, 2010 Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Summer Fellowship Supports law students working for a nationwide child advocacy/child welfare organization. $500 stipend to attend intensive child welfare law training at the University of Michigan; limited additional stipend for selected interns. Application deadline: Last year's deadline: February 1, 2009 Equal Justice America Legal Service Fellowships Work for a nonprofit organization which providing direct legal representation Up to $4,000 stipend Application deadline: Last year's deadline: March 23, 2009 Equal Justice Works (EJW) Summer Corps Grant Students working for a nonprofit organization are eligible to apply $1,000 education award voucher Application deadline: The 2010 Summer Corps application will be available until April 1 on the EJW website. Federal Communications Bar Association Foundation/ Robert E. Lee Scholarship and Internship Fund Work with the FCC or other government agencies or entities with jurisdiction over the communications industry $5,000 stipend Application deadline: Last year's deadline: March 6, 2009 Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia Offers two stipends for a DC area law student to Work for a nonprofit legal services organization in DC $5000 stipend Application deadline: TBA (last year's deadline was April) Howrey Helps (1L only) Two stipends for DC area law students to work for a DC based public interest agency. One stipend for a DC area law student to work at the Archdiocesan Legal Network in DC. $5,000 stipend Application deadline not yet posted for Summer 2010 J.W. Saxe Memorial Fund Offers a summer stipend to one or more college or university students involved in public service. $2,000 stipend Application deadline: March 15, 2010 Massachusetts Bar Foundation Work for a nonprofit legal services organization in Massachusetts $6,000 stipend Application deadline: March 12, 2010 North American South Asian Law Students Assocation/North American South Asian Bar Association Offers public interest summer fellowship to law students working in public interest organizations serving the needs of the South Asian American Community Application deadline not yet posted for Summer 2010 Pennsylvania Legal Services Martin Luther King Internship Program Work at a public interest legal service organization in Pennsylvania 10 stipends available. Amount not yet announced for 2008. Application deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Pride Law Fund Summer Fellowship Several fellowships awarded to work in different areas of LGBT rights $2,500 stipend Application deadline not yet posted for Summer 2010 QLaw Summer Public Interest Grant Program Internships serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ("LGBT") community or people with HIV/AIDS $500 per week for up to 10 weeks Application deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties, The Nation Institute Work in the area of civil liberties or civil rights (1L only) $1,000 stipend Application deadline: May 1, 2010 South Asian Bar Association of New York Public Interest Fellowship Work at a public interest organization in New York state Up to $4,000 Application deadline TBA South Asian Bar Association of Washington D.C. Public Interest Fellowship Work at a public interest organization in the metropolitan D.C. area $2,000 stipend Application deadline Last year's deadline: May 8, 2009 Williams Institute Summer Fellowships, including the Gleason/Kettel Law Fellowships Work in the area of sexual orientation law and public policy $5,000 stipend Application deadline not yet posted for Summer 2010 WLALA Fran Kandel Public Interest Grant, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles Projects that make government and social services agencies more accessible and responsive to individuals or groups whose needs are not adequately met in Southern California Up to $5,000 stipend Application deadline: Last year's deadline: March 13, 2009 Revised Nov. 9, 2009 (AP)