Benefits

Funding

The Blume Scholarship covers the full tuition for each scholar’s participation in the J.D. program.

Mentorship & Networking

Scholars receive academic advice and support from a faculty advisor from Georgetown, as well as professional support from a practicing public interest attorney mentor. Prominent faculty members regularly faculty advisors to Blume scholars. Mentors and advisors are assigned with Blume scholars’ preferences and practice area interests in mind.

A sampling of faculty advisors includes:

Abbe Smith	Andy Schoenholtz	David Cole	Deborah Epstein	Julie O’Sullivan	Paul Butler	Sheryll Cashin
Allegra McLeod	Anne Fleming	David Koplow	Eloise Pasachoff	Larry Gostin	Peter Byrne	Vida Johnson
Amanda Levendowski	Brian Wolfman	David Super	Janel George	Mary DeRosa	Phil Schrag

Finally, first-year scholars are paired with second-year and third-year students who support new Blumes in their transition into law school. Many scholars find friendship and community within the program that continues throughout life after graduation.

All scholars are automatically enrolled in the Public Interest Corps program, an on-campus community with a focused public interest support run by student leaders and the Office of Public Interest and Community Service.

Events

Throughout the year, scholars participate in a number of personally and professionally enriching events. For example, several professors have hosted first year cohorts at their homes for informal meals. Students are also invited to meals with speakers including Blume Leaders in Residence. Past speakers have included U.S. Senator, Tim Kaine; Legal Director of the ACLU, David Cole; Congressman Jamie Raskin, and Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Janai Nelson, to name a few. Additionally, Blume alumni R. Daniel Okonkwo (‘05), Whiquitta “Kee” Tobar (‘15), Adina Appelbaum (‘15) Elizabeth Keyes (‘04), and Gretchen Rohr (‘03) have all returned to Georgetown to speak to current scholars.