Women's Law & Public Policy Fellowship Program
Each year the Women's Law & Public Policy Fellowship Program (WLPPFP) at the Georgetown University Law Center offers Fellowship positions providing educational and professional development opportunities for attorneys who are dedicated to using their legal talents to advance women's rights.
We offer two types of Fellowships. One is our WLPPFP Fellowship, which is a 12-month work experience, where Fellows from the United States work on women’s legal issues with a public interest organization, or as a two-year clinical teaching fellow at Georgetown Law. The application for the 2025-2026 fellowship year is now available! WLPPFP-Application-Form-2025-2026 The application is due on Friday, November 15th, 11:59pm Eastern time.
The other is our Leadership & Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship, where women’s rights lawyers from Africa earn a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Georgetown Law focusing on international women’s human rights, and then participate in a post-graduation summer legal internship experience before returning home to continue advancing women’s rights in their own countries. The application for the 2025-2026 fellowship will be available in October 2024 and due in January 2025, but you can find an example of the old application here: LAWA Application 2024-2025 updated.
Although each Fellowship experience is unique, all of our Fellows learn together about substantive women’s rights issues, explore a multitude of career paths through which they can advocate for women’s equality, and develop their legal skills through seminars, trainings, networking events, and other activities provided by WLPPFP.