Summer Fellowships

In addition to the Public Service Summer Grant (a.k.a. Guaranteed Summer Funding)  – which all students are strongly encouraged to apply for, if eligible – Georgetown also administers several donor-funded summer fellowships, which provide supplemental or higher-level funding for students doing various types of public interest or otherwise qualifying work. With the exception of the Squire Patton Boggs Foundation Sustained Impact Fellowships, all fellowships require students to have already secured a qualifying summer internship before applying.

Summer 2025 fellowship applications will be posted below and in Symplicity throughout the academic year as they become available (usually in early spring). Students who are selected for a fellowship can only accept/receive one Georgetown-administered summer fellowship per summer.

(Interested in finding other summer funding opportunities outside of those administered by Georgetown Law? Various bar associations and other funders offer funding to support students with public interest summer internships. See PSJD’s summer funding page as well as this non-exhaustive list of external summer funding sources)

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Marilyn Tucker International Summer Fellowship

The Marilyn Tucker International Summer Fellowship will provide two awards of $3,000 to Georgetown Law J.D. (1L, 1E/J, 2E/J, 2L, 3E/J) students who are interning abroad over the summer. Students engaging in both public and private sector activity are eligible. Fellowship funds may be combined with Georgetown’s Public Service Summer Grant.

Apply in Symplicity by April 2, 2025.

 

Primes Public Service Summer Fellowship

The Primes Public Service Summer Fellowship Program will provide $2,000 in supplemental summer funding to two Georgetown J.D. (1L, 1E/J, 2E/J, 2L, 3E/J) students exploring careers in public service who will spend their summer interning with the NAACP or a US-based local, state, or federal government office (excluding judicial internships) and who have demonstrated a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at Georgetown Law or elsewhere. The Primes Fellowship is a supplement to Georgetown’s Public Service Summer Grant.

Apply in Symplicity by April 23, 2025.

 

Squire Patton Boggs Foundation Sustained Impact Fellowships

The Squire Patton Boggs Foundation has several Sustained Impact Fellowship Programs. If selected, students will be awarded a fellowship of $5,500 from the Foundation and placed with a participating host organization. This fellowship is available to 1L, 1E/J, 2E/J, 2L, and 3E/J students. The $5,500 fellowship award may be combined with Georgetown Law’s Public Service Summer Grant at the $3,250 level (i.e., if selected, the fellow would receive the 1L/1E/2E Georgetown grant amount of $3,250, regardless of class year).

Human Rights: The Squire Patton Boggs Foundation provides two human rights fellowships – the Joe Brand Human Rights Fellowship with Human Rights First, and a Sustained Impact Fellowship with Human Rights Watch.

Racial Justice: The Squire Patton Boggs Foundation provides two Sustained Impact Fellowships focusing on racial justice. The host organizations are the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Washington, DC (working on voting rights) and Lone Star Justice Alliance in Dallas and Austin, TX (working on juvenile justice in minority communities).

Veterans Justice: The Squire Patton Boggs Foundation provides one veterans justice fellowship focusing on advocacy to support veterans and their families. The host organization is Swords to Plowshares in  San Francisco, CA.

Note: For the Sustained Impact Fellowship Program, students are applying to be Georgetown’s nominee for a fellowship. The Squire Patton Boggs Foundation then selects finalists from the pool of nominees put forth by a number of participating law schools.

The deadline for this fellowship for Summer 2025 has passed.

Squire Patton Boggs Foundation Public Policy Fellowship

The Squire Patton Boggs Foundation Public Policy Summer Fellowship Program will award a fellowship of $5,500 to one Georgetown Law 1L, 1E/J, 2E/J, 2L, or 3E/J student with a summer public policy internship at a nonprofit or government organization. Internships may be located in the U.S or abroad. The $5,500 fellowship award may be combined with Georgetown Law’s Public Service Summer Grant at the $3,250 level (i.e., if selected, the fellow would receive the 1L/1E/2E Georgetown grant amount of $3,250, regardless of class year).

The deadline for this fellowship for Summer 2025 has passed.

 

John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship sponsored by Arnold & Porter

The John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship program sponsored by Arnold & Porter will award three fellowships of $2,500 to Georgetown Law 1L, 1E/J, or 2E/J students working an unpaid internship at a not-for-profit organization or government entity. Internships must be located in the United States. The Fellowship Program reflects Justice Stevens’ deep belief that a dynamic and effective justice system depends on a cadre of trained and committed lawyers committed to public interest work. The fellowship is a supplement to Georgetown’s Public Service Summer Grant.

The deadline for this fellowship for Summer 2025 has passed.

 

Georgetown Gideon Summer Fellowship 

The Georgetown Gideon Summer Fellowship Program will provide two fellowship awards of $7500 to Georgetown Law 2L or 3E/J students with a summer internship at a U.S. public defender office. Internships must be located in the United States. Fellowship recipients cannot also receive the Public Service Summer Grant.

The deadline for this fellowship for Summer 2025 has passed.

 

Denny Center for Democratic Capitalism Summer Fellowship

The Denny Center for Democratic Capitalism Summer Fellowship Program will provide three awards of
$3,000 to Georgetown Law (1L, 1E/J, 2E/J, 2L, 3E/J) JD students working at unpaid or low-paid summer internships at a nonprofit organization or government entity. Internships must be located in the United States. The Fellowship is provided by the Denny Center for Democratic Capitalism, whose mission is to reconcile the benefits of free market capitalism with the values and expectations of a democratic society. The Denny Center Fellowship is a supplement to Georgetown’s Public Service Summer Grant.

The deadline for this fellowship for Summer 2025 has passed.

 

Professor Anne Fleming Legal Services Summer Fellowship

The Professor Anne Fleming Legal Services Summer Fellowship Program will provide two awards of $2,500 to Georgetown Law J.D. (1L, 1E/J, 2E/J, 2L, 3E/J) students working at unpaid internships at not-for-profit organizations or government entities. Internships must be located in the United States. The Fellowship is provided in memory of Georgetown Law Professor Anne Fleming, a groundbreaking legal scholar, whose research areas included contract law, commercial law, consumer finance, and the relationship between law and poverty, and who began her career as a legal services attorney. The Fleming Fellowship is a supplement to Georgetown’s Public Service Summer Grant.

The deadline for this fellowship for Summer 2025 has passed.