{"id":4389,"date":"2017-07-05T11:45:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T15:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/?page_id=2280"},"modified":"2026-03-02T18:28:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:28:54","slug":"public-interest-funding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/your-life-career\/career-exploration-professional-development\/for-jd-students\/public-interest-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer and Post-Graduate Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Georgetown Summer Funding Programs<\/h2>\n<p>Georgetown offers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/your-life-career\/career-exploration-professional-development\/for-jd-students\/public-interest-funding\/guaranteed-summer-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">guaranteed summer funding<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a> for J.D. students engaged in public service summer activities in the form of Public Service Summer Grants of $3250 (for 1L, 1E\/J, 2E\/J students) or $5500 (for 2L, 3E\/J students). In addition, EJF Summer Augmenting Awards can be used to supplement the Grant. Georgetown also administers several donor-funded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/your-life-career\/career-exploration-professional-development\/for-jd-students\/public-interest-funding\/summer-fellowships\/\">summer fellowships<\/a>, and PSJD offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psjd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">additional funding resources<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a>\u00a0to explore.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Public Service Summer Grant is a Georgetown-sponsored grant. <\/span>As of April 1, 2022, the University\u2019s reinstated its standard\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalservices.georgetown.edu\/gps\/travelandsafety\/travelpolicy\/\">international travel policy<\/a>. Any student travel facilitated by the Law Center, including via funding, must comply with this policy. Students who are contemplating Law Center-supported travel to a destination currently considered an Elevated Risk Region must request advance permission from the Office of Transnational Programs. Please review the information on available on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/transnational-programs\/international-travel-policy\/student-travel-to-elevated-risk-regions\/\">Transnational Programs site<\/a>, which outlines the policy and approval request process.<\/p>\n<h2>Loan Repayment Assistance Programs<\/h2>\n<p>Georgetown&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/financial-aid\/types-of-financial-aid\/loan-repayment-assistance-program-2\/\">Loan Repayment Assistance Program<\/a> (LRAP) assists J.D. graduates in pursuing public interest careers. Graduates who qualify for LRAP benefits receive assistance with monthly student loan payments in the form of interest-free loans from Georgetown Law. To learn more about LRAP, additional federal loan repayment programs and other ways to afford a post-graduate career in public interest law, read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/your-life-career\/career-exploration-professional-development\/for-jd-students\/public-interest-funding\/loan-repayment-and-financing-a-public-interest-career\/\">Loan Repayment and Financing a Public Interest Career<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgetown Summer Funding Programs Georgetown offers\u00a0guaranteed summer funding(This link opens in a new tab) for J.D. students engaged in public service summer activities in the form of Public Service Summer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":161,"menu_order":66,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-4389","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/your-life-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/your-life-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/your-life-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/your-life-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/your-life-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4389"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/your-life-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34455,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/your-life-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4389\/revisions\/34455"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/your-life-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/your-life-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}