Summer Funding: Summer Corps Info from Equal Justice Works (Application Deadline 4/5/11)
Our friends at Equal Justice Works have shared the following:
Summer Corps is an AmeriCorps-funded program that in 2011 will provide 700 law students with the opportunity to earn a $1,132 education award voucher for dedicating their summer to a qualifying legal project at a nonprofit public interest organization.
The Equal Justice Works Summer Corps program provides law students with the opportunity to dedicate their summer to a legal project at a qualifying nonprofit public interest organization. Summer Corps members expand the delivery of critically needed legal assistance in low-income and underserved communities across the country on a broad range of issue areas.
Summer Corps members:
- Gain first-hand experience and legal skills in areas such as client intake, representation, and legal research and writing;
- Earn a $1,132 AmeriCorps education award upon completion of 300 hours of service that can be used to pay current educational expenses or qualified student loans;
- Have access to the Equal Justice Works network of alumni, experience and expertise as the nation’s largest provider of public interest opportunities for law students and attorneys;
- Become an official member of AmeriCorps, one of the largest national service networks in U.S. history.
Please visit http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/law-school/summercorps for information how to apply. The application will only be available on the website from March 16 – April 5, 2011. Questions? Email Summercorps@equaljusticeworks.org
