Design-Your-Own Fellowship

Through the Design-Your-Own Fellowship program, Equal Justice Works seeks to create opportunities for lawyers to transform their passion for equal justice into a lifelong commitment to public service. Equal Justice Works Fellows work to ensure equal access to justice and address unmet legal needs among underserved populations across the country.

We are committed to elevating the diverse experiences, backgrounds, and skills of those committed to public interest careers: Equal Justice Works values program participants who are diverse in many respects and, in this diversity, can understand and empower the communities with whom and where they work in new ways.

The 2025 Design-Your-Own Fellowship application is now open! Apply by 11:59 p.m. ET/8:59 p.m. PT on September 10, 2024.

Fellowship Overview & Benefits

• Forge your own path by designing a project that addresses an issue and community you care most passionately about serving
• Partner with the organization of your choice to propose an innovative legal project
• Two-year Fellowship term
• Up to $63,500 in salary support provided to the host organization each year (salary determined jointly between host organization and Fellow and to be no less than that of a similarly qualified and experienced lawyer at the organization)
• Health insurance, fringe benefits, and up to $5,000 in loan repayment assistance
• Each fall, join all current Equal Justice Works Fellows in Washington, D.C. for the Leadership Development Training, a training and networking event

2025 applications now open!

Apply by September 10, 2024