Legal Services Clinic Fellowship
The Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services provides an opportunity for School of Law graduates to further careers in public service by serving as postgraduate fellows. Fellows work as staff attorneys and supervise student work in collaboration with the faculty and staff of the center.
The fellowship positions are designed for recent graduates of the University of St. Thomas School of Law who have shown a demonstrated commitment to public service and social justice.
University of St. Thomas Law graduates who are awarded fellowships will have an opportunity to gain significant legal practice experience, develop ties to other public interest lawyers and organizations serving the Twin Cities, and assist in the supervision of law students participating in the Legal Services Clinic. Fellowship recipients are expected to work closely with faculty and students in all three practice areas. Fellowship applicants must be eligible to practice law in the state of Minnesota and are expected to sit for the July bar exam following acceptance into the program.
Appointments are for one year, with the expectation that appointments will be renewed for a second and third year. Successful candidates should have previous experience in public interest law, strong communication and interpersonal skills, and excellent oral advocacy and writing skills. Prior participation in the Interprofessional Center is not required. Fellows will receive a salary competitive with entry level legal aid attorneys in Minnesota and an excellent benefits package. In addition, clinical law fellows receive substantial loan repayment assistance. The University of St. Thomas Loan Repayment Assistance Program provides assistance to clinical law fellows for the term of their fellowship. The LRAP of the School of Law will provide up to $8,000 in annual assistance. For more information, please visit the LRAP of Minnesota website.
The Legal Services Clinic wishes to announce that we will not be hiring a new clinical law fellow for the 2008-2009 academic year. As many of you are aware, we typically hire a new fellow each year, as our most experienced third year fellow, departs. During the 2008-2009 summer and academic year, Professor Wiebe will be leading the Rome summer program and also anticipates being on sabbatical for the fall semester. As such, we will not be hiring a fellow this year for the Immigration Law Practice Group.
It is anticipated that we will be hiring two clinical law fellows in the spring of 2009, to begin July 1, 2009 (one for the Immigration Law Practice Group and one for the Community Justice Project). If you are interested in the clinical law fellow positions, please watch for an announcement regarding the hiring process sometime early in 2009. Please remember that the clinical law fellow is open to current and recent graduates of UST law, you may apply for the position even after graduating from law school.
