2014-15 Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship - National Center on Philanthropy & the Law

2014-15 Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship

New York University School of Law - National Center on Philanthropy & the Law (NCPL) 

Job Description
The Fellowship, which was originally funded by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, permits one Fellow each year to spend one year in residence at the Vera Institute of Justice in New York City, working closely with the General Counsel to Vera and her staff on legal issues faced by Vera. In addition, the Fellow will be deployed to Vera’s various projects and programs to address the legal, business, and organizational issues confronted by these projects and programs.

A Fellowship at Vera will provide a recent law school graduate with exposure to an unusually wide variety of legal and organizational issues encountered by nonprofit organizations. It also will provide the opportunity to identify an emerging or changing area of law with particular significance for nonprofits, and to explore that area in depth, examining it in the real-life context of a complex, legally sophisticated organization.

For more information, please visit http://www1.law.nyu.edu/ncpl/.

Qualifications
This year, one Fellowship will be awarded to a graduate of an accredited U.S. law school. Fellows are selected for their scholarship, leadership, and commitment to practicing in the field of nonprofit law. Fellows will be selected without regard to the applicant's race, color, religion, gender, political beliefs, national origin, disability, age, or sexual orientation.

Salary
Fellows are funded annually at a salary of $50,000 plus benefits.
Application Instructions: The selection process consists of a written application and interviews of final candidates. The timetable is as follows:

1. Application Deadline: December 6, 2013
2. Finalists Selected: December 2013
3. Interviews Conducted: January 2014
4. Fellow Commences Work: September 2014

Applicants must submit the following:

1. Fellowship Application (available on line at http://www1.law.nyu.edu/ncpl/)
2. Official Law School Transcript
3. Resume
4. Two Letters of Recommendation from any of the following: Law School Advisor, Law School Professor, or Former Employer

Fellowship deadlines are updated on a rolling basis.  If application deadline has passed, next deadline will be noted once available.  Alternatively, please contact organization directly for new application deadline information.

Contact Information:
Aden Munassar
Program Coordinator
Phone: 212-998-6168
Fax: 212-995-3149
ncpl.info@nyu.edu


National Center on Philanthropy and the Law
NYU School of Law
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