2014-2015 Fellowship in Nonprofit Law - National Center On Philanthropy & The Law

2014-2015 Fellowship in Nonprofit Law


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

Job Description
The NCPL Fellowship permits one Fellow each year to spend one year in residence at the New York University Office of the General Counsel, working closely with the General Counsel of NYU, and the office staff of eleven attorneys on legal issues facing the University.

The NCPL Fellow will delve into an unusually wide variety of legal and organizational issues and will participate in the legal work conducted by the Office of the General Counsel, including conducting factual and legal research, drafting litigation papers, transactional and policy documents, and correspondence, and participating in the lawyering enterprises of the University.

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

Qualifications
Fellows must be 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 year's 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
New York University School of Law
139 MacDougal Street, 1st Floor
New York, NY 10012