Law School Fellowship Program
The Law School Fellowship program aims to provide training and support to Black law students who are passionate about serving their communities through a career in public defense.
About the Fellowship
One of BPDA Law School Engagement Committee’s central goals is to provide resources that ensure that Black law students are able to access and succeed in public defense as a profession that empowers marginalized communities. Each year, the Committee selects a number of promising Black law students to serve as BPDA Summer Fellows.
Each Fellow receives mentorship, intensive skills training, and financial support that enables them to successfully complete a paid summer internship at a public defender office and be well positioned for post-graduate employment. Each fellowship host site provides their students with a stipend up to $5,000.
2025-2026
Meet the Host Sites
Meet Our Fellows
Temple Law School
UC Law San Francisco
Harvard Law School
Seton Hall Law School
LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Howard University School of Law
Suffolk University of Law School
University of California, Davis School of Law
American University Washington College of Law
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
University of California, Berkeley
Seattle University School of Law
USC Gould School of Law
Southern University Law Center
North Carolina Centrel University
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Liberty University School of Law
Southern University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center
The University of Toledo College of Law
Southern University Law Center
Liberty University School of Law
Columbia Law School
University of California College of the Law
Suffolk University Law School
University of San Francisco Law School
Northeastern University School of Law
Suffolk University Law School
Southern University Law Center
New York University School of Law
LSU Law Center
Southern University Law Center
Southern University Law Center
Southern University Law Center
University of Idaho Law School
Cleveland State University College of Law
Howard University School of Law
Southern Illinois Simmons Law School
University of Mississippi Law School
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Howard University School of Law
Washington & Lee University School of Law
University of Virgina School of Law
American University Washington College of Law
Southern University Law Center
Northern Kentucky University Law School
Southern University Law Center
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
University of Maryland Law School
Southern University Law Center
Southern University Law Center
Southern University Law Center
University of Dayton School of Law
Southern University Law Center
Roger Williams University School of Law
Howard University School of Law
Southern University Law Center
Vanderbilt Law School
Chase College of Law
Southern University Law Center
Howard University School of Law
Southern University Law Center
George Washington University Law School
Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law
University of Alabama School of Law
University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law
New York University Law School
University of Connecticut School of Law
Georgetown University Law Center
Howard University School of Law
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Pace University, Elisabeth Haub School of Law
