Summer Money: The Revson/LSPIN Summer Fellowship

The Charles H. Revson Foundation will continue to offer the Law Students in Public Interest (LSPIN) Fellowship Program for the 2011-2012 academic year. The LSPIN Fellowship Program will provide grants to first and second-year law students who are enrolled in New York and New Jersey law schools and wish to work with public interest organizations in the New York metropolitan area. This summer employment must be for ten weeks (35 hours per week). Last year 73 law students were awarded stipends in the amount of $4,500 through the program.

Beginning this year, the fellowship application process will be online. Students will be required to upload their resume and cover letters via an online system. While the website is still in progress, students can begin to prepare their application materials.

Pre Application Information:

I. Eligibility

A. First and second-year Touro Law Center students are eligible to apply.

B. Students who have previously received summer internship grants funded by the Charles H. Revson Foundation are not eligible for LSPIN grants.

C. Revson LSPIN Fellows must be eligible to work in the United States. Students offered a fellowship will be required to complete Federal Employment Eligibility Forms (I-9), IRS W-4 Forms, and submit it along with their Acceptance Forms and Supporting Letters.

II. Assemble Application Materials

Students will be asked to complete an online application and upload the following PDF documents:

A. A statement of no more than three pages (typewritten and double-spaced) describing your commitment to public service and what you hope to gain from the summer experience. You may also describe one or two areas of public interest work which you intend to pursue, including ideas you have or contacts you have made related to a placement in these areas. Please do not summarize your resume. Rather, explain why public interest work is important to you.

B. A professional resume of one to two pages.

C. If you have already obtained your summer placement, you can request a letter from the employer confirming your offer of employment. (You will be asked to upload a PDF copy when the online application process opens.)

III. Deadlines

Applications must be submitted through the online system (with all required attachments) by Thursday, November 17, 2011.

As soon as the website is live we will provide you with a link, your log-in information, and detailed instructions for submitting applications using the new system.

Stay tuned!!!!