Georgetown University Law Center Fellowships and Scholarships
Georgetown University is a private research university in Washington, D.C. which offers undergraduate degrees in forty-eight majors in the four undergraduate schools. Aside from the undergraduate courses, the university also boasts of a law center which offers several LL.M degrees. The law center offers several fellowship programs and law scholarships for international students.
Georgetown University Law Center began in 1870 and was the first law school established in the United States by a Jesuit institution of higher learning. Located at the foot of Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., Georgetown Law offers its students unparalleled access to the Congress, the Supreme Court, and numerous agencies, administrative boards, and commissions of the federal government and the District of Columbia.
Georgetown University Law Center Graduate Tax Scholars
Each year the Law Center designates up to ten incoming Tax LL.M. students as Graduate Tax Scholars based on their demonstrated interest in tax policy and their potential to excel in tax scholarship. All Scholars receive full or partial tuition awards and participate in an enrichment program with leading tax practitioners and government officials. The number and size of scholarships awarded each year depends on applicants’ prior academic achievements.
Scholars generally are not permitted to accept paid employment outside the Law Center during the academic year; questions about, or requests for exception from, this policy should be directed to the Director of the Graduate Tax Program. Scholars are free to apply for an academic externship (which involves academic credit rather than compensation) through the Law Center’s Spring academic externship program, although they must first consult with the Director of the Graduate Tax Program. In addition, Tax Scholars must complete a 2-credit Graduate Independent Research Project or a 25-page paper in a regular seminar course.
These Scholarships are limited to applicants who will be matriculating as full-time students. Applications to the Graduate Tax Scholars Program will be considered on a rolling basis, but applicants who wish to be considered for the scholarship must complete the LL.M. application by February 15, 2012 at the latest.
Please indicate your interest in applying to the program on your application form, and submit a supplemental essay of no more than 500 words on an issue of tax or policy that is of interest to you. Feel free to include any other information which you feel is relevant in assessing your application.
Georgetown University Law Center Global Health Law Scholars
The Global Health Law Program offers up to five prestigious Global Health Law scholarships per academic year. Global Health Law Scholars, in addition to the title, will receive full or partial tuition awards. These awards may be sponsored by Georgetown Law and/or major outside organizations in law and health, and may be coupled with internship opportunities. Applicants will be selected by a committee on the basis of their (1) academic qualifications in the fields of law/ethics and public health, health policy, health economics, bioethics, or other relevant disciplines; (2) public or private sector work experience on global or domestic health law issues; and (3) demonstrated potential for excellence within the field of global health law. Students’ financial needs may also be considered.
To apply for the Global Health Law Scholars program, please submit a completed Georgetown University Law Center LL.M. application to the Global Health Law program or the Global Health Law and International Institutions Program (including all required supplementary materials) and indicate your interest in the Global Health Law Scholars program on your application form. In addition to your application materials, please provide a speciific supplemental essay of no more than 500 words, briefly discussing an issue of health law or policy that is of interest to you. Applications for the scholarships will be considered on a rolling basis, but applicants who wish to be considered for the fellowship must complete their LL.M. application by February 15, 2012 at the latest. Applicants to the Global Health Law and International Institutions LL.M. Program, jointly offered with the Graduate Institute in Geneva, may submit their applications after the regular deadline, though because decisions are made on a rolling basis, it is still advisable to apply as early as possible.
Graduate Fellowship in State and Local Taxation
Georgetown University Law Center and the Council on State Taxation (COST) invite applications for the 2011 Fellowships in State and Local Taxation. The students chosen for the Fellowships will receive a $7,500 stipend and an internship at COST in Washington, D.C. Please note that the COST Fellowship may affect financial aid packages. Preference is given to full-time LL.M. (Taxation) students.
COST was formed in 1969 by a handful of companies under the aegis of the Council of State Chambers of Commerce, an organization with which COST remains associated. Today, COST membership has grown to approximately 575 multistate corporations engaged in interstate and international business. The objective of COST is to preserve and promote equitable and nondiscriminatory state and local taxation of multi-jurisdictional business entities.
The Fellows will enroll as students in the Georgetown LL.M. program in Taxation and will commit to an internship with COST for approximately ten hours per week during the school year. COST’s office is located approximately four blocks from the Law Center. COST Fellows are exposed to state and local taxation communications with the membership, contribute in the preparation of amicus briefs at the U.S. Supreme Court and state supreme courts, assist with planning for educational conferences and schools, and analyze state legislation. As a condition of the Fellowship, a COST Fellow must complete the State and Local Taxation course and the Graduate Honors Seminar entitled Selected Topics in State and Local Taxation.
To apply for a COST Fellowship, please submit a completed Georgetown University Law Center LL.M application to the Taxation program (including all required supplementary materials) and indicate your interest in the COST fellowship on your application form. An unedited, unpublished, and analytical writing sample of at least 10 pages in length must be submitted to the Graduate Admissions Office by July 1, 2012. Program applicants may be interviewed and participants selected at the beginning of the fall semester.
If you have any questions about COST, please visit the organization’s website at www.statetax.org or contact:
Mr. Douglas Lindholm
Executive Director, COST
(202) 484-5222
Georgetown University Law Center International Economic Law Fellowships
In 1999, the Georgetown University Law Center launched the Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL), which is authorized to appoint a number of outstanding students, visiting scholars, or visiting researchers as International Economic Law Fellows (IIEL Fellows). The IIEL Fellows Program encourages scholarly research in the field of international economic law and creates a forum for discussion in these areas. One of the activities of the IIEL Fellows is a regular Luncheon Series, which meets weekly during each semester.
International economic law is extremely broad, covering subjects such as WTO law and policy, national implementation of international economic rules, labor standards, environmental concerns, the impact of globalization on societies, developing country and economic development questions, financial regulations and institutions, and human rights considerations relating to international economic regulation.
The selection of IIEL Fellows is based on academic merit and experience in issues related to IIEL’s ongoing research. The IIEL Fellowship Selection Committee will make this selection. Fellows in this program receive no funding assistance. Both LL.M. and S.J.D. students are eligible for appointments as IIEL Fellows, and occasionally senior J.D. students that have background and experience in this area are appointed as well. Preference in selection will be given to full-time students.
To apply to the IIEL Fellows Program, you must submit a completed Georgetown University Law Center LL.M. or S.J.D. application (including all required supplementary materials) by February 15, 2012. In addition, please submit the following materials to the Institute of International Economic Law by February 15, 2012:
- Completed Georgetown University Law Center International Economic Law Fellowship Application form;
- Resume; and
- A detailed statement of no more than one page addressing
- Why you are interested in the IIEL Fellowship Program;
- What you might be able to contribute to IIEL;
- What your professional or career goals might be for the next five to ten years; and
- Anything else that you consider pertinent.
Scholarships for International Students
Georgetown Law awards up to five scholarships to foreign-educated lawyers who apply to the LL.M. program. To be eligible for consideration for a scholarship, applicants must submit a completed LL.M. application no later than the February 15, 2012regular deadline (although awards my be made on a rolling basis). On the basis of students’ LL.M. applications, Georgetown Law will select a group of applicants and invite them to apply for the scholarships.
Georgetown Law Clinical Programs and Graduate Teaching Fellowships
The Georgetown Law Center offers 14 Clinical Graduate Teaching Fellowships to new and experienced attorneys for the 2012-2014 academic years. Each two-year fellowship is associated with one of the Law Center’s clinical programs, and each program varies in purpose, requirements, and duties. They are listed below. All of the clinical fellowships, however, share a common goal: to provide highly motivated lawyers the chance to develop skills as teachers and legal advocates within an exciting and supportive educational environment. Fellows directly supervise J.D. students enrolled in the clinics, assist in teaching clinic seminars, and perform work on their own cases or other legal matters. Fellowships will begin in the summer of 2012, with an intensive orientation designed to introduce fellows to clinical teaching methods. Upon completing the requirements for graduation, fellows are awarded the degree of Master of Laws (Advocacy). Graduates of Georgetown’s clinical fellowship program have gone on to prestigious positions in law teaching and public interest law settings. Teaching fellows receive an annual stipend of approximately $53,000 (taxable), health and dental benefits, and all tuition and fees in the LL.M. program. As full-time students, teaching fellows usually qualify for deferment of their student loans. In addition, teaching fellows may be eligible for loan repayment assistance from their law schools. To learn more about a particular clinic, please view the Clinics Brochure. Website: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/clinics/
Applicants who wish to be considered for Georgetown University law scholarships for international students may check out this link for more information. This page outlines information about application process and eligibility requirements.