Fellowship Application Announcement

ELDER LAW & ADVOCACY

SUMMER 2017 FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT

AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Elder Law & Advocacy’s Summer 2017 Fellowship is a paid summer position, designed to assist low-income, monolingual or bilingual Spanish speaking clients in a court-based clinic setting located in El Centro, California.  The ideal candidate will be bilingual with a passion for using their legal skills and education to better the lives of others.

The selected Fellowship candidate will assist clinic participants with both landlord/tenant matters and elder abuse restraining orders under the direct supervision of the clinic’s lead attorney.  Applicants must be either a 2L/3L or recent law school graduate.

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Please submit the following documents electronically in a single PDF file in the order indicated below to creilly@seniorlaw-sd.org by the close of business on January 31, 2017.  Please title the email “(Your Name) –Fellowship Application”.

1.Signed fellowship application

2.Letters of recommendation (2 total) from a

• Former employer;  and
• Law school professor

3.Writing sample

For the application please follow the link below:

Elder Law Summer Fellowship Application 2017

This fellowship is supported by the California Bar Foundation and San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association Scholarship Fund.