Fellowships
The Washington Lawyers' Committee regularly sponsors individuals seeking fellowship funding for civil rights/public interest work, such as the Skadden, Equal Justice Works (EJW), Soros, Arthur Liman Public Interest, and Pickering Fellowships. Information about these fellowships can be found on the funding organizations' websites:
To submit an application, please send via email: (1) a cover letter indicating the fellowship program(s) from which you expect to solicit funding and your Project(s) or issue areas of interest; (2) your resume; (3) an official transcript; (4) a writing sample of ten pages or less; and (5) a list of at least two references to: Rhonda Cunningham Holmes. Please submit your application prior to July 1 of the year in which you expect to submit a Skadden or Equal Justice Works application. For other fellowships, the Committee does not impose a deadline, but please submit your application within enough time to account for the fellowship's application deadline.
The Committee is an Equal Opportunity employer. Minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
“The time I spent at the Committee provided me with an incredibly strong foundation on which to build my career as a civil rights lawyer. I gained invaluable litigation experience, and became part of a community of dedicated attorneys whose advice and support I continue to rely upon to this day. I feel truly blessed to have had the opportunity to work at the WLC."
– Emily B. Goldberg, Pro Bono Director
McCarter & English LLP
(Equal Justice Works Fellow 2002-2003)
“Serving as a Pickering Fellow with the WLC was one of the most rewarding and fulfilling experiences of my professional career. In only a short time, thanks to fantastic mentoring, I learned a great amount about EEO law. I had plentiful developmental opportunities, including client contact, strategy development, taking depositions and brief-writing, that are often hard to come by for newer lawyers. This fellowship was a fantastic way to expand one's horizons as a lawyer.”
– Stephen T. Smith, Counsel
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
(Pickering Fellow 2010)