Post Grad Fellowship Sponsorship
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County • Redwood City, CA
The Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County invites proposals from candidates seeking sponsorship for Skadden, Equal Justice Works, or law school-sponsored public interest fellowships.
Fellowship: Legal Aid invites law students and recent law school graduates to propose innovative and impactful two-year fellowship projects. Projects should focus on one of Legal Aid’s existing program areas: health, housing, public benefits, domestic violence, immigration, or education. Fellows will be expected to develop substantive area expertise, provide direct services to clients, complete community outreach and education, and when applicable contribute to policy and systems change that impacts low-income residents. Legal Aid is happy to work with applicants to help design projects that serve the needs of the community and align with Legal Aid’s mission and program areas.
Application Procedures: Email a cover letter summarizing your proposed project or the area in which you’d like to develop a project, your resume, and a list of three references to: fellowships@legalaidsmc.org.
2024 Carl L McConnell Summer Fellowship
The mission of the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County is to fight social injustice through civil legal advocacy for people living in poverty. We’re helping low-income people access the health coverage they need, stay in their homes, maintain critical safety net benefits like food stamps, get work authorization, succeed in school, and escape situations of domestic abuse.
This fellowship is named in memory of Carl L. McConnell, who had a special connection with the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County throughout his career. After graduating from Yale Law School in 1968, Carl held a Reginald Heber Smith Community Law Fellowship at Legal Aid SMC for three years. He returned to Legal Aid SMC after two years on the east coast, serving as a Managing Attorney for seven years. During his years in private practice, Carl maintained close ties with Legal Aid SMC. He received Legal Aid’s Guardian of Justice Award in 2002.
This fellowship, generously funded in Carl’s memory by his friends and colleagues, reflects Carl’s commitment to legal services for those with limited resources, fundamental principles as an attorney—integrity, social justice, and fairness—and dedication to mentoring. Read more about past fellows here and watch this space each spring, when we put out our annual call for new fellowship applicants.