National Women's Law Center's Health Law Fellowship: 2008-2010

Deadline: Continuous. Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

Salary is commensurate with other public service legal fellowships. The fellow receives four weeks vacation and excellent benefits.

A law degree is required.

Activity Location: District of Columbia

The National Women's Law Center (NWLC) is seeking a rising third-year law student, judicial clerk, or other recent law school graduate to work on major health and reproductive rights policy initiatives affecting women as a Health Law Fellow. This is a two-year fellowship funded by the center, available September 2008 and lasting until August 2010.

The Health Law Fellow will work on projects related to all aspects of the center's health and reproductive rights program area. This includes low-income women's access to comprehensive and affordable health care, access to contraception, and refusals to deliver reproductive and other health care services. Responsibilities will include
- gathering, summarizing, and analyzing research and data from a variety of sources;
- analyzing policy proposals;
- drafting fact sheets, reports, and other written materials; and
- working with national and state-based coalitions.

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