S.F. La Raza Lawyers Association's LGBT Public Interest Law Fellowship Competition

Deadline now passed, but perhaps someone will find updated link.

Please provide copies of the enclosed application and the following guidelines to interested students. Applications must be postmarked by March 23, 2007.

The SFLRLA & BALIF LGBT Public Interest Law Fellowship is designed to provide financial assistance to law students working with Bay Area community-based legal service providers to enhance the delivery of legal services to the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community. Fellowships will be awarded in areas where there is a substantial LGBT population in need of legal services. The Association will give priority to fellowship applicants who meet at least one of the following objectives:

a. Projects to develop or expand legal services in the areas affecting the LGBT community, especially in the Latino community.
b. Projects that develop materials and training to educate the LGBT community about its legal rights and to facilitate its access to the justice system and the courts.
c. Projects that provide training, referral, recruitment and mentoring to law students.
d. Creative projects not included within these guidelines will be considered.

AWARD
The San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association & Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom will award one fellowship to a law student to fund summer employment in 2007. The amount of the fellowship will depend on the individual’s financial need, up to $5,000.

APPLICATION PROCESS
Law students should submit the enclosed application form, a current resume, a description of their proposed project, and letters of recommendation postmarked no later than March 23, 2007.

The LGBT Fellowship winner will be presented at the San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association’s Annual Noche de Gala in San Francisco in April 2007.

QUESTIONS
Please contact Franchesca Herrera at fherrera@mofo.com or (415) 268-7088.