3Ls: Defender Services Non-Capital Diversity Fellowship Program
The Defender Services Office is pleased to announce its 2024 – 2026 Defender Services Non-Capital Diversity Fellowship Program and is seeking applications from 3L and 4L students graduating this year and recent law school graduates for 12 non-capital fellowships.
The application deadline is Monday, December 11, 2023, with fellows beginning in September of 2024. Please find attached a flyer about the Fellowship Program, which includes a link to the website (https://diversityfellowship.fd.org/) and application information for the non-capital fellows.
About the Diversity Fellowship Program
The Fellowship Program will seek to enhance the quality of representation provided under the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) by creating a pipeline of diverse attorneys qualified to join FederalDefender Organizations or CJA panels. Diversity among CJA counsel supports the cultural competency necessary to meet the needs of a diverse clientele and can lead to better caseoutcomes by fostering greater trust on the part of CJA clients.
The Non-Capital Fellowship Program will place 12 fellows in Federal Defender host offices across the country for two years, during which fellows will gain federal criminal defense training and experience to allow them to represent clients in non-capital CJA cases. Fellows will matriculate as a class. Each class will have a number of opportunities for joint training, mentorship, and other group activities. Fellows will receive a salary and benefits. The salary range for non-capital fellows will be the Judiciary Salary Plan (JSP) 11/1, 12/1, or 13/1, depending on experience, which is comparable to the federal General Schedule (GS) pay scale. The salary will also reflect locality adjustments.
Questions?
Please feel free to contact Dawn Scott, Program Manager for the Diversity Fellowship Program at Dawn_Scott@ao.uscourts.gov or 202-502-3349 with questions.
2024 Defender Services Non-Capital Diversity Fellowship Program Flyer
