FASPE Law Fellowship – 2-week study abroad opportunity

FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics) is an intensive, two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership. FASPE’s curriculum is designed to challenge Fellows to critically examine constructs, current developments and issues that raise ethical concerns in their professions in contemporary settings in which they work. FASPE Law Fellows examine the motivations and conduct of German lawyers and judges in designing, enabling, and executing Nazi policies. FASPE then draws on these historical examples to help Law Fellows grasp their role and responsibility as individuals with influence in their communities; and to encourage them to identify and confront the ethical issues currently facing lawyers and the legal profession.

Each year, FASPE Law awards fellowships to 13 to 16 law students and early-career lawyers. Fellows spend two weeks in Berlin and Poland, where they visit key sites of Nazi history and participate in daily seminars led by specialized faculty. The program couples the power of place with academic rigor and many informal opportunities for creative exchange.

FASPE seeks Law applicants who fit into one of the following three categories: 1) are enrolled in a JD (or equivalent degree) program as a 2L or 3L at the time of their application; OR 2) are working in the legal profession (including a clerkship) at the time of their application and have received a JD degree no earlier than May 2020; OR 3) for applicants from education systems where law school training does not take place at the post-graduate level, applicants should have completed their requisite legal education in the applicable jurisdiction and be working as a trainee or associate (no more senior than a 6th year associate). Applications are open through January 3, 2027.

More info at: https://www.faspe-ethics.org/law/