The Defender Services Office is pleased to announce its 2024 \u2013 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.<\/p>\n
The application deadline is Monday, December 11, 2023, with fellows beginning in September of 2024. \u00a0<\/strong>Please find attached\u00a0a flyer about the Fellowship Program<\/a>, which includes a link to the website (https:\/\/diversityfellowship.fd.org\/<\/a>) and\u00a0application information<\/a>\u00a0for the non-capital fellows.<\/p>\n 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 Federal 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\u00a0 adjustments.<\/p>\n Please feel free to contact Dawn Scott, Program Manager for the Diversity Fellowship Program at\u00a0Dawn_Scott@ao.uscourts.gov<\/a>\u00a0or 202-502-3349 with questions.<\/p>\nAbout the Diversity Fellowship Program<\/h2>\n
Defender 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 case
outcomes by fostering greater trust on the part of CJA clients.<\/p>\nQuestions?<\/h2>\n