{"id":39831,"date":"2026-02-19T14:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/?p=39831"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:10:31","slug":"fcba-law-school-summer-internship-stipend-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/fcba-law-school-summer-internship-stipend-program\/","title":{"rendered":"FCBA Law School Summer Internship Stipend Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FCBA Foundation is now accepting applications for its\u00a0Law School Summer Internship Stipend Program<\/b>\u00a0and its\u00a0Law School Scholarship Program<\/b>!<\/span><\/p>\n

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I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>The FCBA Foundation Law School Summer Internship Stipend<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

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For the 33rd consecutive year, the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) Foundation will award stipends to outstanding law students employed as unpaid summer interns through the FCBA Foundation\u2019s Law School Summer Internship Stipend Program.<\/p>\n

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The FCBA Foundation is actively looking to help students from around the country who want to dedicate their time and talent over the summer to government service or public sector entities in areas related to telecommunications, media, and technology (TMT) law, including broadcasting, cable, information technology, television, telephony, satellite, wireless, internet law and policy, privacy, cybersecurity, copyright, emerging technologies, and related policy and legal issues.<\/p>\n

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How much are the stipends?\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>The program provides stipends of up to $10,000.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>The Foundation considers funding from other sources in making award decisions and generally will adjust its stipend awards so that a recipient\u2019s total funding for the internship will not exceed $12,000.<\/p>\n

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Where can recipients work?\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Over the years, stipends have been used by students to support work in federal, state, and local government agencies with a connection to the TMT sector.\u00a0 Examples of agencies where recipients can work include the FCC, FTC, NTIA, DOJ, DHS, NIST, and others.\u00a0 Students can also work in Congress and in relevant parts of state and local government.<\/p>\n

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Where does the money come from?<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>The Law School Summer Internship Stipend Program awards stipends from its General Fund as well as other targeted stipends, and last year provided support to six outstanding law students.\u00a0\u00a0FCBA individual and corporate members donate money to the FCBA Foundation to support these stipends.<\/p>\n

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Are there limitations on the use of the funds?<\/b>\u00a0 Stipend recipients may be selected before they have finalized their summer plans, so the FCBA Foundation requires recipients to confirm in writing that they have accepted an unpaid internship at an eligible agency or government office.\u00a0 Minimum requirements for internship duration and time commitment also apply.<\/p>\n

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How to apply:\u00a0 The stipend application is open and can be accessed at\u00a0https:\/\/webportalapp.com\/sp\/login\/fcbastipend<\/a>.\u00a0 The deadline for submitting applications is Tuesday, March 17, 2026.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>The Foundation plans to notify successful applicants regarding their scholarship awards around mid-May.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Questions:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>If you have any questions about the Foundation Law School Summer Internship Stipend program or application, please contact Stephanie Budaker by email at\u00a0stephanie@fcba.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>The FCBA Foundation Law School Scholarship<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

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The FCBA Foundation Law School Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to rising second or third-year students currently enrolled in accredited law schools in the United States who have a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in telecommunications, media, and technology (TMT) law.\u00a0 The scholarships range from $2,000 to $5,000 each and will be payable to the applicable law school in one lump sum to help cover the student\u2019s tuition and other education-related expenses in the 2026-2027 academic year.\u00a0 Awards will be determined by a number of factors, including financial need and merit.<\/p>\n

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How to apply:\u00a0 The scholarship application is available and can be accessed at\u00a0https:\/\/webportalapp.com\/sp\/login\/fcbalawscholarship<\/a>. The deadline for submitting applications is Monday, March 9, 2026.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>The Foundation plans to notify successful applicants regarding their scholarship awards around mid-May.<\/b><\/p>\n

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If you have any questions about the Foundation Law School Scholarship program or application, please contact Stephanie Budaker by email at\u00a0stephanie@fcba.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The FCBA Foundation is now accepting applications for its\u00a0Law School Summer Internship Stipend Program\u00a0and its\u00a0Law School Scholarship Program! I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The FCBA Foundation...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-services"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39832,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39831\/revisions\/39832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}