Opportunities & Fellowships

  • The deadline for applications to the Law and Social Science Dissertation Fellowship and Mentoring Program (LSS Fellowship) has been extended to December 21, 2008.  We would be grateful if you can forward this message to graduate students whom you believe might be interested and otherwise help to make it widely known.  Thank you. The Law

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  • The Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA) at Princeton University invites outstanding faculty, independent scholars, lawyers, and judges to apply for appointments as fellows for the academic year 2009–2010. Each year, through its Fellows program, LAPA brings to Princeton world-class experts on the law. Successful candidates will devote an academic year in residence at

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  • Jerome Hall Postdoctoral Fellowship The Center will appoint up to three post-doctoral fellows per year beginning with the 2009-10 academic year. We invite applications from scholars of law, the humanities, or social sciences working in the field of sociolegal studies. Pre-tenure scholars, recently awarded PhDs, and those with equivalent professional degrees are encouraged to apply.

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  • Stanford Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession invites Fellowship applications for the forthcoming academic year (2009-2010). The Center on the Legal Profession, directed by Professor Deborah L. Rhode, supports research, teaching, programs, and public policy initiatives on crucial issues facing the bar. The Center focuses on issues of professional responsibility and the structure of

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  • Stanford University: 2009-10 Post-Doctoral Fellowships The McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society and the Program in Global Justice at Stanford University seek five post-doctoral fellows for 2009-10. We welcome candidates with substantial normative research interests from diverse backgrounds including philosophy, the social sciences, environmental studies, and professional schools. One of the fellowships will be

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  • Visiting Scholars 2009-2010Center for the Study of Law and SocietyUniversity of California, Berkeley The Center for the Study of Law and Society invites applications for visiting scholars for 2009-2010. The Center fosters empirical research and theoretical analysis concerning legal institutions, legal processes, legal change, and the social consequences of law. Closely linked to Boalt Hall

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  • I am very happy to announce that the University of Illinois College of Law has just established a new fellowship program that provides a low-teaching load visiting-assistant-professor experience in combination with substantial research support.  Here are the details from the official announcement, which you can also find at this webpage: http://www.law.uiuc.edu/academics/program_iafp.asp Illinois Academic Fellowship Program

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  • American Bar Foundation Doctoral Fellowships in Law and Social Science 2008-2009 Purpose The American Bar Foundation is committed to developing the next generation of scholars in the field of law and social science. The purpose of the fellowships is to encourage original and significant research on law, the legal profession, and legal institutions. Eligibility For

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  • Master of Science in Ethics and Public PolicySuffolk University Are whistle blowers heroes? Should we be able to genetically enhance our unborn children? Is torture ever justified? The corporate world, rapid developments in biotechnology, and the changing nature of warfare raise new and complicated moral concerns. Suffolk’s new Masters in Ethics and Public Policy will

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  • The University of Chicago Law School seeks to appoint a Law and Philosophy Fellow for the academic year 2008-09. A Ph.D. in philosophy by time of appointment is expected, though in unusual cases a Ph.D. in a related discipline, or a J.D. accompanied by strong training in philosophy, will be considered. Applications also welcome from

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