Application requirements

Fellowships are open to rising 2L and 3L students in good academic standing for a maximum of 29 per week for ten weeks. Federal Work-Study eligibility is not required. Qualifying nonprofit and public interest organizations include but are not limited to: 

• ACLU of South Carolina
• Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation
• Charleston Legal Access
• Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services
• Children’s Law Center at USC
• Fathers and Families
• NAACP of South Carolina
• Lowcountry Legal Volunteers
• One80 Place
• Rainy Day Fund
• Root & Rebound
• Sistercare
• South Carolina Access to Justice Commission
• South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
• South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
• South Carolina Court Administration
• South Carolina Legal Services
• South Carolina Victim Assistance Network

Qualifying law firms are firms that serve low-income clients in the following counties: Abbeville, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Dillon, Georgetown, Greenwood, Hampton, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Orangeburg, and Williamsburg. Law firms in towns with fewer than 5,000 residents in other counties also may be eligible.

Contact: Elizabeth Chambliss