The Indian Law Resource Center announces the Terrence A. Sidley and John D.B. Lewis Fellowship opportunities for the summer of 2010. The fellowships are awarded each year to two law students who show particular promise for a career in federal Indian law and international indigenous issues. The law students chosen for the fellowships will work as a law clerks for the Indian Law Resource Center at the Center's Helena, Montana, or Washington, D.C., office for eight weeks in the summer. The fellowships will entail legal research and writing on major Indian rights issues related to current projects of the Indian Law Resource Center. The fellows will work under the supervision of the Center's attorneys, and will be paid a stipend of $3,000 for the term of the fellowship.
Founded in 1978, the Indian Law Resource Center is a non-profit law and advocacy organization established and directed by American Indians. We provide legal assistance to tribes and other indigenous peoples in the United States and in Central and South America who are working to protect their land, resources, human rights, environment, and cultural heritage. The Center seeks to overcome threats to indigenous peoples by establishing national and international legal standards that uphold indigenous human rights and dignity, strengthen indigenous self-determination, and protect indigenous lands and resources. For further information about the Center, visit our website, www.indianlaw.org.
To apply for the either fellowship, please send the following:
-Cover letter specifying which of the Center's offices you would prefer to work in;
-Resume;
-Law school transcript;
-Legal writing sample; and
-Two letters of recommendation (preferably one from a current or former employer and one from a law school professor).
All applications for the 2010 Fellowships must be received by November 14, 2009. Applications may be sent by e-mail or regular mail to Lucy Simpson at lsimpson@indianlaw.org or Lucy Simpson, Indian Law Resource Center, 602 N. Ewing Street, Helena, MT 59601. For additional information, contact Lucy at (406) 449-2006 ext. 106.