Early fellowship sponsorships are happening now! Make sure you are aware of upcoming deadlines and apply for priority consideration before they close. You can view sponsorship calls we are aware of below and in the CSM job bank, and read more about fellowships generally in our recent e-advising post. Remember that many organizations will not circulate formal postings, and that a thorough sponsorship search includes direct outreach in the early summer to organizations of interest regardless of whether they have posted an open sponsorship call.
Here are some host organization deadlines of which we are currently aware:
- Community Legal Aid – “Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled, or until June 1, 2026”
- American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Racial Justice – Rolling, priority deadline June 1, 2026
- New York Legal Assistance Group – June 12, 2026
- Community Legal Services of Philadelphia – June 12, 2026
- New York Civil Liberties Union – June 14, 2026
- Public Justice, Access to Justice Project – Rolling, priority deadline June 15, 2026
- Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati – June 15, 2026
- Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE) – June 16, 2026
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alaska – June 17, 2026
- ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project – Rolling, priority deadline June 18, 2026
- ACLU Center for Liberty – Rolling, priority deadline June 19, 2026
- ACLU National Prison Project – Rolling, priority deadline June 19, 2026
- Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs – Rolling until June 19, 2026
- National Center for Law and Economic Justice – June 21, 2026
- Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project – Rolling, priority deadline June 22, 2026
- ACLU Voting Rights Project – Rolling, priority deadline June 22, 2026
- ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project – Rolling, priority deadline June 25, 2026
- ACLU Abortion Criminal Defense – Rolling, priority deadline June 26, 2026
- Legal Aid of North Carolina – June 26, 2026 (Priority consideration deadline to submit the interest form is May 29)
- Mountain State Justice, Inc. – June 30, 2026
- Legal Aid Society – Criminal Defense Practice – June 30, 2026
- ACLU Disability Rights Program – Rolling, priority deadline July 1, 2026
- ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project – Rolling, priority deadline July 1, 2026
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida – July 3, 2026
- Legal Aid Chicago – July 14, 2026
- Legal Services of Northern California – July 15, 2026
- California Rural Legal Assistance – July 20, 2026
- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (U.S. Advocacy and Litigation) – July 24, 2026
- U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants – August 14, 2026
- TakeRoot Justice – Rolling until August 20, 2026
- Justice at Work – “Submissions will be accepted through August”
- American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California – Open until filled
- Civil Rights Corps – Open until filled
- Heartland Center for Jobs & Freedom – Open until filled
- Impact Fund – Open until filled
- Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area – Open until filled
- Legal Aid Justice Center, Immigrant Justice – Open until filled
- National Veterans Legal Services Program – Open until filled
- Public Counsel – Open until filled
- Public Justice, Debtors’ Prison Project – Open until filled
- REDRESS – Open until filled
- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (International Advocacy & Litigation) – Open until filled
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