Position Description
The Social Enterprise & Nonprofit Law Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center offers pro bono organizational and transactional legal services to social enterprises, nonprofit organizations, worker cooperatives, and select small businesses headquartered in Washington, D.C., working locally or internationally. During their semester in the Clinic and under the supervision of faculty and fellows, law students provide legal advice to their clients on transactional, corporate governance, and strategic business matters, and serve as outside counsel to organizations dedicated to improving their communities or making a lasting social or environmental impact.
Description of Fellowship
The two-year fellowship is an ideal position for a transactional lawyer interested in transitioning into legal academia and developing teaching and supervisory abilities in a setting that emphasizes a dual commitment—clinical education of law students and transactional law employed in the public interest. The fellow will have several areas of responsibility, with an increasing role as the fellowship progresses. Over the course of the fellowship, the fellow will: (i) supervise students in representing organizations on transactional, operational, and corporate governance matters, (ii) share responsibility for teaching seminar sessions, and (iii) share in the administrative and case handling responsibilities of the Clinic. Fellows also participate in a clinical pedagogy seminar and other activities designed to support an interest in clinical teaching and legal education. Faculty in the clinical program support the fellow in pursuing a teaching career post-fellowship. Successful completion of the fellowship results in the award of an LL.M. in Advocacy from Georgetown University. The fellowship start date is July 1, 2026, and the two-year term ends June 30, 2028.
Fellows receive an annual stipend of $70,000 in the first year and $75,000 in the second year, health and dental benefits, and all tuition and fees in the LL.M. program. As full-time students, fellows qualify for deferment of their student loans. In addition, fellows may be eligible for loan repayment assistance from their law schools.
Qualifications
Applicants must have at least 2 years of post J.D. legal experience. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in a transactional area of practice such as nonprofit law and tax, community economic development law, corporate law, intellectual property, and real estate or housing law. Applicants with a strong commitment to economic justice are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be admitted or be able to be admitted to the District of Columbia Bar within 6 months of entering the fellowship.