The Fordham University School of Law Public Service Summer Fellowships Summer 2013 Guidelines which describes the application process and deadlines and the applications for several of the fellowships is available for download. These fellowships include:

The Ann Moynihan Fellowships are named in honor of the life and work of Ann Moynihan, a devoted and inspiring life-long advocate for the poor, who was a trial and appellate attorney in both the Civil Practice and Criminal Defense Practice for The Legal Aid Society, an Associate Clinical Professor at Fordham Law School, its Associate Dean for Administration, and a founder of Fordham’s Interdisciplinary Center for Family & Child Advocacy.

• The Moynihan Fellowship at The Door ($4,000 for a first-year student and $5,000 for others), funded by the McEwen Family Trust, is sponsored by Fordham's Interdisciplinary Center for Family adn Child Advocacy at Fordham and is awarded to a student for work at The Door Legal Servcies Center, which provides legal assistance to young people in the areas of family, immigration and public benefits law. Moynihan Fellows at The Door assist with intake interviews, legal research and writing, and conduct educational workshops. The Door is more fully described at here. Contact the Interdisciplinary Center with any questions.
  
• The Moynihan Fellowship at The Legal Aid Society, Civil Practice and Criminal Defense Practice ($5,000  for students who have completed their first year, $6,000 for others), funded by Fordham University School of Law and Friends of Ann Moynihan, is awarded to a student for work with The Legal Aid Society.  Civil Practice and Criminal Defense Practice Fellows will assist lawyers in their representation of low-income people in civil areas such as government benefits and housing, or in criminal defense. 
  
• Domestic Violence Awareness Center’s (DVAC) Summer Fellowships:  Fellowships of $4,000 for a first-year student and $5,000 for an upper-class student are awarded to students who secure summer placements for at least ten weeks in non-profit organizations or government agencies dedicated to protecting the rights of survivors of domestic violence.  Students are selected based on demonstrated interest in domestic violence advocacy and representation. Fellow must enroll in Clinical Externship: Family & Child Advocacy course.
  
• The Donald J. Feerick Memorial Summer Fellowship--Social Justice in Northern Island,  administered through the Feerick Center for Social Justice, provides a fellowship of up to $6,000 (1L, 2L, 3E students) to work full-time for 10 weeks with the Commission for the Victims and Survivors in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Fellowship is named in honor and memory of Donald J. Feerick, a 1960 graduate of Fordham College at Rose Hill, who was a long time benefactor of Fordham Law School with a long time interest in the development of a peaceful society in Ireland, the land of his ancestors. 
  
• Fordham Student Sponsored Fellowship (FSSF): The largest source of funding for Fordham students doing summer public service work.  First-year students receive a fellowship of $4,000 and second year students receive $5,000 for ten weeks of work.  Students obtain their own public service jobs with non-profits and government agencies to be eligible for funding. The positions can be in the metropolitan area, or anywhere in the U.S. or the world.  Judicial internships are not eligible.
  Funding for the fellowships is raised by the FSSF, a PIRC student organization, through its annual auction.  The 22nd Annual Public Service Auction will be held on March 7, 2013 it promises to be a fun event attended by students, alumni, faculty, administrators and friends.  Typically, more than $125,000 is raised, including a match by Fordham Law, and up to 50 summer public service fellowships have been awarded yearly.  In order to receive FSSF funding for your public service summer internship, you must volunteer with FSSF and help in the fundraising.  The deadline to commit to FSSF is in the late fall. For more information see FSSF’s website, call 212.636.6971, or email fssf@law.fordham.edu. 
  
• John M. Cannella Fellowship:  ($4,000 1Ls, $5,000 others) commemorates the life of Judge John Cannella, who devoted his career to working in the public interest, including 31 years of service on the bench of the United State District Court for the Southern District of New York.  The fellowship will be awarded to a student who plans to devote his or her summer to full-time civil legal services work.  Applicants are expected to have secured a placement before submitting the fellowship application
  
• Leitner Internship Fund. Provides students with up to $5,000 in funding for their international human rights-related internship.  Fellows work full-time for at least ten-weeks at a non-governmental organization, U.N. agency, or other organization working on international human rights issues.  Applications are considered on a rolling basis untill the deadline of March 22, 2013    For information and application, please see http://www.leitnercenter.org/summer-internships
  
• Michael Saperstein Fellowship:  Funding for one Fellow to work with the New York City Bar's Thurgood Marshall Summer Program, a diversity pipeline program.  First-year recipients receive a summer fellowship of $4,000; second-year students receive $5,000.  The fellowship is funded through an endowment established by Michael Saperstein, an alumnus of the class of 1965.  Contact Assistant Dean Tom Schoenherr in the PIRC at 212.636.6952 or tschoenherr@law.fordham.edu, or Assistant Dean Nitza Escalera in Student Affairs at 212.636.6818 or nescalera@law.fordham.edu, for more information.
  
• Milton Pollack Fellowship at US District Court, Southern District of NY:  $4,000 is awarded to a student selected to work full-time in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on a project relating to the court as an institution.
  
• Rev. George J. McMahon, S.J. Memorial/ U.S. Social Justice Research administered through the Feerick Center for Social Justice in cooperation with the Fordham Urban Law Journal, provides grants of up to $5,000 to work full-time with a social justice organization in the US and to research a topic related to their work which focuses on American- based solutions to social justice issues, particularly relating to poverty, and most specifically homelessness, hunger or asset preservation for those at the poverty level. Upon returning to Fordham after the summer, the recipient will prepare a paper of publishable quality and work with the editorial board of the the Fordham Urban Law Journal to make sure the written paper meets its standard.  The Fellowship is named in honor and memory of the Rev. George J. McMahon, a Jesuit priest who served for almost 20 years as the Vice President for the Lincoln Center campus and was a beloved friend, confidant, and spiritual advisor to  the Law School community.
  
• Thomas J. Concannon Memorial Internship Fund ($4,000) was established through the New York Community Trust/Community Funds, Inc. to support summer internships at the Federal Defenders of New York, Eastern District.  Attorney-in-Charge of that office from 1980 to 2005, Tom Concannon (FLS ’69) inspired many with his dedication to representation, caring and respect for his indigent clients. This fellowship was created to promote the continuation of his valiant efforts.  Applicants must demonstrate an interest in defending the indigent or providing similar public service.