USEFI and the Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, Tennessee, have jointly established the Fulbright-Vanderbilt Fellowship in Clinical Legal Education. Under this program, one fellowship will be awarded each year to an Indian law graduate with a demonstrated interest in legal aid to the poor and with an express ambition of becoming a clinical law teacher. The fellowship is for a period of one academic year for the LL.M. at the Vanderbilt University Law School.

 

The Vanderbilt University Law School (http://law.vanderbilt.edu), is one of the leading institutions in legal education in the U.S. It is a center for scholarly research, informed and creative teaching and service to the community and the society at large. 

 

 

 

The selected candidate would enroll in a special LL.M. program at Vanderbilt University Law School. Some of his/her course work and all of the research for the thesis would be directed at clinical legal education issues. His/her specific focus should be on clinical methodology, clinical curriculum or clinical scholarship. Also, he/she is expected to approach the subject from the perspective of coupling clinical education with legal representation on behalf of the disadvantaged.

 

The grant will provide a monthly stipend, health insurance, round-trip economy class air travel, modest settling-in and books and supplies allowances, and tuition fees. No allowances are provided for dependents. The grant is not sufficient to support family members.

 

In addition to the General Prerequisites for all, the applicant should:

 

 

Please refer to Application Procedure and Guidelines and Download Forms