Second Year

Find your next summer placement and start planning a fellowship project.

In the fall of their second year, many law students interview for summer positions that ultimately turn into their career.

Your Next Steps

Find your summer placement
Contact organizations that interest you and check their internship application dates.
Check fellowship funding
The Dan Bradley Fellowship offers up to $12,075 for eligible summer work on rural issues or consumer rights.
Start a project proposal
Skadden and Equal Justice Works require a host organization and a project. Begin those conversations before 3L fall.

Find 2L matches Put your next steps in a plan

Start with the application guide for host conversations, sample materials and eligibility questions. Compare pay and funding alongside your plans.

Application dates

Summer placements and school funding each have their own timelines. Explore funding options and ask your career office which deadlines to put on your calendar.

Fellowships to plan for

Skadden Fellowship Final-year law students, judicial clerks, LL.M. candidates, and graduates within two years
Equal Justice Works Graduates of a member law school by September 2027 who have not held a full-time, permanent public interest lawyer job or another major fellowship
Public Interest Bar Fellowship New graduates of California law schools who have not yet taken, or had a chance to take, the California bar exam

Find Funding for Your Summer Placement

Ask your career office about school-based funding, including Stevens fellowships at participating schools. Check the funding deadline while you are finding a host.

Summer funding during law school

Meet Past Fellowship Hosts

Explore the work these organizations do, then start a conversation about student roles or fellowship projects.

Past fellowship hosts Current jobs