First Year

Explore areas of law, meet legal aid attorneys, and find your first summer placement.

Find a summer placement, ask how to fund it, and use the experience to learn what the work feels like.

Your Next Steps

Pick an area to explore
Browse organizations working on issues you care about, from housing to immigration and disability rights.
Find summer funding
Ask your career office about paid internships, school grants, and the Dan Bradley Fellowship.
Meet legal aid attorneys
Attend a career panel, volunteer, or ask an attorney about their day-to-day work.

Find 1L 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