Opportunity Programs

Opportunity, mentorship, and leadership programs support professional advancement in the legal profession and public interest opportunity.

Gender Justice & Law Fellowship: Rutgers Center for Gender Justice and Law plans to sponsor up to two summer Gender Justice fellowships for students. Students based in Newark and Camden are encouraged to apply. The fellowship will provide $4000 over the course of the summer. Click here to apply.

Rutgers Center for Gender Justice and Law Program Research Assistant: The Rutgers Center for Gender Justice and Law (CGJL) is accepting applications for paid part-time research assistants to conduct research related to race and gender in the legal profession. Specifically, the project includes identifying new bar rules prohibiting harassment in the legal profession and collating research on the intersection of race and gender on progression and retention in law firms. CGJL facilitates interdisciplinary and publicly engaged research, curricular, and programming initiatives in furtherance of intersections of gender-, race-, sexuality- and economic-based equity in law and policy. The Center’s focus is both domestic and international. Click here to apply.