2008 Summer Fellowship Opportunity

The Indian Law Resource Center announces the Terrence A. Sidley Fellowship opportunity for the summer of 2008. The Sidley Fellowship is awarded each year to a law student who shows particular promise for a career in federal Indian law and international indigenous issues. The law student chosen for the Fellowship will work as a law clerk for the Indian Law Resource Center at the Center's Helena, Montana, or Washington, D.C., office for eight weeks in the summer. The Fellowship will entail legal research and writing on major Indian rights issues related to current projects of the Indian Law Resource Center. The Sidley Fellow will work under the supervision of the Center's Staff Attorneys. The Fellow will be paid a stipend of $3,000 for the term of the Fellowship.

Founded in 1978, the Indian Law Resource Center is a non-profit law and advocacy organization established and directed by American Indians. We provide legal assistance to tribes and other indigenous peoples in the United States and in Central and South America who are working to protect their land, resources, human rights, environment, and cultural heritage. The Center seeks to overcome threats to indigenous peoples by establishing national and international legal standards that uphold indigenous human rights and dignity, strengthen indigenous self-determination, and protect indigenous lands and resources.

To apply for the Sidley Fellowship, please send the following:

-Cover letter specifying the ILRC office in which you would prefer to work;

-Resume;

-Law school transcript;

-Legal writing sample; and

-Two letters of recommendation (preferably one from a current or former employer and one from a law school professor).

All applications for the 2008 Summer Sidley Fellowship must be received by November 12, 2007. Applications may be sent by e-mail or regular mail. Send e-mail applications to Lucy Simpson at lsimpson@indianlaw.org. Send paper applications to Lucy Simpson, Indian Law Resource Center, 602 N. Ewing Street, Helena, MT 59601. The selection of the 2008 Sidley Fellow will be made by December 17, 2007.