The Crowley Fellowship is a competitive one to two-year postgraduate fellowship open to law graduates with strong experience in international human rights. The Fellow teaches a seminar in international human rights, plans the annual mission, writes the draft of the mission report, and is responsible for the administration of the Crowley Program. Crowley Fellows gain valuable teaching, research, advocacy, and program management experience.
2010 Crowley Fellowship Application
The deadline for applications is Friday, January 8, 2010. Applications postmarked after this date will not be considered.
The Crowley Program in International Human Rights is dedicated to promoting human rights scholarship and advocacy at Fordham Law School and around the world. The Program's core elements include an annual two-week fact-finding project in another country, a human rights lecture and brown bag series, a summer internship program and student research projects involving various human rights issues. The students involved in the project participate in course work, independent research, planning and conducting the project, and related follow up work. The Program has successfully conducted projects in Turkey (1998), Hong Kong (1999), Mexico (2000), Ghana (2001), Malaysia (2002), Bolivia (2003), Kenya (2004), Romania (2005), South Africa (2006), Malawi (2007), New Zealand (2008), and Nepal (2009).
The Crowley Program is administered by a fellow who is a law school graduate. The Fellow, as a member of the adjunct faculty, will teach a seminar in human rights in preparation for the annual fact-finding project during the spring semester. The additional responsibilities of the fellow are substantial: planning all substantive and logistical aspects of the fact-finding project; participating in the project; writing and publishing a post-project report; day-to-day administration of the program including running a year-round lecture series; advising students seeking international human rights internships and post-graduation employment; and coordination with the human rights community.
The fellowship is a 14 month position with the Center’s option to extend the position for an additional 10 months (2 years in total). The fellowship begins in mid-August 2010. The Fellow’s salary is $55,000 for the first year and $60,000 for the second year and includes benefits.
Applicants should send a statement of interest (including detailed description of your international human rights experience, teaching/mentoring/advising experience, language skills and how the fellowship will advance your professional goals), a résumé/CV, a law school transcript, and at least two letters of recommendation in one complete application package to:
“2010 Fellowship”
Crowley Program in International Human Rights
Fordham University School of Law
33 West 60th Street, 2nd Floor, Room 222B
New York, NY 10023.
