Project-Based Legal Fellowship 2027

The Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center offers a Project-Based Legal Fellowship for 2027. The fellowship is for early-career legal professionals to design and lead human rights projects in partnership with RFK Human Rights, with positions based in New York City or Washington, D.C. It includes a hybrid work arrangement and lasts one to two years, with applications reviewed on a rolling basis and a final deadline announced for 2026.

Salary and loan support; health and dental/vision insurance; hybrid work arrangements; professional development stipends; networking opportunities; retreats and conferences; mentorship.

Applicants should be rising third-year law students, judicial law clerks, or recent law graduates.

Submit a cover letter, resume/CV, law school transcript, two references, and a legal writing sample.