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This latest initiative, the Holmes Fellowship, will give approximately 12 students up to $35,000 to pursue public interest law in the year immediately following graduation, but only after students demonstrate that they have been unable to secure funding through other means...
...addition to the new program, students who have committed to five years of public interest work upon graduation already do not have to pay tuition for their third year...
...time when demand for fellowships has been rapidly growing and funding for public interest work has generally been cut, the Holmes Fellowship will serve as a backstop for students interested in public interest work, said Alexa Shabecoff, the Law School’s assistant dean for public service...
...result, some students have chosen to do public interest work at legal aid agencies and non-profit organizations during their year...
Shabecoff emphasized in an interview yesterday that this program is geared towards students interested in public interest work but who have been unable to find other sources of funding...