{"id":62097,"date":"2023-05-30T12:03:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T16:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/?p=62097"},"modified":"2023-05-18T12:03:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T16:03:38","slug":"equal-justice-works-stipend-application-due-june-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/equal-justice-works-stipend-application-due-june-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Equal Justice Works Stipend Application due June 1"},"content":{"rendered":"For purposes of the Equal Justice Works Summer Stipend, \u201cpublic interest\nlaw\u201d is defined as working to represent the public by addressing the needs of\npeople, groups, or causes not easily or effectively afforded traditional access\nto the justice system. This includes a multitude of different types of\ngovernmental, legal aid, and not-for-profit entities and opportunities.\n\nStudents working in non-paid or low-paying public interest legal positions for\nthe Summer are invited to apply for this financial assistance. Direct service,\nimpact work, and public policy projects are all eligible for the EJW Summer\nStipend as long as the student will be working under the supervision of an\nattorney. Employers can include non-profit or governmental organizations,\nhowever these grants cannot be used to fund judicial clerkships or any work for\nwhich you are receiving academic credit from Stetson or any other institution.\nYou must have already received a job offer before applying for the stipend.<o:p><\/o:p>\n\n<!-- \/wp:post-content --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nThe monetary amount of each stipend awarded will depend on the anticipated\nexpenses of the applicant and the total amount of funding available for\ndisbursement but are generally between $100-$500. Please do not rely on this\nstipend as the sole source of funding for your Summer.<o:p><\/o:p>\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nPlease pay special attention to the \u201cCommitment to Equal Justice Works\u201d\nstatement at the end of the application. Stipend recipients are required to\nmake a commitment to EJW for the 2023-2024 school year in order to ensure the\ncontinued promotion of public interest legal work and the future availability\nof these stipends for Stetson students. See the below attachment to view and\ncomplete the Summer 2023 Equal Justice Works Stipend Application\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Equal-Justice-Works-Application-2023.docx\">Equal-Justice-Works-Application-2023<\/a><o:p><\/o:p>\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<strong><i>Completed applications must be sent to <a href=\"mailto:studentaffairs@law.stetson.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">studentaffairs@law.stetson.edu<\/span><\/a>\nno later than 5:00pm Thursday, June 1st<\/i><\/strong><o:p><\/o:p>\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For purposes of the Equal Justice Works Summer Stipend, \u201cpublic interest law\u201d is defined as working to represent the public by addressing the needs of people, groups, or causes not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty","category-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62098,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62097\/revisions\/62098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}