{"id":1406,"date":"2013-02-12T11:57:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T17:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/texaslawfellowships.org\/main\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2013-02-26T23:28:01","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T05:28:01","slug":"2013-texas-law-fellowship-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texaslawfellowships.org\/main\/2013-texas-law-fellowship-application\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Applications for Summer 2013 Texas Law Fellowships are now available! The deadline to apply is March 1, 2013, by 5 p.m. One-third of all available fellowships will be awarded based on merit, while two-thirds will be based on fundraising; the total number of fellowships will depend on the amount of money raised during the Spring Pledge Drive.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nTLF applications consist of seven parts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Your name, contact information, and year.<\/li>\n<li>Your pro bono hours. Hours will be verified by the Pro Bono Program, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utexas.edu\/law\/centers\/publicinterest\/probono\/students\/reporting.html\">so make sure you&#8217;ve reported your time<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>An 80-word description of your employer and the work you will do. Think hard! Donors will see this description when donating on behalf of TLF applicants.<\/li>\n<li>An essay, between 500 and 1000 words long, about:\n<ol>\n<li>your commitment to public service;<\/li>\n<li>how you plan to use your TLF Fellowship;<\/li>\n<li>the reason you selected your sponsoring agency and what you hope to gain from your time there; and<\/li>\n<li>anything else you think the selection committee should know.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do not put your name on your essay.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>A current resume <strong>with your name, GPA, and contact information removed<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A letter from your sponsoring organization stating that they have a position for you, that they are unable to pay you (or the amount they plan to pay you, if less than $4,000), the name of your supervising attorney, and the type of legal work you will perform.<\/li>\n<li>Verification of your organization&#8217;s nonprofit status. Government agencies and international organizations are exempt from this requirement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For more information about application requirements, <a href=\"http:\/\/texaslawfellowships.org\/main\/pledge-drive\/\">click here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<!--column--><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/form.jotform.us\/jsform\/30416663054146\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications for Summer 2013 Texas Law Fellowships are now available! The deadline to apply is March 1, 2013, by 5 p.m. One-third of all available fellowships will be awarded based on merit, while two-thirds will be based on fundraising; the total number of fellowships will depend on the amount of money raised during the Spring&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/texaslawfellowships.org\/main\/2013-texas-law-fellowship-application\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2013 Application<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-1406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fellowships","tag-announcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/texaslawfellowships.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/texaslawfellowships.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/texaslawfellowships.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texaslawfellowships.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texaslawfellowships.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/texaslawfellowships.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1422,"href":"https:\/\/texaslawfellowships.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions\/1422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/texaslawfellowships.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texaslawfellowships.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texaslawfellowships.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}