The Florida Bar’s Environmental and Land Use Law Section (ELULS) is partnering with the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy and Resources to create and fund a Minority Fellowship Program in Florida.  The program is designed to encourage minority law students to study and pursue careers in environmental and/or land use law and is open to first and second year law students.

     The program will fund one Minority Fellow law student for a summer internship at a government agency or public interest organization in Florida for $5,000.00.  The Fellowship guidelines require an 8-10 week minimum (40 hours per week) commitment wherein the recipient will work on legal matters for a government agency or a public interest organization in the fields of environment, energy, natural resources and/or land use law.

     In addition, each recipient will be expected to attend the Annual Update meeting of the ELULS and will be assigned a mentor from the Section to aid in the pursuit of a career in environmental and/or land use law.

      If you know of students that may be interested, please tell them about this program and direct them to the application materials which can be found at http://www.abanet.org/environ/committees/lawstudents/
2006minorityfellowship/2006MinorityFellowshipApplication.doc  

     Applications need to be postmarked by January 31, 2006.  If you have any questions please contact Jackie Werndli at JWerndli@FlaBar.org.