The Allegheny County Bar Foundation is currently accepting applications for the 2017 Law Student Summer Fellowship Program at legal services organizations and for the 2017 Gismondi Certified Law Student Fellowship Program at Neighborhood Legal Services Association.

The application deadline for both programs is January. 13, 2017.

2017 Law Student Summer Fellowship Program

The Certified Summer Fellowship positions will be awarded through the Lawyers Fund at the Allegheny County Bar Foundation and The John P. Gismondi Fund. Applicants must meet all eligibility criteria and have completed his or her second year of law school and must be eligible to be certified to appear in court pursuant to Pa. Bar Admission Rule 321. The Law Student Summer Fellowship Program will run from May 30, 2017 through August 8, 2017.

All applications must be submitted via Symplicity portal for Pitt Law students and via DuqLawConnect for Duquesne Law students.

To view the program overview, click here.

To view the application, click here.

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Gismondi Certified Law Student Summer Fellowship Program

The John P. Gismondi Fund was established in January 2014 to provide summer employment opportunities to University of Pittsburgh law students at Neighborhood Legal Services Association (NLSA) or other similar public interest non-profit organizations providing legal services to those in need.

The program, entitled the Gismondi Certified Law Student Summer Fellowship Program, is financed by a $225,000 donation to the Foundation by Pittsburgh attorney John P. Gismondi. Gismondi, a well-known, local trial attorney and Past President of the Allegheny County Bar Association, has been an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law for more than 25 years and is a graduate of the university and its law school.

According to Gismondi, the fund fulfills two purposes. “Law students crave real-world experience, and NLSA has a critical need for more manpower. This program should address both areas. It will allow second-year students to handle actual cases in front of magistrates or government agencies, and it will give more low-income families access to legal representation.”

The Gismondi Fund will sponsor two (2) Summer Fellowship positions at NLSA to students who have completed their second year of law school at the University of Pittsburgh and are certified to represent clients in accordance with the court rules of Allegheny County. The Gismondi Certified Law Student Summer Fellowship Program will run from May 30, 2017 through Aug. 8, 2017.

To view the program overview, click here.

To view the application, click here.

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