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The
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, one
the nation’s foremost civil right legal organizations,
sponsors annually a one-year fellowship under the George
N. Lindsay Civil Rights Fellowship Program. Mr. Lindsay, a longtime partner in the law
firm Debevoise & Plimpton,
and its Presiding Partner from 1980-1987, exemplified the
private bars commitment to equal justice. Mr. Lindsay devoted
much of his career to public service by promoting civil
rights law enforcement in the United States and respect for human rights
throughout the world. The Lindsay Fellowship provides an
opportunity for recent law school graduates to become familiar
with civil rights practice by working with many of the nation's
leading civil rights experts at the national office of the
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Washington,
D.C.
The one
year Fellowship pays a stipend of $42,000, supplemented
by a loan forgiveness payment of $2,000. The yearly stipend
is also supplemented by payment of bar review and fees.
Fellows have opportunity to gain legal experience in one
or more of the following areas: voting rights, fair housing,
employment discrimination, community and economic development,
environmental justice, and minority business. The majority
of all legal activities at the Lawyers' Committee involve
co-counseled litigation with prominent law firms, including
client contact, case investigation, discovery, negotiations,
amicus briefs, appeals, and trial practice. Non-litigation
activities include transactional legal services to community
development groups, legislative and public policy advocacy,
and public education on important civil rights matters.
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