The Planning and Law Division of the American Planning Association is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications from urban planning students and law students for its 2023-24 Daniel J. Curtin, Jr. Fellowship.
The Planning and Law Division (“PLD”) of the APA serves those who seek to understand the diverse legal issues that affect the planning profession. The legal issues underlying the planning
of our cities and communities are important and essential components in the education and training of those who would become professional planners and land use practitioners. The purpose of the PLD’s Daniel J. Curtin, Jr. Fellowship Program (“Fellowship Program”) is to foster increased interest in the study of land use planning and its interrelationship with the law at the advanced
undergraduate, graduate, and law school levels. This will provide increased participation in the planning profession, and ultimately, greater service to communities across the nation. The
Fellowship Program is open to third and fourth year undergraduate students, master’s degree students, and certain law students. One fellowship with a stipend of $2,500 is awarded per
academic year. The stipend includes a $1,500 award and a $1,000 APA membership and Annual Conference stipend (attendance at the APA’s Annual Conference is expected). The term of the
fellowship is approximately ten months (the typical length of two semesters or three quarters), from mid-October to mid-August, and will include approximately 100 to 200 total hours of work.
The fellow will conduct his/her fellowship duties remotely, i.e., from where he/she lives or attends school.