Our colleagues in Estate & Elder Law Services (EELS) of the Volunteers of America of Minnesota and Wisconsin are seeking a 3L or recent graduate interested in elder law, especially guardianship for a two-year, grant-funded project with possible full-time employment after the two-year period. We will likely be designing the project around guardianship cases, so the attorney would work primarily on guardianship cases, offering free representation to persons under guardianship and assistance with less restrictive alternatives to guardianship (supported decision-making). However, the project could also encompass some probate, MA, and Special Needs Trust (we have a huge variety of cases at our firm which the attorney could be involved with). The law student/graduate would actually assist in “designing” the project and defining the parameters of the work.
Read below for more general information about the fellowship, and please contact careers@mitchellhamline.edu if you’d like to speak to someone at EELS for more information.
The Borchard Fellowship in Law & Aging offers the opportunity to carry out a substantial project related to law and aging in partnership with a host agency. Two two-year fellowships are available to law school graduates interested in, and perhaps already in the early stages of pursuing, an academic and/or professional career in law and aging.
The fellowship is $62,000 a year for two years and is intended as a full-time position only. During the fellowship period, the Center’s director and former fellows are available to help fellows with the further development of their knowledge, skills, and contacts. Fellows may also receive from the Center financial support to attend appropriate professional education program opportunities. A fellow is expected to provide the Center with monthly activities reports. Fellows may live and work where they choose in the United States. Fellows must be either U.S citizens or legally resident in the U.S.
Read more information about the fellowship.
Begin the online application process here.
Applications due April 1, 2024.