2024-2025 Corporation Counsel Honors Fellowship Program

Max 3 yrs required

Full-time

No

## Corporation Counsel Honors Fellowship Program

The Corporation Counsel Honors Fellowship Program is an annual opportunity for one or two recent graduates to gain a behind-the-scenes view into the operations and governance of the City of New York. This highly selective, paid one-year program provides fellows with the chance to gain valuable legal experience in the City's 18 legal divisions, focusing on major legal issues facing the City.

### Eligibility Requirements

Applicants for the Corporation Counsel Honors Fellowship Program must meet the following criteria:
* Record of academic excellence
* Demonstrable interest in urban affairs and governance
* Graduating law school or no more than three years out of law school
* Admitted to the New York State bar, in the process of becoming admitted, or currently in law school

### Benefits

Successful applicants to the Corporation Counsel Honors Fellowship Program will receive a stipend equal to the salary of a new attorney at the NYC Law Department plus City employee benefits. Fellows will also gain significant counseling, legislative, transactional, trial court level litigation, and appellate experience.

### Application

Applications should include a cover letter discussing what legal issues and experiences they would be most interested in exploring through the Honors Fellowship, a resume, writing sample, law school transcript, and a list of three references. We are now accepting applications to our 2024-2025 Corporation Counsel Honors Fellowship Program through our application portal. The deadline to apply is September 29, 2023.

Questions regarding the Honors Fellowship may be sent to the Legal Recruitment Office.

Current law students seeking post graduation employment may also apply for our Entry-Level Attorney Positions, which is a separate application process.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

## Overview

The Corporation Counsel Honors Fellowship Program is an annual paid opportunity for one or two recent law school graduates to gain valuable legal experience in the City of New York. The one-year fellowship provides fellows with a behind-the-scenes view into the operations and governance of the City with a focus on major legal issues facing the City. Successful applicants will receive a stipend equal to the salary of a new attorney at the NYC Law Department plus City employee benefits.

### Eligibility Requirements

Applicants for the Corporation Counsel Honors Fellowship Program must have a record of academic excellence and a demonstrable interest in urban affairs and governance. Applicants must be graduating law school or be no more than three years out of law school. Applicants must also be either admitted to the New York State bar, in the process of becoming admitted, or currently in law school.

### Benefits

Successful candidates will be chosen by a committee of senior leadership at the Law Department. The fellowship term will be from fall 2024 to fall 2025. The fellowship stipend will be equal to the salary of a new attorney at the NYC Law Department plus City employee benefits. Honors Fellows are welcome to express interest in working closely with specific division(s). Past Honors Fellows have gained significant counseling, legislative, transactional, trial court level litigation, and appellate experience. They may also request to work on projects in specific areas of the law such as employment, land use, tax certiorari, constitutional, administrative, environmental, and commercial law.

### Application

Applications should include a cover letter discussing what legal issues and experiences they would be most interested in exploring through the Honors Fellowship, a resume, writing sample, law school transcript, and a list of three references. We are now accepting applications to our 2024-2025 Corporation Counsel Honors Fellowship Program through our application portal. The deadline to apply is September 29, 2023. Questions regarding the Honors Fellowship may be sent to the Legal Recruitment Office.

Current law students seeking post graduation employment may also apply for our Entry-Level Attorney Positions, which is a separate application process.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

## Corporation Counsel Honors Fellowship Program Overview

The Corporation Counsel Honors Fellowship Program is an annual opportunity for recent law school graduates to gain valuable legal experience in the City of New York. This highly selective, paid one-year program provides fellows with the chance to gain a behind-the-scenes view into the operations and governance of the City with a focus on major legal issues facing the City. Successful applicants will receive a stipend equal to the salary of a new attorney at the NYC Law Department plus City employee benefits.

### Eligibility Requirements

Applicants for the Corporation Counsel Honors Fellowship Program must meet the following criteria:
* Record of academic excellence
* Demonstrable interest in urban affairs and governance
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City employee benefits

Counseling, Legislative, Transactional, Trial Court Litigation, Appellate

Law school

Through the application portal

Qualification and Experience Graduating law school or no more than three years out of law school, must be either admitted to the New York State bar, in the process of becoming admitted, or currently in law school.

Legal