Great Supreme Court Fellows opportunity for all current and future sentencing researchers/advocates

I was pleased and honored to receive a call yesterday from Office of the Counselor to the Chief Justice of Supreme Court of the United States concerning the Supreme Court Fellows program. Though I have long been aware of this terrific program, I was not surprised to learn that the opportunity to be detailed to the US Sentencing Commission as part of the Fellows program may not be widely known.  These links and information about the program were sent my way by the Counselor’s Office to make sure this opportunity gets all the attention (and applicants) that it merits:

Attached [below is ] a flyer describing the Supreme Court Fellows Program.  More information is available on the Supreme Court Fellows Program website, as is the online application.

We are very grateful for your consideration of promoting the opportunity on the Sentencing Law & Policy Blog, and in particular flagging the fellowship placement at the U.S. Sentencing Commission.  As the description of placements indicates, this fellow will participate in professional teams conducting policy, legal, and social science research on the cutting edge of criminal sentencing reform.  The breadth of the Commission’s work and its relatively small size provide the fellow with both a wide-ranging exposure to criminal law and opportunities for active participation in addressing sentencing issues.  One quarter of the fellow’s time will be set aside for research and writing of a publishable scholarly work on a topic in criminal or sentencing law.

We very much appreciate anything you can do to call the fellowship to the attention of strong candidates, as well as others who might help us identify them. Our recruiting is targeted to current or recent law clerks who are exploring careers in academia or public service. The application deadline for 2016-17 fellowships is November 6, 2015.

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