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Jeffcoat Public Interest Fellowship Program

The Jeffcoat Public Interest Fellowship Program (“Jeffcoat PI Fellowship") is a grant program established through generous donations by the Jeffcoat Firm, South Carolina’s personal injury law firm focused on a client-centered approach based on service and shared decision-making with their clients. The Jeffcoat Firm is committed to offering students opportunities to explore public interest work in their 1L and 2L summers to support those who wish to pursue public interest work as a career.

Overview

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The Jeffcoat PI Fellowship provides funding for first-year and second-year law students working part-time and full-time 29 hours/week, up to 10 weeks during the summer. The Jeffcoat PI Fellowship has 3 major goals:

  1. To allow USC Joseph F. Rice law students to receive compensation for their work in the field of public interest law.
  2. To give USC Joseph F. Rice law students valuable work experience in an underserved field.
  3. To provide respected public interest organizations with valuable law student assistance.

Application Process

  1. Application Form (Microsoft Form listed in the Symplicity posting)
  2. Personal Statement (500-word minimum) submitted in Symplicity as “Other Documents.”
  3. Resume submitted in Symplicity as “Resume.”
  4. Employer Form (A completed Employer Form may increase the likelihood of being selected for funding, but is only required for selected Jeffcoat PI Fellows to confirm awards).
  1. The Application Form must be submitted through the Microsoft Form linked in the Symplicity posting.
  2. The resume and personal statement must be submitted through Symplicity job posting, which will go live during winter break. No late entries will be accepted.
  3. The Employer Form is a Microsoft Form linked in the Symplicity posting.

Where Grantees Have Served

  • 2nd Circuit Public Defender’s Office
  • 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office
  • Cherokee County Public Defender’s Office
  • DeKalb County Public Defender’s Office
  • District 41 Public Defender’s Office
  • Federal Public Defender’s Office
  • Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office
  • Horry County Solicitor’s Office
  • Kershaw County Public Defender’s Office
  • Lexington Juvenile Arbitration Program
  • Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office
  • Nassau County District Attorney’s Office
  • National Institute of Military Justice
  • Orangeburg County Solicitor’s Office
  • Pisgah Legal
  • Public Defender Services
  • Richland County CASA
  • Richland County Public Defender
  • Richland County Solicitor’s Office
  • SC Commission on Indigent Defense
  • SC Environmental Law Project
  • Sudreau Global Justice Institute
  • Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office
  • The Honorable Marcia Morales Howard
  • The Honorable Mary Lewis
  • The Honorable Sherri Lydon
  • U.S. Coast Guard JAG
  • U.S. Navy JAG
  • U.S. Attorney’s Office
  • SC Appleseed
  • SC Disability Rights
  • SC Legal Services

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