Environmental Justice Fellowship Grant

Environmental Justice Fellowship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law
Amount: Up to US $75,000
Last Updated: October 13, 2025

Summary

The Environmental Justice Fellowship, supported by the William Wayne Justice Center, offers a two-year postgraduate opportunity for Texas Law alumni aiming to work with environmental legal organizations. Applicants must propose impactful projects, collaborating with designated host organizations. This fellowship emphasizes public interest law, promoting access to justice and community engagement in Texas. Ideal candidates are third-year students or recent graduates completing a judicial clerkship by Fall 2026, ensuring sustainable public interest law practices.

Overview

William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law The William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law was created in 2004 when the law school joined with Judge William Wayne Justice’s former law clerks and many admirers to establish it in his honor. The Justice Center is a comprehensive resource for students, faculty, alumni, and the community. The Justice Center inspires, equips, and empowers Texas Law students to serve the public interest. Our work includes: Education: Teaching students about public interest lawyering and the need to increase access to justicePro Bono: Creating opportunities for the Texas Law community to gain legal skills and serve the public through the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono ProgramProgramming: Informing students, faculty, staff, attorneys, and the community about public interest legal issuesCommunity Building: Fostering a community of support for students and alumni engaged in public serviceFinancial Support: Awarding scholarships and fellowships to ensure that public interest law practice is accessible to and sustainable for all Environmental Justice Fellowship The Environmental Justice Fellowship is a two-year postgraduate fellowship awarded to an outstanding graduating student or judicial clerk working with an existing environmental legal organization. Preference will be given to fellowship applicants proposing to work in Texas with organizations that have recently partnered with Texas Law’s Environmental Clinic, including, but not limited to, a Texas legal aid organization, Earthjustice, Sierra Club, Save Our Springs Alliance, and Bayou City Waterkeeper. The fellowship is generously supported by Todd Vogel and Karen Hust. Before applying, applicants must identify a potential host organization and collaborate with them to develop a description of the proposed work, training, and supervision. The proposed work should include identified projects or cases, either new initiatives or ongoing environmental justice projects of the sponsoring organization. The host must commit to supporting the project and providing appropriate supervision throughout the fellowship. Students with questions about potential sponsoring organizations or projects are welcome to contact Professor Kelly Haragan, director of the Environmental Clinic, and Mary Murphy, public interest career counselor in the Career Services Office.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The fellowship is open only to Texas Law alumni. Applicants must be third-year students or recent graduates who will complete a judicial clerkship by Fall 2026.