Post-Graduate Fellowships

Many plaintiffs’ firms and plaintiff-side advocacy organizations offer post-grad fellowships to graduating 3Ls and recent graduates in the first few years of practice. These fellowships are an excellent opportunity to try out a new area of practice, fill a gap year before a clerkship, and transition into a plaintiffs’ law career, as some fellowships can transition into permanent positions. Some fellowships are funded and run by the same firm, while others ask that you find your own host organization or law firm. Timelines vary, so please check each fellowship’s website for more information.

If your firm or organization’s fellowship is not listed, please email firms@nationalplaintiffslawassociation.org.

Walkup Civil Justice Fellowship

Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger is a plaintiff’ side personal injury law firm in San Francisco. The Walkup Civil Justice Fellowship will be a chance to learn the art of trial advocacy at a career stage when such opportunities are hard to come by. Our fellow will be assigned to work on cases involving wrongful death and other serious tort matters, as well as individual liberty and access to justice. Depending on ability, responsibilities may include making court appearances, writing briefs, preparing clients for depositions, taking depositions, and assisting in trial. The more you can do, the more you will do.

Theodore I. Koskoff Advocacy Fellowship

One of the greatest trial lawyers of his generation, Theodore I. Koskoff was renowned for his eloquence, brilliant trial tactics, and supreme mastery of persuasion. Theodore I. Koskoff (TIK) Trial Advocacy Fellows work on cases involving wrongful death, serious tort matters, equal rights, individual liberty, and access to justice. Fellows are also given the opportunity to work on legal projects of their choice. The focus of the Fellowship is on learning the art of trial advocacy, with close mentorship from experienced trial lawyers. Fellows must be willing to participate in the presentation of evidence at trial.

Paul H. Tobias Attorney Fellowship

The Paul H. Tobias Attorney Fellowship offers a recent law graduate the opportunity to work at the forefront of dismantling barriers to workplace justice and have an immediate impact on emerging issues affecting workers’ lives. The Fellowship is based at the National Institute for Workers’ Rights (NIWR), a nonprofit advocacy organization focused on making it harder for employers to violate workers’ rights and easier for workers to fight back. The Tobias Attorney Fellowship is one of the premier fellowships for early-career lawyers interested in workplace law, and former Tobias Fellows now work in impactful jobs around the country.

Relman Colfax Fellowship

FAIR Fellowship

The FAIR Fellowship is a unique 18-month, post-graduate fellowship that enables a new attorney to work full-time for two consecutive terms: 12 months at Legal Aid at Work (remotely) and six months at a plaintiff-side employment law firm affiliated with the California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), an organization of more than 1,200 workers’ rights advocates throughout California.

Cohen Milstein Fellowship

Cohen Milstein specializes in complex civil litigation, including antitrust, consumer protection, civil rights & employment, and whistleblower actions. Fellows participate in all aspects of our work — investigating potential cases, researching cutting-edge legal issues, conducting discovery, drafting pleadings, and collaborating with colleagues across the country. You’ll also participate in formal training and professional development programming and develop mentoring relationships.

Altschuler Berzon Law Fellowship

Relman Colfax PLLC is a national civil rights law firm, with a litigation practice focused on combating discrimination and obtaining equity, including in the areas of housing, lending, employment, public accommodations, education, and police accountability. Relman Colfax PLLC is a national civil rights law firm, with a litigation practice focused on combating discrimination and obtaining equity, including in the areas of housing, lending, employment, public accommodations, education, and police accountability.

Kivu Law Fellowship

Cochran Fellowship

Neufeld Scheck is a civil rights firm in New York City. We are looking for fearless advocates for our clients, whether at a deposition, in brief writing, or in the courtroom. Although many fellows are former judicial clerks, there is no clerkship requirement. We seek candidates who have demonstrated excellence in any number of ways, whether through clinical work, other social justice experience, or litigation experience at another law firm. Successful candidates must be committed to holding officers accountable for their misconduct.

Altshuler Berzon LLP is a California law firm dedicated to providing the highest quality representation in the service of economic justice and the public interest. Fellows work closely with the firm’s attorneys on a variety of matters representing labor unions, workers, environmental groups, consumers, and governmental entities. They participate as full members of our legal teams and have significant responsibilities for our cases, as well as opportunities for professional development.

Gupta Wessler Fellowship

Kivu Immigration Law is the only immigration law firm in all of southwest Minnesota. Before its establishment in 2020, many immigrants traveled nearly 200 miles to Omaha, NE or Minneapolis, MN to seek legal assistance. Kivu Law strives to provide our clients affordable, high-quality legal representation in a convenient, low-stress manner. The Kivu Law Fellowship seeks recent law graduates who have demonstrated commitment to providing legal services for refugees and immigrants with little to no access to legal support.

Greenfield Fellows at Bredhoff Kaiser

Founded seven decades ago and located in Washington, D.C., Bredhoff & Kaiser is one of the largest firms in the country focused on representing workers and labor organizations. Our work involves everything from RICO, antitrust, and constitutional cases to employee benefits, individual employment, tort and contract issues. Greenfield Fellows will be exposed to our national practice representing and advancing the interests of working people,and will have the opportunity to make immediate contributions on case teams handling matters of substantial importance.

Gupta Wessler LLP specializes in Supreme Court, appellate, and complex litigation on behalf of plaintiffs and public interest clients. Their cases span a wide range of issues, including consumers’ and workers’ rights, class actions, civil rights, and constitutional and administrative law. Each year, the firm seeks out at least one new attorney with exceptional writing ability, the capacity to think creatively about the law, strong advocacy instincts, and a passion for public interest work. Judicial clerkship and experience in both public interest and appellate litigation are preferred.

Impact Fund Fellowship

Impact Fund is a civil rights legal nonprofit based in Berkeley, California. Impact Fund strives to achieve economic, environmental, racial, and social justice through (1) litigation, (2) attorney training, and (3) legal grant-making. Impact Fund seeks to sponsor a candidate for a 2026 public interest law fellowship. Impact Fund is interested in applicants with civil rights-focused project proposals who intend to apply for outside funding, including internally funded law school fellowships.

Host Organizations

These firms have hosted fellows in the past, with funding from organizations like Justice Catalyst or internal law school funding.

  • Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP is a nationally-recognized litigation boutique that focuses on civil rights, commercial, criminal, and ethics matters. The firm has hosted fellows via Justice Catalyst.

  • Gerstein Harrow is a boutique litigation firm specializing in novel crypto consumer protection matters, civil rights and independent defense, and complex issues and appeals. The firm has hosted fellows via Justice Catalyst.


  • Wardenski P.C., founded in 2021, is a mission-centered civil rights law firm that combats discrimination in education, housing, and health care, with a significant focus on the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. We represent individuals and organizations challenging unlawful discrimination in both federal and state courts. We routinely co-counsel with national civil rights organizations and other plaintiff-side law firms in litigating our cutting-edge public interest cases across the country.