Deadline: January 20, 2025
Applications for the Anthony Lester Fellowship 2025-2026 are now open. Inaugurated in 2024, the Anthony Lester Fellowships support lawyers or law students who would like to undertake practical fieldwork in human rights and the rule of law outside of their country of residence. These fellowships enable lawyers and law students early in their careers to work on a project that helps effect practical change and are designed for those who may not otherwise have this opportunity.
At the end of the fellowship, fellows will be invited to give a presentation at Bard’s campus in New York’s Hudson Valley (their travel and accommodation costs will be paid). Fellows will write a short report on their project, to be published on the Human Rights Project’s website. Fellows may wish to publish their report elsewhere (crediting their support from the Anthony Lester Fellowships at Bard College). They will also have the chance to discuss their work with those who worked with Anthony Lester at the Odysseus Trust, which supported his legislative work.
Benefits
- Fellows will receive a stipend of $25,000 for a project lasting at least three months.
Eligibility
- The fellowships are open to early-career lawyers or law students.
- There are no geographical restrictions on the fellowships.
- It is expected that the project will comprise full-time work for the fellows for a minimum of three months.
Selection Criteria
- The project has the potential to make a tangible impact in the promotion of the rule of law/human rights.
- The project is fieldwork (something practical), rather than academic research.
- The project is practical, manageable, and realistic.
- The project should be in a country different from the applicant’s own, should be a different experience for them, and should come at a time in applicant’s career where it may make a real difference to career trajectory.
- Diversity of geography and subject matter.
Application
The deadline to apply for the 2025–2026 academic year is January 20, 2025.
For more information, visit Anthony Lester Fellowship.
