PILI SUMMER INTERNSHIP
PILI GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP

 

Eligibility:

 

Eligibility:

Current 1L or 2L law students from any ABA-accredited U.S. law school

Law school graduates who have accepted employment with a Chicago firm that participates in PILI’s Fellowship program and who have been informed by their law firms that they are eligible.

 

Application:

 

Application:
Interns must apply online by uploading a resume and cover letter(s).  Click here to apply. There is no online application sytem for Fellows, who must pursue their placements via mail, phone and e-mail contact with potential agencies.  Before applying, Fellows should confirm with their Law Firm sponsors that they are eligible for a PILI Fellowship.

 

Host agencies:

 

Host agencies:

20 to choose from

50 to choose from

 

Time commitment:

 

Time commitment:

400 hours during the summer

(ten full-time /40-hour weeks)

300 hours during the summer, with a flexible part-time schedule while taking a bar review course

 

Work schedule:

 

Work schedule:

As arranged between Intern and agency

As arranged between Fellow and agency

 

Salary:

 

Salary:

$5,000 for the summer

Fellows are paid by their sponsoring law firms and

each firm handles compensation differently: some pay a pro-rated associate salary; some offer a simple stipend or additional bonus incentives. Check with your sponsoring firm for specifics.

 

Pay Structure:

 

Pay Structure:

PILI issues a $5,000 grant to the host-agency; the agency places the Intern on its payroll, deducts taxes, and pays the Intern as a regular, temporary employee.

Fellows are paid by their sponsoring firms, not by PILI nor by their host agencies. Each firm handles payment differently: some will pay their fellows at the start of the summer, the end of the summer, or via regular firm payroll. 

Check with your firm.

                            PILI’s Interns and Graduate Fellows also share many important similarities:

» Both Interns and Fellows receive a unique opportunity to gain valuable, hands-on experience in Chicago’s public interest law community.

» Both Interns and Fellows are included in the host agency’s daily operations and receive excellent opportunities for direct client contact,

improving legal research and writing skills, and even court experience (Interns and Fellows may obtain and use a 711 license).

» Both Interns and Fellows are included in PILI’s Educational Program, a series of summer luncheon seminars with renowned speakers who

address various relevant issues in the practice and profession of public interest law.

» Both Interns and Fellows are included in a series of PILI-sponsored social events to network with like-minded law students and new lawyers.

NOTE: PILI does offer a limited number of Internships during the school-year and, by special arrangement with sponsoring law firms, school-

year Fellowships as well.