Fellowships

Congrats to the 28 fellows, who come from 14 different law schools.

These are exciting times for public interest lawyers -- and exciting times for Skadden Fellows.

Partnership and leadership are not the same thing, leadership can be taught, and leadership matters.

* Congratulations to Howard Bashman and our sister site How Appealing on 15 great years! [How Appealing]

* Roger Ailes, RIP. [Instapundit]

* Fellowships for training law professors are now a thing — but are they a good thing, wonders Professor Paul Horwitz? [PrawfsBlawg]

* “Immigration, Freedom, and the Constitution” — reflections on these timely topics from Professor Ilya Somin. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]

* Professor Leah Litman breaks down Rod Rosenstein’s appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel in the Trump/Russia investigation. [Take Care]

* Tips from cyberspace lawyer Andrew Rossow for victims of the recent “WannaCry” ransomware attack. [Huffington Post]

Congratulations to the winners of the Skadden Fellowships, and good luck to them as they start working next year at wonderful organizations around the country.

Congrats to the 28 fellows, who come from 15 different law schools.

Congrats to the 28 fellows, who come from 16 different law schools.

Founded by Caren Ulrich Stacey, the OnRamp Fellowship is a re-entry platform that allows experienced, talented lawyers to return to the work force through a one year, paid training contract.

Do you know any of these young lawyers committed to public service?

Wait until you see the kind of people who received this "whites only" fellowship from Columbia.

Why are law-school-funded job programs a good thing? Let us count the ways.

See any names you know? And which law schools have produced the most Skadden Fellows over the past five years?

It's time for celebration of a different sort -- time to celebrate, and congratulate, the latest class of Skadden Fellows. The winners of these prestigious public interest fellowships were just announced, as they are every December. Who are the Skadden fellows for 2012? Which law schools produced the most fellows? And what's different about this year's program compared to past years?

Congratulations to the 2012 Bristow Fellows, who learned of their selection earlier this month. These one-year fellowships in the U.S. Solicitor General's Office, awarded to recent law school graduates with outstanding academic records and top clerkships, are generally regarded as second only to Supreme Court clerkships in prestige. Let's take a look at the next crop of Bristow Fellows....

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