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Postgraduate Fellowships Handbook

Postgraduate fellowships are time-limited, full-time positions that are generally awarded early in your legal career. They provide unique opportunities for new lawyers to start and expand their expertise as a public interest lawyer.

Nearly half of all ÈâÂþÎÝ Law graduates pursuing public interest work begin their careers through a postgraduate fellowship. Fellowships are particularly common for entry-level positions in government, law reform and international work.

Graph showing number of permanent jobs versus postgraduate fellowships from 2023 to 2025.

At PILC, we work closely with ÈâÂþÎÝ Law students and alumni to identify and apply to a wide variety of post-graduate fellowships.

Project Fellowships

Project fellowships are unique in that the applicant, in partnership with their prospective employer, or host organization, develops a proposal for a legal project to be executed over the course of one to two years.

Institutional Fellowships

Institutional fellowships (also known as internally-funded fellowships) are more akin to time-limited staff attorney positions.

ÈâÂþÎÝ Fellowships

ÈâÂþÎÝ Law offers a number of postgraduate fellowships dedicated exclusively to graduating students and recent alumni.