Pace University School of Law Announces 
The Learned and Augustus Hand Fellowship Program

Pace Law School announces The Learned and Augustus Hand Fellowship Program. The program is named in honor of Learned Hand, one of the most influential judges in the United States, a federal judge from New York who served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (1909-1924) and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1924-1951), and Augustus Noble Hand (1869-1954), a first cousin of Learned Hand, who was a highly respected New York judge in his own right, who served with his cousin on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (1914-1928) and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1928-1954).

This Program consists of a group of select fellowships to be offered to applicants based on (1) the merit of their admissions applications; and (2) a demonstrated interest or likelihood of success in the specific subject area of the fellowship. Preliminary selection will be based on the quality of the admissions application; selected candidates will be invited to the Law School to meet with faculty and admissions personnel. Final selections will be based on the application and the meeting.

Fellowships may be created in the following areas: Business, Criminal Justice, Environmental, Family, Health, International, Land Use/Real Estate, Litigation, and Public Interest Law.

1. Full tuition waiver;

2. Summer employment in the substantive area following the first year of law school;

3. An annual reception for all Fellows, supplemented by special attendance at selected events;

4. Participation in an enrichment program to be designed and sponsored by the faculty in the Fellow’s individual subject matter area (the "Fellowship Enrichment Program"), which would include (a) mentoring and supervision of a writing project (see writing requirement below); (b) involvement in seminars and other types of educational events, and (c) ongoing networking opportunities in the Fellow’s field of interest.

Requirements for maintaining the status of Learned and Augustus Hand Fellow:

1. Continued academic excellence (maintain GPA in top 15% of class);

2. Preparation of a writing of publishable quality in the relevant substantive area no later than the completion of the first semester of the fellow’s last year of law school, under the supervision of one or more faculty.

3. Participation in the Fellowship Enrichment Program.

Founded in 1976, Pace Law School is a New York Law School with a suburban campus in White Plains, NY, 20 miles north of New York City. Part of Pace University, the school offers the JD program for full-time and part-time day and evening students. Its postgraduate program includes the LLM and SJD degrees in Environmental Law and an LLM in Comparative Legal Studies. Pace has one of the nation's top-rated Environmental Law programs and its Clinical Education program also is nationally ranked, offering clinics in domestic violence prosecution, environmental law, securities arbitration, criminal justice and disability rights. www.law.pace.edu 

Pace is a comprehensive, independent university with campuses in New York City, Pleasantville and White Plains, NY, and a Hudson Valley Center at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, NY. More than 14,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lubin School of Business, School of Computer Science and Information Systems, School of Education, Lienhard School of Nursing and Pace Law School. www.pace.edu