Bool Simkins Summer Fellowship for Public Interest Fund

The purpose of the Fund is to provide a summer fellowship to a top performing student (top one-third of class or higher) in the School of Law (“School”) who has a full-summer (typically eight to ten weeks) qualifying public interest/pro bono career placement during his or her second summer. Qualifying placements:

  • Must have the potential for post-graduate employment – clerkships/internships with federal, state, or local judiciaries do not qualify
  • Are limited to organizations that adhere to principles consistent with the University’s Nondiscrimination and Harassment policies on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity or national origin, religion, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status
  • Include, but are not limited to, organizations like Legal Aid, public defender offices, city attorney offices, NAACP, ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Southern Environmental Law Center
  • Generally speaking, represent people who are marginalized within society for economic or social reasons

 

 

Ways to Give
  • Mail:
    • Check payable to: UGA Foundation
      For: Bool Simkins Summer Fellowship for Public Interest Fund (71766823)

      University of Georgia School of Law
      Law School Advancement Office
      225 Herty Drive
      Athens, GA 30602-6012
  • Online - One-time or recurring gift options via debit/credit card
  • Phone:
  • Stock or Wire Transfer Instructions:
    • Available upon request
Fund Type
Co-Curricular

The Law School Advancement Office welcomes the opportunity to talk with donors about making gifts to existing funds or creating new funds to benefit the law school.

For more information, please contact the Law School Advancement Office at
(706) 542-7639 or lawgifts@uga.edu.