LAWA Fellowship Program 2024-2025 | APPLY NOW

This informs the public about the Georgetown Law Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program 2024-2025. Details about the Program are given below.

LAWA Fellowship Program 2024

About LAWA Fellowship Program 2024

The Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program (video) was founded in 1993 at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., in order to train women’s human rights lawyers from Africa who are committed to returning home to their countries to advance the status of women and girls in their own countries throughout their careers.

Over 80 women’s human rights advocates from Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe have participated in the LAWA Program, and we hope to include Fellows from additional countries in the future.

Program Details

The entire LAWA Fellowship Program is approximately 14 months long (from July of the first year through August of the following year), after which the LAWA Fellows return home to continue advocating for women’s rights in their countries.

The LAWA Program starts in July when the Fellows attend the Georgetown Law Center’s Foundations of American Law and Legal Education course.

Eligibility

  • You must be a women’s human rights lawyer from Africa in order to be considered. You must hold an LL.B. or other law degree. A preference is given to candidates who:
    1. are currently living and working in Africa, and
    2. do not already have a Masters’ Degree.
  • The strongest applicants tend to be about five to ten years out of law school, but those with less or more experience will be considered. Candidates with no work experience who are applying directly from an LL.B. degree or other law school will not be considered.
  • All people who are committed to women’s rights are strongly encouraged to apply, regardless of gender identity.
  • As a requirement of participation in the LAWA Program, all applicants must commit to return home to their own countries upon completion of the Fellowship, and to use their best professional efforts to advance women’s human rights throughout their careers.
  • You must have strong English language skills, both written and oral. Language problems have been the primary barrier to success for LAWA Fellows.
  • The LAWA Program requires candidates to become proficient in using computers for drafting papers and conducting research. Candidates are strongly encouraged to learn basic computer skills before arrival in order to make this transition easier. At the very minimum, candidates should work to improve their typing speed.
  • Candidates must be prepared to enter a very demanding course of study. LAWA Fellows take one required course and several more elective courses over the course of the two academic semesters. Each class requires advance preparation of reading hundreds of pages. Fellows are required to produce a Masters’ Thesis totaling no fewer than 40 pages, including several drafts with intense research, writing and editing. Successful completion of the program requires exceptional focus, and very hard work. Please do not apply if you are not prepared to make this serious academic commitment.

Application

For those interested in the LAWA Fellowship Program 2024. Open this link to start the application process.

Application Deadline

  • The deadline for receipt of applications is 19 January 2024.

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