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The Lewis Fellowships 2007-2008

Harvard Law School is offering two Reginald F. Lewis Fellowships for Law Teaching for the academic year 2008-2009. The fellowships are designed to bring to the School law graduates who have demonstrated a strong interest in law scholarship and teaching, and who are preparing for careers in law teaching.

The Lewis Fellowship program supports the training of prospective law teachers who will enhance the diversity of the profession. We especially encourage applications from candidates of color. Lewis Fellows are required to prepare a major article for publication and have an opportunity to audit courses at the Law School. Fellows are expected to follow a schedule of research and work to be agreed upon with the Lewis Committee.

We expect to award up to two, two-year fellowships in the amount of $52,000 each to promising candidates. Fellows are expected to be in residence at Harvard Law School for 12 months. Fellows generally should not be degree candidates at the Law School or other schools during the term of the fellowship. Funds are made available for the fellows to attend relevant conferences and workshops relating to the fellows' substantive areas of interest and law teaching.

The Lewis Fellowship is made available from a gift from Reginald F. Lewis, a African American graduate of Harvard Law School (Class of 1968). Shortly before his death in 1993, he gave the largest grant at the time in the Law School's history. The Law School's International Law Center was renamed in his honor. Lewis was founding CEO of TLC Beatrice Foods International. He was also author of the book, Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?

There is no application form for the fellowship. Interested applicants should submit a detailed (three to four page) description of the research project that will be undertaken with a view to publication during the fellowship, a statement of their interest in teaching, and a statement of the fields in which they expect to teach and pursue scholarship. Applicants should include a résumé (including publications and work experience) and a copy of the applicant's undergraduate and law school transcripts. The applicant should arrange for two letters of reference to be sent directly to the committee--both commenting on the applicant's potential as a scholar and a teacher. Candidates must provide all required documents for their applications to be considered. The deadline for receipt of all material is Friday, February 22, 2008.

For questions, please contact Akiba Covitz at acovitz@law.harvard.edu.

Applications should be sent to:

Lewis Committee
Griswold 207
1525 Massachusetts Avenue
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA  02138