Peggy Browning Fellowship Program
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Our core program is our Peggy Browning Fellowship Program, which provides stipends to law students who dedicate their summer to advancing the cause of workers’ rights by working for labor unions, worker centers, labor-related not-for-profit organizations, union-side law firms and other nonprofit organizations. It is a ten-week summer fellowship and is available to current 1L, 2L & 3E law students.
We recruit interested students and work closely with our mentor organizations to ensure that each fellow will experience unique and challenging work assignments. Our strong relationships with leading national labor leaders, labor attorneys and labor law professors make our fellowship program the preeminent one of its kind.
Peggy Browning Fellows gain the practical skills required to represent workers. They enjoy opportunities to network with their peers and leaders in the field of public interest labor law. The mentor organizations and their clients benefit from the services provided by this talented and committed group.
Since our beginning in 1997, we have placed law students in over 1,500 highly competitive fellowship positions with unions, union-side law firms, worker centers, and other labor-friendly organizations. Peggy Browning Fellows have advocated for thousands of workers and their families nationwide. At least 70% of Peggy Browning Alumni are currently working in workers' rights labor law or public interest law (not counting our alumni who are still in law school).
Learn more about our Fellowships by clicking the quick links below.
Our Fellowship Program operates on a new, 2-cycle application process:
The first-round of the 2027 PBF Fellowship Program will open on Monday, June 1, 2026 for rising 2Ls only. Official offers will be extended on a rolling basis starting on Friday, August 7, 2026, lasting through August and September. The first-round will close on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
The second-round of the 2027 PBF Fellowship Program will open Friday, November, 6, 2026. Offers will be extended on a rolling basis starting on Saturday, December 5, 2026. Applications for the 2027 cycle will close Friday, January 15, 2027 (with some organizations remaining open until filled).
To learn which Mentor Organizations are participating for 2027 - click here.
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