At LMU Loyola Law School (LLS), we embrace our moral and professional duty to engage, confront and dismantle individualized and structural racism, and we strive to integrate the values of anti-racism, equity and inclusion throughout our curriculum, programs and the law school community. Through the Loyola Anti-Racism Center (LARC), we advance these values within and beyond the law school.
LARC draws upon the multiple lawyering strategies of LLS’s diverse community members to challenge and transform legal regimes that reify structural racism and inequality. LARC connects legal scholarship and policy research, academic and policy forums, and on-the-ground clinical work to strengthen LLS’s real-world impact.
LLS is pleased to announce an outstanding opportunity for entering students to serve as a LARC Fellow. Students spend the summer after their first or second-year working on faculty-led projects focused on social and racial justice. LARC Fellows may also continue their fellowship during the academic year. These projects include Democratizing Justice, the Reparations Project and the Thirteenth Amendment Initiative.
Fellow Selection
LARC Fellows are selected based on a combination of factors including academic achievement, leadership potential, experience in social and racial justice work, and community service. Fellows will:
- Receive mentorship from LARC faculty and serve as a research assistant for a LARC project or initiative and a summer stipend;
- Receive research training related to their work;
- Meet with other LARC Fellows, LLS leadership and with faculty and renowned policy advocates in small group settings;
- Participate in symposia and policy forums such as the Race & Law Colloquium and Policing Los Angeles Forum which brings together advocates, policymakers and practitioners who prioritize racial justice in their work receive priority consideration to work at an LLS clinic.
The deadline to apply is March 15, 2022.