THE KINOY-STAVIS PUBLIC INTEREST FELLOWS PROGRAM
The Kinoy-Stavis Fellowship Program, which began in 1992-93, is designed to encourage and support the
training and development of students who wish to pursue careers in the public interest. The Committee will be
selecting three (3) Kinoy-Stavis Fellows from the Class of 2019.
Arthur Kinoy was a member of the Rutgers faculty from 1964 until he retired in 1992. A prominent civil rights
attorney for more than 50 years and a founder of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), Arthur Kinoy
helped earn for the law school a national reputation as a center for social justice lawyering. Soon after coming
to Rutgers, Kinoy argued and won the landmark civil rights case Dombrowski v. Pfister before the U.S.
Supreme Court. In subsequent years, legions of Rutgers students assisted him in the preparation of other
landmark Supreme Court victories, most notably United States v. United States District Court and Powell v.
McCormack. With the assistance of Rutgers law students, Kinoy supported the Black Freedom Movement and
the anti-war movement in the 1960s.
Morton Stavis partnered with Kinoy in many of these efforts and co-founded CCR with him. Stavis litigated
cases around school integration, voting rights, anti-war efforts, opposition to capital punishment and asylum for
political refugees. Most notably, he served as counsel to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., represented
William M. Kunstler in appealing contempt charges from the Chicago Seven trial, and defended Philip and
Daniel Berrigan for war protests.
Criteria and Prerequisites:
A demonstrated commitment to and demonstrated achievement in public interest activities;
A commitment to doing public interest work after graduation;
A commitment to work to promote interest in public interest law at the law school, including:
 organizing the First Monday program in October,
 planning the Fellows Forum series,
 engaging alumni of the Kinoy-Stavis fellowship program in events,
 serving on the Faculty-Student Public Interest Committee, and
 attending 1-2 meetings each semester regarding the Kinoy-Stavis fellowship program.
Agreement to enroll for a total of 10 credits in the Constitutional Rights Clinic during the two semesters
of the second year; and
Agreement to enroll in any of the clinics offered on the Newark campus during the third year for
additional academic credit.
Benefits:
Public recognition as Kinoy-Stavis Fellow;
Opportunity to meet with members of public interest law community;
Modest monetary stipend each year; and
Paid travel and registration for one of the annual public-interest conferences.
Application Process:
Application materials must be submitted as *one* pdf document to Susan Feathers via email by April 1, 2017.
You may direct questions about this fellowship to Susan Feathers or Professors Alexis Karteron or Jeena Shah.
If you would like to inquire about Fellow experiences, you can reach out to the following current 3L Fellows:
Abdus-Sami Jameel ’17, Annabel Pollioni ’17, Farah Rahaman ’17, Carol Yablonsky ’17.
THE ARTHUR KINOY & MORTON STAVIS
PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FELLOWSHIP
— APPLICATION FORM —
Please provide the information requested below. Type or print legibly.
Name: ____________________________________
Class: __________
Address:
Phone:
Email:
1. Based upon the description of the Kinoy-Stavis Fellowship Program, describe why you are interested in
becoming a Kinoy-Stavis fellow, using between 250-500 words.
2. Attach your resume.
3. Describe your public interest activities in or outside of law school that may not be reflected on your resume
(e.g., college activities, employment, volunteer work, and activities in your community, apartment building,
church, union). You do not need to reiterate anything in your resume. If you believe all of your public
interest activities are described in your resume, you can simply state that here.
4. Describe the work you will be doing this summer or, if you have not yet obtained summer employment, the
work you wish to do.
5. Describe your career plans after law school.
6. List one or two references, with phone numbers.
“I authorize the Kinoy-Stavis Fellows Selection Committee to have access to my academic transcript.”
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