Program Details

Orientation & Skills Boot Camp
All Fellows begin their journey with a mandatory virtual training covering core legal-tech fundamentals, advocacy strategies, and leadership essentials. By the end of this boot camp, Fellows are well-equipped to undertake technology-driven projects that advance equitable legal service delivery.

Fellowship Host Placement
The fellowship’s centerpiece is a 10-week immersive placement running from June 1 to August 7, 2025, during which Fellows commit 32–40 hours per week to their assigned host site. These organizations—ranging from legal aid nonprofits to government agencies and justice-tech startups—share a common mission to bridge the civil justice gap.

Stipend Support
A competitive stipend ensures Fellows can devote themselves entirely to community impact and ethical innovation without financial strain. By alleviating economic obstacles, the program enables Fellows from all backgrounds to engage wholeheartedly in their projects.

Mentorship & Networking
Each Fellow is paired with an experienced professional—often a lawyer, technologist, or policy advocate—offering personalized guidance, feedback, and strategic career insights. Fellows also join a nationwide peer community, fostering collaboration through peer coaching, knowledge sharing, and collective problem-solving. These supportive relationships often extend beyond the summer, forming enduring professional networks.

Trainings & Workshops
In addition to orientation, Fellows participate in specialized sessions on ethical decision-making, culturally competent leadership, and community-focused advocacy. By developing these leadership proficiencies, Fellows become catalysts for systemic change, championing equitable solutions both during and after their host placements.

Practical Legal Tech Skills
Fellows learn data ethics, AI governance, automation, and user-centered design, applying systems thinking to identify how each tool or process interconnects within larger organizational and social frameworks.

‍Community-Centered Advocacy
Coursework emphasizes cultural competency and the recognition of personal and community identity—allowing Fellows to adopt respectful, equity-minded strategies in every phase of solution design, testing, and implementation.

‍Innovative Leadership & Collaboration
The program cultivates adaptive leadership and collaborative approaches, encouraging Fellows to analyze broader policy and social systems for potential leverage points, rather than isolating issues at the micro-level.

‍Ethical & Equitable Decision-Making
Addressing systemic inequities like algorithmic bias or digital exclusion, Fellows integrate identity, cultural context, and systems-level analysis to ensure technology solutions advance justice for underserved communities.

‍Reflective Practice & Continuous Growth
Through structured reflection prompts, personal identity exploration, and ongoing feedback, Fellows connect their lived experiences to real-world problems, strengthening both their tech proficiency and insight into systemic barriers.

1. Attend a mandatory virtual in-person training
2. Complete host organization full-time service commitment
3. Maintain active participation in mentorship & cohort activities
5. Complete brief reflection exercises or journals
6. Execute project deliverables & final reporting