The Program on Law and Economics announces new student fellowships in law and economics. Applications due June 15
The Notre Dame Law School Program on Law and Economics is pleased to announce new, competitive, student fellowships in law and economics for the 2024-25 academic year. The purpose of the fellowships are to foster student research, study, and deeper intellectual engagement in the broad area of law and economics (including conceptual, behavioral, experimental, and empirical law and economics).
The fellowship is open to any rising 2L, 3L, or graduate student at Notre Dame Law School or any PhD student elsewhere at Notre Dame who has a strong interest in the economic analysis of law. Ideal applicants are students with an excellent academic record who wish to deepen their knowledge and study of law and economics. A demonstrated engagement with law and economics at the Law School (e.g., taking one of the courses “Introduction to Law and Economics” or “Introduction to the Behavioral Analysis of Law” as a 1L or 2L elective, or participating in the “Law and Economics Workshop” as a 2L) will strengthen the application.
The fellowship period is for one academic year. The fellowship award is $4000 for the academic year ($2000 disbursed each semester).
Applications should be submitted by midnight on Saturday, June 15, 2024.
Fellowship Duties
• Fellows are required to attend at least one of the law and economics classes offered at Notre Dame Law School during each semester of their fellowship year.
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Eligible classes include: “Introduction to Law and Economics,” “Introduction to the Behavioral Analysis of Law,” the “Law and Economics Workshop,” the capstone seminar “Canonical Concepts in Law and Economics,” and any other law and economics courses offered from time to time.
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With instructor permission, fellows may participate in the Workshop or the Canonical Concepts seminar without registering for credit.
• Fellows are expected to attend all special law and economics events, such as guest lectures, brown bag lunches, conferences, or symposia that will be offered from time to time throughout the fellowship year at the law school.
• Fellows are strongly encouraged (but not required) to make a significant commitment of time and effort to research and write in the area of law and economics writ large. A fellow could write either a not-for-credit or a for-credit substantial research paper in the field, in conjunction with the Law and Economics Workshop, the Canonical Concepts seminar, another relevant seminar, as a directed reading, or as a student journal note.
• Fellows are strongly encouraged (but not required) to advance their engagement in research and writing in law and economics by seeking a Research Assistant position with any of the faculty affiliated with the Program on Law and Economics.
• Fellows are required to submit at the end of the academic year (by June 1) either a paper satisfying the above research and writing commitment or a progress report detailing the fellow’s law and economics engagement in the course of the fellowship year.
Application Materials
The following materials must be submitted as PDF attachments to an email addressed to the Program Coordinator, Kristen Pilarski at kpilarsk@nd.edu. Your email should be titled “Student Fellowships in Law and Economics Application.”
• The completed fillable Basic Information Form.
Click here to download the basic information form
• Undergraduate, Notre Dame Law School, or any other graduate transcripts (official copies are not required).
• A short description of the applicant’s background and interests in law and economics.
• A current curriculum vitae.
• Previously written papers in the area of law and economics, if any.
Submission of Applications and Notification
Applications should be submitted by midnight on Saturday, June 15, 2024. The above materials must be submitted as PDF attachments to an email addressed to the Program Coordinator, Kristen Pilarski at kpilarsk@nd.edu.
Notification of decisions will be made prior to the beginning of the fall semester.