Summer Scholarships

DePaul offers a number of summer funding opportunities for students dedicated to public service:

Sonnenschein Summer Scholars
The law firm of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP selects two Sonnenschein Scholars each year to receive a $4,000 summer stipend to help underwrite students' work with public interest agencies of their choice.

Cudahy Fellowships
The Patrick and Anna Cudahy Fund, a foundation which supports social service, youth and educational organizations, has awarded several summer fellowships to students choosing to work during the summer after their first year at a public interest agency.

Pusateri Fellowship
The Pusateri Fellowship is part of a larger grant to the College of Law by the family of late DePaul alumnus Justice Lawrence X. Pusateri ('53). The fellowship is dedicated to facilitating public service work by DePaul law students.

Public Interest Law Association Stipends
Each year, DePaul's student-run Public Interest Law Association (PILA) hosts a benefit auction to raise funds for summer stipends to support students interested in working in public interest law for the summer. Stipends enable students to work at nonprofit legal organizations. For the past three years, PILA has provided approximaely 10 annual stipends to DePaul public interest law students.

Other Opportunities
In addition to the funding opportunities offered by the College of Law, several public interest organizations have provided financial support to DePaul's public interest law students, including:

• Equal Justice Works
• Equal Justice America
• Public Interest Law Initiative
• Mansfield Fellowship
• National Lawyers Guild
• Hispanic Law Association
• Asian American Bar Association of Chicago