NABJ ETHEL PAYNE FELLOWSHIP

Application Deadline: Midnight PT on February 29, 2024

LOCATION: USA

The NABJ Ethel Payne Fellowship is a $5,000 award bestowed to a worthy journalist. The fellowship provides an opportunity for an NABJ member to gain foreign correspondence experience and the necessary assistance to complete a project or singular report.

ELIGIBILITY:

Must be an NABJ member in good standing

Mid-career and veteran journalists with at least 7 years full-time journalism experience

Fellowship winner agrees to sign a waiver of consent to provide NABJ with expressed written consent to publish the final story and its elements (text, videos, photos), and to use the winner’s name, image and likeness in materials related to promoting the award

Fellowship winner agrees to name the National Association of Black Journalists as a supporter in its publication materials; suggested wording to come at a later date

Funds distributed to the winner are taxable, as required by law, and the responsibility of the winner
Completion of application requirements
If selected, failure to meet the noted criteria will result in a refund of funds to NABJ.

BENEFIT:

A $5,000 award bestowed to a worthy journalist.

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THE WORLD BANK LEGAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Application Deadline: 31 December,2023

LOCATION: USA

The World Bank Legal Vice Presidency offers highly-motivated law students an opportunity to be exposed to the mission and work of the World Bank and that of the Legal Vice Presidency. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Do you hold citizenship of any IBRD member state?

Are you enrolled in an LLB, JD, LLM, SJD, PhD, or equivalent legal academic program while you would be undertaking your internship with us?  (e.g. if you apply for the Summer Cycle of LIP, you must be enrolled in an eligible legal academic program between June and August)

Do you have an excellent command of the English language?

Please submit the below documents through this link:

Résumé

Statement of Interest

Proof of enrollment in a law degree (LLB, JD, LLM, SJD, PhD, or equivalent) and academic transcript(s).

Short essay providing a response to a research question posed by the Legal Vice Presidency for the prevailing application period.

BENEFIT:

Visa:  Students partaking in the World Bank Legal Internship Program must have valid student visa documents sponsored by their educational institutions. The World Bank shall only assist attainment of visa documents for participants of the World Bank Legal Internship Program in exceptional cases.

Cost: The World Bank shall not remunerate participants of the World Bank Legal Internship Program in the form of monetary fees/compensation.  Each World Bank Legal Intern must however be remunerated in accordance with World Bank Group policies and standards in the form of (i) monetary fees/compensation paid by the university or other sponsoring organization and acceptable to the Bank; or (ii) academic credit equivalent to the Bank’s fee schedule.  Hence, students partaking in the World Bank Legal Internship Program must secure appropriate funding sources for the duration of their internships.

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