2026 Summer Fellowship Application Form

Application Form - Part I

First Name *

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Last Name *

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Pronouns *

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Other

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E-mail Address *

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Alternate E-mail Address

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Street Address *

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Street Address

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City

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State *

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ZIP Code *

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Primary Phone Number *

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Alternate Phone Number

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Law School *

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Years of School completed by June 2026 *

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Will you have completed a labor law course by June, 2026? *

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Will you have completed an employment law course by June 2026? *

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Undergraduate School *

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Graduation Date *

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Foreign Language(s)

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Are you fluent?

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Other skills (e.g., computers, typing, Lexis/Westlaw training)

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Available to work from

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Due to the changing nature of work, positions may be full time in-person, remote, or hybrid. Refer to each mentor organization’s fellowship description as each have responded to pandemic recovery differently.
For Summer 2026, you will be able to work *

In OfficeRemotelyEither, as needed

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Extracurricular activities you have participated in

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Select the organizations to which you are applying for a Peggy Browning Fellowship. You may select up to 7 organizations at a time. To select additional organizations, you must complete a separate application form. *

Drivers Union WA Affiliated with Teamsters 117
Tukwila WA

Global Labor Justice
Washington DC

Hayes Dolce
Buffalo NY

Hotel and Gaming Trades Council AFL-CIO
New York NY

International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Legal Department
Washington DC

Joel F. Dillard P.A.
Jackson MS

Kraw Law Group
Mountain View CA

Legal Aid at Work
San Francisco CA

Leonard Carder LLP
Oakland CA

Major League Baseball Players Association
New York NY

McKnight Canzano Smith Radtke & Brault P.C.
Berkley (Detroit-Area) MI

National Treasury Employees Union The Office of the General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
Washington DC

New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty
Albuquerque NM

NYSUT - New York State United Teachers
Office of the General Counsel
Albany area (Latham) NY

O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue LLP
Law Firm
Washington DC

Pitta LLP
New York NY

Reid Ballew & Leahy LLP
Seattle WA

Schuchat Cook & Werner
St. Louis MO

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Legal Department
Washington DC

Service Employees International Union Local 668
Philadelphia PA

SMART - (Sheet Metal Workers Union) Local #19
Philadelphia PA

Solidarity Law
Portland ME

Streepy Lemonidis Consulting & Law Group & UFCW 3000
Seattle WA

UAW International Union
Legal Department
Detroit MI

United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE)
Pittsburgh PA

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
Washington DC

United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh PA

Please select at least one fellowship

Reference #1 Name *

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Reference #1 Contact Info *

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Reference #2 Name *

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Reference #2 Contact Info *

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How did you hear about The Peggy Browning Fund?

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Application Form - Part II - Brief Essays & Other File Uploads

For your Brief Essays, limit responses to no more than two double-spaced typed pages for all three questions, i.e., two pages total, not two pages for each answer. Please include your name on each page.

What kind of work, educational and/or personal experience have you had which you consider relevant to your summer job application?
What is your reason for applying for this position?
What do you hope to accomplish/gain from this summer work experience? How does this type of work relate to your long-term career goals?

Important Information Regarding ALL File Uploads

Please take in consideration that your application with attached files will be sent via e-mail to the mentor organizations and that email systems have limitations on the size of attachments. For that reason make sure that:

All your files must be in PDF format.
You can save your Microsoft Word documents in PDF format, or use an online converter to create PDF files
The "Other Required Information" field also accepts ZIP files if you need to upload multiple files in that field.
Learn how to create a ZIP file on Windows and on Mac
Avoid using scanned documents as they tend to be large.
The size of each file cannot exceed 2MB and the size of all the combined files should not exceed 10MB.
If your files exceed these size limitations, you must submit separate application forms for each mentor organization.

Please select if you want to upload separate Cover Letters for each Fellowship previously selected.

Upload Separate Cover Letters

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Cover Letter 1 *

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Cover Letter 2

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Cover Letter 3

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Cover Letter 4

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Cover Letter 5

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Cover Letter 6

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Cover Letter 7

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Please select if you want to upload separate Essays for each Fellowship previously selected.

Upload Separate Essays

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Essay 1 *