Don’t miss a great opportunity—Apply for the Janet D. Steiger Fellowship (named in memory of the late Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission). Selected students will serve for a minimum of eight weeks during the summer of 2013 in the consumer protection or consumer affairs offices of locations of participating State and Territorial governments. Participating government office locations for the summer of 2013 are:
Montgomery, Alabama Boston, Massachusetts Portland or Salem Oregon
Phoenix, Arizona Lansing, Michigan Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Little Rock, Arkansas Jackson, Mississippi Pierre, South Dakota
Los Angeles, California Helena, Montana Nashville, Tennessee
San Francisco, California Las Vegas, Nevada Austin, Texas
Hartford, Connecticut Concord, New Hampshire *Salt Lake City, Utah
*Wilmington, Delaware Newark, New Jersey Montpelier, Vermont
Atlanta, Georgia Santa Fe, New Mexico Richmond, Virginia
Honolulu, Hawaii New York, New York Olympia, Washington
Des Moines, Iowa Charleston, West Virginia Saipan, North Mariana Islands
Topeka, Kansas Madison, Wisconsin Baltimore, Maryland
*Columbus, Ohio Cheyenne, Wyoming
*Note: *Will only accept 2Ls
Download application form: http://AmBar.org/Steiger
Each selected student will receive a $5,000 stipend for the summer (administered through the offices of the state attorneys general and subject to certain federal taxes). There is also a possibility that an optional travel/housing allowance in an amount yet to be determined may be available to Steiger Fellows not living at home during their fellowship, but applicants are encouraged to apply for locations near their place of residence and in any event should not rely upon receiving an allowance in deciding whether to apply for a fellowship.
The application period is (September 24, 2012 until October 19, 2012). Applications will not be accepted beyond October 19, 2012 deadline date. Students must submit all documents requested in the application form to: ABASteigerFellowship@americanbar.org.