The Legal Services Alabama John Lewis Legal Fellowship

For more about the history of the fellowship, visit: https://legalservicesalabama.org/john-lewis-fellowship/

Legal Services Alabama (LSA) launched the John Lewis Legal Services Fellowship program in the Spring of 2019, in preparation for the 55th Anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act.

We understood that the forefront of this movement was a student leader from Alabama, John Lewis, whose bravery, dedication, and hard work will forever be engraved in the fabric of our country's history. Congressman John Lewis dedicated his life to protecting human rights, securing civil liberties, and building what he called "The Beloved Community" in America.

The goal of the John Lewis Legal Services Fellowship Program is to train recent law graduates who have an interest in rural economic justice for a career in public interest lawyering to provide social, economic and legal change, while working on legal issues that improve the quality of life for low-income individuals.