This one-year fellowship allows a recent graduate to join the Texas Defender Service, a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of representation afforded to those facing a death sentence and to expose and eradicate the systemic flaws plaguing the Texas death penalty. The deadline to apply for 2026 is November 15, 2025. Open to the current and recent J.D. classes of Columbia Law School, Harvard Law School, and the University of Texas School of Law. Please review the application for more information on graduate eligibility.
2026 Manne Family Texas Defender Service Fellowship Application
If you have questions about this fellowship, please contact the Office of Public Interest/Public Service Law and Careers (the PI/PS Office).