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The Wyss Foundation is a private, charitable foundation dedicated to land conservation in the American West. The Wyss Scholars Program seeks to identify and nurture a new generation of leaders on western land conservation issues by providing financial support to students who are committed to careers focused on western conservation.

One Wyss Scholar will be selected each year on the basis of leadership potential, commitment to furthering land conservation in the American West, commitment to pursuing a career in nonprofit or public sector conservation, financial need, and academic strength. While experience living or working in the West is preferred, all students interested in western lands and sustainability issues are encouraged to apply.

Eligibility: All current 2L JD candidates at the University of Colorado Law School are eligible to apply. One Law School student will be selected each year for the Wyss Scholars programs

Program Overview, Benefits, and Application Process Available Here

Now accepting applications through Friday, January 19, 2024.

For more information, please contact GWC Assistant Director Annie Carlozzi at annie.carlozzi@colorado.edu or 303-492-1286. 

Climate change is the defining issue of our time, and its severe impacts are unprecedented in both speed and scale. Without strategic action in the very near-term, meaningful mitigation will become more difficult, expensive and elusive. Insufficient action will leave our most vulnerable populations facing the greatest risk. The Innovations in Water and Energy Law & Policy Fellowship is intended to provide interested students at the University of Colorado Law School an opportunity to understand two crucial components of a sustainable future – water and energy governance – and the nexus between them.

The Innovations in Water and Energy Law & Policy Fellowship, initiated in 2010 by partners of the law firm of Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff, P.C. in honor David L. Harrison (Law ‘71), is awarded each year to a Colorado Law student on the basis of academic performance, commitment to public service, and interest in the study of water and energy law and policy. To the extent practicable, each Harrison Fellow will focus on a specific project where the partner organization is advancing innovative solutions for sustainable management of water or related energy resources outside the United States.

Harrison Fellows will serve for no less than eight (8) weeks during the summer with a qualifying organization and will be provided a stipend as set forth below. The Fellow will produce a report on the relevant subject matter, where permitted by the host organization, and present the results of their work at a seminar hosted by the GWC.

Eligible Colorado Law students may apply for Harrison Fellowship funding for summer unpaid or underpaid internships (less than $500 per week) with a qualifying organization (a 501c3 or other non-governmental organization), involved in international conservation, water and/or related energy issues. Organizations may not use the availability of the stipend to eliminate or reduce originally offered or attached compensation.

Eligibility
The summer Fellowship will be open to currently enrolled University of Colorado Law School students who will continue to be Colorado Law students returning in the fall, including current 1L, 2L, and LLM students

Program Overview, Benefits and Application Process Available Here

Now accepting applications through Friday, January 19, 2024.

For further information, please feel free to contact GWC Assistant Director, Annie Carlozzi at annie.carlozzi@colorado.edu or 303-492-1286.

The Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment (GWC) at the University of Colorado Law School is seeking an outstanding current 2L (or rising 3L) as the next Conscience Bay Company Western Water Policy Fellow. Fellows will work on the most pressing water law reform issues of the day under the guidance of the GWC and in partnership with leaders from the non-profit, government, and private sectors.

The Conscience Bay Company Western Water Policy Fellowship, initiated in 2023 by leaders of the Conscience Bay Company, is awarded each year to a Colorado Law student on the basis of academic performance, commitment to public service, and interest in the study of Western water law and policy. To the extent practicable, each Conscience Bay Company Fellow will focus on a specific project in advancing innovative solutions for sustainable management of water in the Western United States.

Conscience Bay Company Fellows will serve with the Getches-Wilkinson Center for the academic year (2024-2025) and will be provided a stipend as set forth below. The Fellow will produce a white paper on the relevant subject matter and present the results of their work at a seminar hosted by the GWC.

Eligibility
The Conscience Bay Company Fellowship will be open to currently enrolled 2L University of Colorado Law School students who will continue to be Colorado Law students returning in the fall.

Stipend Overview
The Conscience Bay Company Fellow will be expected to spend approximately 300 hours toward completion of a fellowship project (with a flexible presumption of approximately 100 hours over the summer, 100 hours in the fall semester, 100 hours in the spring semester).  The Conscience Bay Company Fellow will be awarded a stipend of $6,000 for qualifying work.

Program Overview, Benefits and Application Process Available Here

Now accepting applications through Friday, January 19, 2024.

For further information, please feel free to contact GWC Assistant Director, Annie Carlozzi at annie.carlozzi@colorado.edu or 303-492-1286.

Established by the Boulder law firm of Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff, P.C., in memory of Charles Woodruff (’67). This scholarship promotes excellence in the practice of natural resources law and is awarded to a student from rural Colorado who demonstrates excellence and functions as an intern in the Getches-Wilkinson Center.

Each spring, the Admissions and Financial Aid Committee sends out more information about these scholarships, including the application packet.