Georgetown Law-Domestic Violence Clinic- Graduate Teaching Fellowship
Fellowship Description
The Georgetown Domestic Violence Clinic (DVC) hires one clinical teaching fellow/supervising attorney each year for a two-year fellowship position. DVC fellows receive intensive, supportive mentorship as they develop skills in litigation, teaching, and legal scholarship; the program is a strong pathway to a permanent position in law teaching (clinical or doctrinal), as well as a deep dive into public interest practice.
DVC fellows develop skills as clinical teachers, supervising law students as they represent survivors of domestic abuse in civil protection order cases in D.C. Superior Court. As supervisors, fellows teach students to develop a range of skills—from building a strong and empathic attorney-client relationship; to acquiring litigation practice skills; to exploring legal ethics; to becoming creative problem-solvers, trauma-informed lawyers, and excellent storytellers. They help students critically examine the psychological dynamics of intimate partner violence, the harms inflicted by our society’s systemic and institutional responses to this social problem, and alternative solutions beyond the legal system.
DVC fellows also learn to be excellent classroom teachers, designing seminar classes on a range of topics, including child custody, professional ethics, and the individual and social dynamics of intimate partner violence. Faculty provide close support as fellows focus on how to navigate student learning challenges, develop their own teaching “voice,” and facilitate interesting, challenging, and thought-provoking conversations and classroom exercises.
Additionally, DVC fellows receive extensive training and mentorship as they continue to improve their own lawyering and litigation skills. Fellows provide direct representation to a small number of clients experiencing family abuse, primarily outside of the academic semester.
Fellows are offered extensive opportunities to engage in legal scholarship. DVC faculty and other Georgetown Law faculty provide a wide range of support to fellows interested in researching, writing, and publication.
First-year DVC fellows join the full community of Georgetown’s clinical teaching fellows in a course on clinical pedagogy collaboratively taught the Georgetown clinical faculty.
Preference will be given to applicants who have a background or demonstrated interest in family law, domestic or sexual violence, and/or poverty law, and to applicants who have trial experience. Applicants must be admitted to a Bar at the time they submit their application. A fellow offered the DVC fellowship position who is not a member of the D.C. Bar must apply for admission by waiver immediately following acceptance.
The full-time fellowship runs from early July 2026 through June 2028. The first-year salary is $70,000; the second-year salary is $75,000. Upon completing the fellowship, Georgetown awards fellows an LL.M. in Advocacy.
Georgetown University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship, color, disability, family responsibilities, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, matriculation, national origin, race, religion, personal appearance, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Application Process
Please submit the following materials by email to dvclinic@law.georgetown.edu by Monday, February 2, 2026:
1. The Domestic Violence Clinic Fellowship Application Form (available at https://www.law.georgetown.edu/experiential-learning/clinics/our-clinics/domestic-violence-clinic/graduate-teaching-fellowship/)
2. Your responses to the essay questions (see application form)
3. Current resume
4. Two letters of recommendation
5. Law school transcript